Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are non-profit, voluntary, and independent citizen groups operating at local, national, or international levels. The very nature of NGOs needs a complete overhaul. The very term NGO has an undeserved cache of innocence and...
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Trump Is Broadening His Use of Economic Warfare
by Ted Snider | Jan 28, 2026 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
“Tariffs,” President Donald Trump is fond of reminding us, “is the most beautiful word to me in the dictionary.” It’s the most beautiful word “because tariffs are going to make us rich as hell. It's going to bring our countries businesses back that left us.” And...
Isabel Paterson, A Founding Mother of American Libertarianism
by Alan Mosley | Jan 28, 2026 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
January 22 is a convenient reminder that modern American libertarianism did not begin only in seminar rooms, courtrooms, or party platforms. It also began on the book page, where a few writers treated state worship as an intellectual mistake rather than a civic duty....
US Holding War Games Across the Middle East
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 27, 2026 | News
US troops across the Middle East are engaging in war games to demonstrate their readiness. The US has engaged in a significant military buildup in the region, and President Donald Trump is considering a range of options to carry out regime change in Iran. “Ninth Air...
Fearing US Reprisals, Mexico Halts Oil Shipment to Cuba
by Will Porter | Jan 27, 2026 | News
Mexico’s state oil company, Pemex, has backed out of a planned oil shipment to Cuba, the country’s president appeared to confirm. The move comes after President Donald Trump insisted that “zero” oil would be sent to the island, and follows reports that Washington...
Trump Admin Sued By Families of Boat Strike Victims
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 27, 2026 | News
The families of two men who were killed by a US strike on their boat in the Caribbean Sea have used the White House to demand justice for the wrongful deaths of their loved ones. The lawsuit alleges that Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, who were killed by a US bomb on...
Recent Writing in Defense of Free Immigration
by Sheldon Richman | Jan 27, 2026 | Blog, Economics, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
"The Trumpian Ice Age: The Frigidity of Collectivism" "Immigration Policy in an Nth-Best World" "Free Movement Increases Wealth" "Static Analysis Clouds Immigration Debate" "More on Immigration and Public Property" "Immigration Control Threatens the Rule of Law"...
Alex Wins Again
by Bill Buppert | Jan 27, 2026 | Blog
I was a technical climber as a young man and just watched the amazing Alex Honnold free solo the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan. Individual achievement is the bedrock of pushing the envelope in human creativity and innovation. I think free solo is eventually going to kill...
Report Card
by Sheldon Richman | Jan 27, 2026 | Blog, Justice, Libertarianism
What's the problem? So far the Trump administration has been Pretti Good.
Libertarianism and ICE
by John Weeks | Jan 27, 2026 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Editor's note: The quote from Sheldon Richman has been updated to better reflect his views. On January 7, Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an employee of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during deportation operations in Minneapolis,...



















