There was a time, not long ago, when the United States had the social etiquette to conduct its coups clandestinely. That is important because it means they recognized that it is wrong. Coups were carried out by the CIA, and we often only found out years later. Now,...
When President Donald Trump announced that Kazakhstan would join the Abraham Accords after a celebratory call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kazakhstan President Kassym Jomart Tokayev, he treated the move as another triumph of personal diplomacy...
Since its creation in 1949, NATO has been the keystone of U.S. foreign policy in Europe. Indeed, the alliance has been the most important feature of Washington’s overall strategy of global primacy. America’s political and policy elites have embraced two key...
Although much has already been said, I can't not comment on Sarah Hurwitz, the former Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama speechwriter, who faults young people (especially young Jews) for applying their power of abstraction in thinking about the Holocaust. What do I mean...
Austrians are used to being called cranks. Point out that inflation is a hidden tax, that monetary expansion distorts the structure of production, or that fiat currency erodes living standards in ways far subtler than headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers ever...
When journalism reveals a government’s dirty deeds, a country founded on constitutional constraints faces a stark test. Reports allege that a senior U.S. official ordered Special Operations commanders to “kill everybody” on a suspected Venezuelan drug boat in...
The Trump administration’s killings of scores of Venezuelans are justifiably provoking outrage. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently proclaimed, “We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.” Donald Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that...
Most Americans are unaware that President Abraham Lincoln implemented a much more centralized and authoritarian government than the one he inherited. He overthrew the original union, which was very libertarian in policy, eradicating a union of consent and replacing it...
