As peace in Ukraine struggles to be born after three-and-a-half years of war, necessity prompts each of the participants in different ways. For Ukraine to achieve its best possible outcome, it must find a diplomatic way to avoid outright military defeat. Russia, by...
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This quote, coined by the British Lord Acton during the late nineteenth century, is beloved by libertarians, and for good reason. In essence, it challenges the notion that any one person, regardless of...
On August 13, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order repealing predecessor Joe Biden’s July 2021 executive order “Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” The Biden order called for greater enforcement of antitrust laws and other efforts to...
Sun Tzu wrote, “All warfare is based on deception." You have heard many stories about the Israeli government deceiving and manipulating U.S. officials, steering our country towards funding and even fighting their wars. Let me tell you one more: Israel exploits the...
Does the United States Constitution grant President Donald Trump the power to unilaterally blow up boats of alleged drug smugglers on the high seas? No. “The Congress shall have Power To... To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and...
Over the last year, a renewed controversy has arisen over the morality of World War II. For the last eighty years, World War II has been sold in the West as "The Good War" in which the United Kingdom and the United States, in spite of committing some war crimes, saved...
On February 12, 2009, Dr. Ron Paul (R-TX) delivered one of his most striking speeches on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since referred to as the “What If…” speech, Paul’s remarks offer a precise distillation of the libertarian critique of U.S. foreign...
The U.S. Court of Appeals' rejection last week of the Trump administration's global "emergency" tariff program was a welcome affirmation of the separation-of-powers doctrine. Next stop: the U.S. Supreme Court. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a 9-0 ruling that Trump...
