September 1 is the anniversary of the start of World War II in Europe. On that date in 1939, Nazi Germany launched an invasion of Poland from the west and a few weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded from the east. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin signed a non-aggression...
Over the years, we have seen numerous examples of how businesses benefit from war. Look no further than Lockheed Martin receiving $313 billion and Raytheon $145 billion between 2020–2024 from Pentagon contracts. We’ve also seen unusual trading before wars start, with...
“You kill people and break things for a living.”- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in Quantico, Virginia on September 30, 2025 The primary male sex hormone, testosterone, has been in the news of late. Students of social science may be familiar with the series of...
At the White House on August 19, President Donald Trump said he anticipates a face-to-face session with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before December. Pressed on whether it would happen, he answered "Yeah, I will be," and noted that the two men get along "very...
While the tenor of U.S.-China relations cooled somewhat from the hysteria of Donald Trump's first term and the Joe Biden years, recent events have made clear how thin that veneer of stability remains. President Trump’s May 2026 state visit to Beijing and the planned...
In a year as chaotic, violent, and economically destructive as this one has been, it is interesting that, to many Americans, the great villain of 2026 is turning out to be a traffic camera. But, indeed, we are seeing visceral, cross-partisan opposition to so-called...
I remain amused at the outrage expressed over the revelations from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary and his behavior in front of a U.S. Senate committee. After all, Dr. Fauci fulfilled his role in exactly the manner the administrative state designed it. In the end , we...
On the eleventh and twelfth of August, a Boeing business jet registered A6-RJA left Abu Dhabi, crossed the Gulf, and set down briefly in Iran. Flight trackers logged it at Tehran's Mehrabad and at Payam airfield near Karaj. It stayed roughly an hour each time, then...
A sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln sent a message home that his family passed to Stars and Stripes anonymously, fearing retaliation. "Our mental health and physical health is in danger. We need help." By the time that message surfaced, the Lincoln had been gone...
A considerable portion of libertarian infighting seems to stem from the largely unrecognized fact that there are two different ways to interpret the non-aggression principle (NAP). On the surface, the NAP seems clear: aggression is wrong. But there is a deontological...
Last week was the 28th anniversary of the U.S. government's bombing of a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan. Scott Horton, director of the Libertarian Institute, observed last week that that wanton assault by the Clinton administration “helped make a folk hero out of bin...
In 2003, when the U.S. Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba was formed its objective was presented bluntly: to “hasten the regime’s downfall.” Their second report revealed in 2006 similarly concluded that the “implementation of the CAFC II recommendations will...
Hasn’t Bill O’Reilly done enough harm beating the drums for America’s failed foreign wars? But he’s still around somewhere, trying to top his earlier act with more of his trademark fever-swamp rants, now offering advice to President Donald Trump on the Iran War. His...
It is an exceedingly rare thing that I eagerly await the release of a book. However, Patrick Newman’s second installment in his series on the history of cronyism in the United States, just published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, is precisely that. Indeed, ever...
From a pure free-market, Austrian, and public choice perspective, the long-term demographic decline of the native-born population is not an accidental social phenomenon. It is the predictable consequence of government growth, fiscal dominance, and irresponsible...
On August 5, longtime broadcaster and Fox News host Mark Levin posted on Twitter/X: I look forward to -- indeed, am excited about -- the debate between we, the constitutional conservatives/capitalists, and the nationalists-populists (or whatever nomenclature they...
Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) posted the following on Twitter/X Thursday night: It’s no longer Republicans vs. Democrats. It’s Americans who love this country vs. terrorists who want to destroy it. — Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) August 13, 2026 Fine appeared to be...
Representation permeates much of life in the modern liberal state. Politicians make laws for millions of people, laws that every individual is expected to obey under the threat of force. Bureaucracies ensure compliance with these laws through varying forms of...
