In the comic theater of American politics, few spectacles are as reliably absurd as the utopian promises of protectionism. Donald Trump's tariffs, hailed by their proponents as a bold strike against foreign exploitation, have instead proven to be a blunt instrument of...
In the endless parade of Fox News neocons, Ari Fleisher, the press secretary who helped George W. Bush gaslight the American people into the Iraq War, explained recently that while Donald Trump appears to have desisted from fresh attacks on Iran, he’s merely buying...
With President Donald Trump’s deposition of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and Israel’s and Argentina’s adoption of the Isaac Accords to promote “commercial development,” the contours of a new Latin America may be coming into focus. This is a Latin America where the stick...
There are many metrics by which U.S. President Donald Trump’s first year back in office can be measured. Some will measure it by tariffs and the economy, some by ICE and immigration, and some by civility and democracy. But, from a foreign policy perspective, the best...
Donald Trump has proven Horton’s Law, that politicians only keep their bad promises, true once again. He was always a New York Democrat billionaire, and he was never going to be a champion of working people or free markets. Trump is a Likudnik, not America First, and...
One of the positions that conservatives pride themselves on most is their dedication to free markets. They extol the virtues of the free market in pamphlets and speeches, and they regularly denounce the idea of government control. A recent post on Twitter/X from Nikki...
On January 16, 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stood beside Chinese President Xi Jinping to announce what he called a landmark agreement that fundamentally restructured trade relations between the two nations. The deal slashed tariffs on Chinese electric...
On January 19, 1808, Lysander Spooner entered a world in which slavery, bureaucracy, and government monopolies defined the law. Born near Athol, Massachusetts, he grew up on a farm with parents who refused to surrender to prevailing conventions. His father, Asa, an...
Welcome to the Trumpian ICE Age, a vivid lesson in the frigidity of collectivism. Take note, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Compared to Trump, you're a piker. We've got a problem, and it's not just Houston's. It's the lawless, authoritarian, liberty-flouting...
Recent U.S. missile strikes in northwest Nigeria, ordered by President Donald Trump on Christmas Day 2025, were heralded by the administration as a decisive blow against ISIS-linked militants persecuting Christians. Yet, as investigative reporting has revealed, the...
Wars don't usually start with someone deciding to unleash chaos. They start with confidence—a belief that risks are manageable, responses predictable, consequences containable. History tells a different story. The most destructive conflicts emerge not from clear...
During a January 2026 interview with The New York Times, President Donald Trump was asked whether anything could limit his ability to use the vast military and economic power of the United States as he saw fit. His answer was breathtakingly candid. Trump replied,...
Despite the widespread expectation that President Donald Trump would end Washington’s entanglement in NATO’s proxy war using Ukraine against Russia, it is increasingly evident that the fundamental features of U.S. policy remain unaltered. Trump personally has sent an...
“There is no censorship here in Germany,” according to Steffen Meyer, a top spokesman for the German government. In reality, Germans have freedom of speech except for ideas that politicians and government contractors and nonprofit activists don’t like. Germany is...
After much back and forth it appears that "Florida Man"-occupied government prevailed, and on overnight on January 4, as if they are the Cuban Mafia or something, the Trump administration broke into Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s house and spirited him to...
In 2025, Palantir CEO Alex Karp released his first book, The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West. The work was co-authored by fellow Palantirian (as they fondly refer to themselves) Nicholas W. Zamiska, who serves as the firm’s...
Tucker Carlson, who has recently been identified in The New York Times as “arguably at this point the most significant media figure on the American right,” gave a telling account of his political priorities in his speech at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in late...
Apart from a few details, I never saw much difference between Trump's America First shtick and MAGA's chief foe, the neconservatives. It appeared to be merely a squabble over details, such as whether democracy or strongman rule abroad best served the so-called...
