“There are two ways Iran can be handled,” U.S. President Donald Trump has said, “militarily, or you make a deal.” National Security Adviser Mike Waltz advocated for the military solution; Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Vice President JD Vance...
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MAGA or ‘Khanservatism’?
by Norman Singleton | Apr 23, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles
Temu, a Chinese-based online retailer that has been available in the United States since the fall of 2022. Quickly become a leading online retailer, Temu has grown so fast that Bernstein analyst Robin Zhu projects that the site will generate as much as $1.8 billion in...
Our 2002 Redux
by Matt Wolfson | Apr 22, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In the detention of Mahmoud Khalil and the ensuing crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism by Donald Trump's administration, a recognizable model for governance is emerging. The model is from 2002. During that year, as American citizens were distracted by the aftermath...
Achieving Self-Governance For Every American
by Jeb Smith | Apr 22, 2025 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
"[Under Democracy], a man finds himself environed by a government that he cannot resist; a government that forces him to pay money, render service, and forego the exercise of many of his natural rights, under peril of weighty punishments. He sees, too, that other men...
Zombie Congress: The Democracy of the Dead
by Thomas Eddlem | Apr 21, 2025 | Featured Articles, Politics
How does Congress pass budget spending levels these days? It doesn’t. It’s really that simple. The federal government’s $6.95 trillion budget will spend more than $52,000 per household in America in 2025 and it is spending more than $38,000 of that without a single...
Did the ‘Expert Class’ Cause the Peanut Allergy Epidemic?
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Apr 21, 2025 | Featured Articles
In the 1980s, peanut allergies were almost entirely unheard-of. Today, the United States has one of the highest peanut-allergy rates in the world. Disturbingly, this epidemic was precipitated by institutions that exist to promote public health. The story of their...
TGIF: Menger on Trade
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 18, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Even when a line on a map separates two individuals, trade is still trade—that is, mutually beneficial cooperation. Whether the line separates towns, cities, counties, states, or countries, it does not matter. The transactions are win-win. We could do quite well...
Mises and Rothbard Understood the National Debt
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Apr 17, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles
As the U.S. Congress continues to ignore the need for real fiscal discipline, kicking the can down the road again with yet another continuing resolution (CR), it is worth revisiting what two of the greats of the Austrian School had to say regarding the question of the...
The ‘Foreign Policy Consensus’ Is Alive and Well in Washington
by José Niño | Apr 17, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Despite branding himself a political outsider, President Donald Trump’s foreign policy reflects a deep continuity with the bipartisan consensus that has defined U.S. interventionism since the Cold War. Trump made ending America’s involvement in “endless wars” a...
‘Grocery Store Communism’
by John Weeks | Apr 16, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles
Zohran Mamdani is running for Mayor of New York City to “lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers,” according to his campaign website. He has promised to freeze the cost of rent “stabilized” apartments, put the “worst landlords” out of business, create...
‘Khanservative’ or Artful ‘DOGER’?
by Norman Singleton | Apr 16, 2025 | Featured Articles
When President Donald Trump appointed Brendan Carr as chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), he said Carr would be a “warrior for free speech.” Unfortunately, Chair Carr has been a warrior against social media companies and broadcast networks whose...
On Tax Day, Never Forget IRS Culture Bingo
by Jim Bovard | Apr 15, 2025 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
On Tax Day, politicians and mainstream media will hector Americans to be grateful for the opportunity to pay their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service website touts a moth-eaten quote from a dead Supreme Court Justice: “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.”...
Capitalism Unveiled: A Beginner’s Guide to the Free Market
by Keith Knight | Apr 15, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles
Editor's note: This article is taken from managing editor Keith Knight's opening statement for a recent ZeroHedge debate. To clarify, when I say communism, I'm referring to the abolition of private property and voluntary contracts. Socialism is most accurately...
Exclusive: Rand Paul Gives History Lesson on Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates
by Jack Hunter | Apr 14, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Whether it was President Barack Obama ordering airstrikes on Libya and Syria over a decade ago, or President Donald Trump directing strikes on Yemen and the Houthis today, non-interventionists often insist these presidents need congressional approval, as the...
Are Chinese Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine?
by Ted Snider | Apr 14, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
If Chinese soldiers are fighting in the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, that is not the big story. The big story is the effect the claim could have on the possibility of peace. Ukraine has not yet even proven the months old claim of the presence of North Korean...
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US War Games Simulate ‘Full-Scale’ Battle With China in Philippines
The US kicked off its largest annual military drills with the Philippines on Monday, simulating a full-on war with China.
Israel Continues to Issue Evacuation Orders in Gaza, But No New Safe Zones
Over the past month, the Israel Defense Forces have forced many Gazans to flee their homes or shelters. However, Tel Aviv is not creating new humanitarian zones for the displaced Palestinians to shelter.
US Airstrikes Pound Yemen, Killing 12 in Capital
The US military launched a series of airstrikes across Yemen on Sunday, killing at least 12 people in the capital city and targeting sites in four other provinces, according to local media reports. The operations came on the heels of another round of strikes that left several dead just one day prior.
Israel Deploying Unmanned Bulldozers in Gaza
The Israeli military has increasingly opted to deploy an unmanned version of Caterpillar’s D9 bulldozers to a number of battlefields. The remotely operated systems allows the IDF to flatten areas without risking additional troops.
DHS Revokes Visas of Over 1,500 Students, None Charged With Any Crimes
In recent weeks, more than 1,500 international undergraduate and graduate students from over 240 colleges have had their J-1 or F-1 visas revoked by Washington without notifying students or their respective universities. The revocations mean the students will not be...
Rubio: US To Decide Within Days If Ukraine Peace Deal Is Possible
The secretary of state’s remarks followed the announcement that Washington and Kiev plan to ink a deal on Ukraine’s natural resources next week. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that President Donald Trump will decide if ending the war in Ukraine is possible...
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The Public-School Chickens Come Home Again
In Mahmoud v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether parents of children in government schools have a constitutional right to opt out of programs that "expose" their kids to LGBTQ materials. Once again, the chickens have come home to roost. By that, I...
“I now saw, I saw. I was made blind before. I now saw.”
I was going over the notes that I had taken for this current book that I am writing, and I found a quote from a conversation with a lady. I shall spare the details of what the focused conversation was about but she said something really interesting, “I learned who my...
Russia is Now the Apex Military Predator
For those of you paying attention, the Institute has been far ahead of the curve in checking its bias and making a bloody and dispassionate appraisal of Russian fighting abilities. The Coprophile Media has been in the the bag for the Ukrainians and had a tough time...
Blue Collar Power Hour w/Kyle Matovcik & Typo
Kyle invited Typo and myself to join him for his 400th episode. Don’t forget ALP
The 250th Anniversary of the Colonial Divorce Proceedings
This is the semiquincentennial anniversary of the "shots heard 'round the world" at Lexington Green on 19 April 1775. Some call this civil war the Revolutionary War. It was a civil war because when the alert muster activated and Paul Revere and his fellow horsemen...
The Biden Junta and Domestic Terrorism
“Domestic terrorism” was used to justify the administration’s censorship agenda targeting its political and social opponents.The First and Second Amendments were targeted, of course. In secret. All fifteen pages of this document are an Orwellian nightmare. Then the...