Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an...
Two recent events in Europe have the potential to send shock waves well beyond the continent. They are significant both in themselves and in how their double standards chisel away at the West’s heroic narrative and reveal its true cynical strategy. The first is...
The first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump presented a bleak picture of the future of U.S. foreign policy no matter who wins in November. On the most urgent and important foreign policy issue of the year, the...
A recent article in the South China Morning Post caught my eye—the topic being why Beijing has taken such an apparently different approach to its territorial disputes with Vietnam versus the similar disputes it has with the Philippines. Given the now weekly near...
In an episode of The Tom Woods Show published on August 30, 2024, comedian and libertarian political commentator Dave Smith debated the topic of Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip with academic Walter Block, who argued in favor of the debate resolution that “The...
In recent weeks, there has been a surge of allegations that Moscow has long orchestrated an illegal campaign to influence U.S. public opinion. On September 4, 2024, the U.S. Justice Department charged two Russian media executives with an alleged scheme that...
Editor's Note: Language originally referring to "poison gas" has been updated to "tear gas" for clarity. According to the National WWII Museum, the Second World War resulted in 45,000,000 civilian deaths, 15,000,000 combat deaths, and 25,000,000 soldiers permanently...
Popular historian Darryl Cooper was a guest on the Tucker Carlson Show on September 2 and the podcast caused an eruption of backlash on the internet. Cooper and Carlson discussed several topics, but the one that drew the most hostility was their willingness to...
