Remember Barack Obama's profound 2012 campaign speech about success? Here's part of what he said: There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me -- because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t -- look, if you’ve been successful,...
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For Elon Musk’s DOGE to Succeed, He Needs Ron Paul
by David Gornoski | Nov 20, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
Most Americans have a heart that yearns for a leaner, more efficient government, one that obeys the U.S. Constitution and practices fiscal honesty. For the last six decades, no figure has been more iconic and relentless in this pursuit than former Congressman Ron...
Free Speech: The Sine Qua Non of Democracy
by Laurie Calhoun | Nov 18, 2024 | Featured Articles, Politics
One of the strangest developments in the recent history of Western democratic states has been the heartfelt call by duly elected officials for government censorship of citizens’ speech. This trend has emerged simultaneously across various nations, including the United...
The (Predictable) Defeat of Moderate Reforms
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Nov 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Politics
In the 2024 general election, several states and cities across the country put forth initiatives aimed at adopting ranked-choice voting (RCV) and nonpartisan primaries. These measures were promoted as essential steps in reducing political polarization, creating more...
TGIF: That Was the Election that Was
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 8, 2024 | Economics, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
One can be overjoyed by the repudiation of a candidate without being pleased with the opposing candidate's victory. This election is an occasion for that reaction. An American (or anyone actually) is perfectly justified in taking pleasure in Kamala Harris's...
Trump’s Election Could Be the Best Result for Zelensky
by Ted Snider | Nov 8, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, needs a way to lose the war with Russia. American voters may have just given it to him. In his victory speech early in the morning of November 6, President-elect Donald Trump said, “I will govern by a simple motto: Promises...
Why Trump’s Victory Matters…And Why It Doesn’t
by Connor O'Keeffe | Nov 7, 2024 | Featured Articles, Politics
Donald Trump is the projected winner of the 2024 presidential election. After winning back states he had lost in 2020, Trump performed well in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania—states Kamala Harris needed to win. Trump has won more than enough electoral votes to...
The ‘Will of the People’ Post-Election Horror Show
by Jim Bovard | Nov 4, 2024 | Featured Articles, Politics
On the morning after elections, many voters wake up and instinctively quote Dorothy Parker: “What fresh hell is this?” “Will of the people!” is the correct answer—at least if a Democrat won the election. Actually, the notion that election results represent the “will...