At times, Ukraine has been unwilling to negotiate an end to the ongoing war with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has gone so far as to issue a decree banning negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. At other times, Russia has given up on...
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Losing a Plane? Try Losing a Nuke
by Kym Robinson | Oct 2, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Recently, the U.S. Marine Corps lost (and later found) an F-35 aircraft. The circumstances are mostly undisclosed or rumor based, though that is to be expected in regards to such a sensitive matter. While it has become a comical example of incompetence, it’s not the...
Congress Passes Stop-Gap Spending Bill, Ukraine Aid Relegated to Separate Vote
by Connor Freeman | Oct 2, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Editor's Note: Before midnight, President Joe Biden signed the temporary funding bill. A partial “shutdown” of the federal government, which seemed inevitable amid battles over spending in both chambers of Congress, was averted after the House and Senate passed a...
TGIF: Limited Government’s Bait and Switch
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 29, 2023 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
In a fundamental respect, libertarian minarchism (minimal, or limited, government) and market anarchism (or anarcho-capitalism) have something important in common: neither can guarantee individual rights. But there's a big difference: unlike market anarchism,...
The UAW Can’t Solve Autoworkers’ Very Real Problems
by Connor O'Keeffe | Sep 29, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles
On Friday, September 15, 12,700 members of the United Auto Workers union (UAW) walked off the job at plants owned by the “Big Three” automakers—Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (which owns Chrysler, Jeep, and Ram). The walkout marked the beginning of a series...
Millionaires No More: Social Security is Impoverishing Our Seniors
by Thomas Eddlem | Sep 28, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles
Imagine you win your state lottery for $1.1 million. You have the option of collecting the cash prize of $1,100,000 or taking $55,000 per year in twenty annual installments. Your financial advisor will always tell you the smart move is to take the full cash payout and...
It’s the Inflation, Stupid!
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Sep 28, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles
At the beginning of last year, economist Paul Krugman wondered aloud whether Americans would even notice if the economy improved. In his considered opinion, it was already obvious that the economy was humming along merrily and that ordinary shmucks just didn’t get it....
A Rough Diplomatic Week for Ukraine
by Ted Snider | Sep 27, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In the early weeks of the war, a peace was still possible that would have seen Ukraine lose few lives and little to no land. Even the Donbas would have remained in Ukraine with autonomy under a still possible Minsk agreement. Only Crimea would have remained lost. A...