China’s chief advantage over the US in energy and everything else is far greater industrial freedom.
WORLD
The essence of capitalism’s foreign policy is free trade–i.e., the abolition of trade barriers, of protective tariffs, of special privileges–the opening of the world’s trade routes to free international exchange and competition among the private citizens of all countries dealing directly with one another. – AYN RAND
Europe Built a Single Market—Now It’s Packaging It Away
Will environmental regulations signal the end of the Single Market?
The Failure of Europe’s Single-Payer Health Monopoly
Why Europeans are turning to private health care.
Hatred of Western Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America
The late Dr. John Lewis read this statement to his class on September 12, 2001 — the day after America was attacked by Islamic Jihadists. His words are all the more relevant today.
End States Who Sponsor Terrorism
Fifty years of increasing American appeasement in the Mideast have led to fifty years of increasing contempt in the Muslim world for the U.S. The climax was September 11, 2001.
How Net Zero Helped Bring Down British Steel
Nationalization shifts risk to taxpayers.
The Digital Euro’s New Chapter
Government control in the name of sovereignty.
The United States Should Exit the United Nations
Severing all ties to the UN could require an act of Congress, but the US is moving in this direction.
To Save the Children The UK Embraces Big Brother
By forcing everyone to provide identifying information, age-verification regimes pose a huge threat to anonymous speech online.
Europe’s Digital Protectionism
Restrict who can compete, and guarantee market share for alternatives selected by the state.
A Pro-Capitalist Foreign Policy (Part 7 of 10)
In the present-day world, a procapitalist foreign policy is indistinguishable from a pro-American foreign policy.
What’s Wrong with the World?
My fellow students attribute the state of the world – political division and outrage, increased violence, hunger and poverty – to selfishness, the profit motive and capitalism.
Is Europe’s Free Ride Over?
Ending military dependence on America.
Ryanair vs. the European Union
Taxes and monopolies threaten air mobility in Europe.
The Invisible Hand at Sea
The Azorean case shows that sustainability arises more from local responsibility than from distant centralized control.
Putin’s Collectivist Ideology & Russia’s Cult of the State
The reason why totalitarian dictators are so dangerous is that they really believe in what they say and do.
Switzerland’s Case for Decentralization
The Swiss example shows that European centralization is neither inevitable nor indispensable, nor is it the path to prosperity.
Deregulation in Argentina: Javier Milei Takes “Deep Chainsaw” to Bureaucracy and Red Tape
Milei’s deregulations are cutting costs, increasing economic freedom, reducing opportunities for corruption, stimulating growth, and helping to overturn a failed and corrupt political system.
The Nationally Televised Speech President Donald J. Trump Needs To Make on Iran
Here’s the speech that President Donald Trump ought to deliver in a nationally televised address.
Brussels vs. Washington
For years, Europe has tried to convince itself that it could regulate its way to technological greatness.
The Unworthy and Unwilling Gulf States In the Israel–America–Iran War
Privately, many of them want Washington and Jerusalem to keep going until Iran can no longer threaten their lifelines. Publicly, they speak the language of appeasement, international law, and de-escalation. They want the result, but not the responsibility.
Europe Increases Its Assault on Free Expression
…and American Policymakers Follow Along.
Endgame in Ukraine
Ukrainians Survived Stalin. They Fought Putin Bravely. They Deserve Our Honesty.
Iran Gets Just Deserts
America’s first major defense against Iran is an absolutely rational act and a historic exemplar of the virtue of selfishness.
Khamenei Is Dead — A Historic Turning Point
Khamenei’s death is a tremendous act of justice to the countless people his regime tortured, kidnapped, raped, and murdered.
The U.S. and Israel Attack Iran
There has never been a better chance for a free Iran than now. Much of the job will be done by the US and Israel, but it can only be finalised by the Iranian people. There will never be a better chance.
President Donald Trump on War on Iran
Iran can never have a nuclear program. We will annihilate their every army and missile industry.
The Left’s War Against America and Western Civilization
The Left is at war with America. The Left is at war with the West. The Left is at war with the essential principles of Western Civilization.
An Open Letter from Claire Lai, Daughter of Chinese Political Prisoner Jimmy Lai, to Eileen Gu, the American-born Star of China’s Winter Olympics Team
On Feb. 9, at the age of 78, my father was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong for championing these freedoms through the newspaper he founded and published. I believe that you — a celebrated member of the Chinese Olympic team and someone deeply respected within Chinese society — could be a catalyst for a humanitarian gesture by the Chinese government.
Black History Month: Why Don’t They Teach About the Arab-Muslim Slave Trade in Africa?
Black history is American history. It ought not be “relegated” to a month, and slavery ought not be relegated to only the European slave trade.
War Without Killing, Killing Without War
The U.S. has ample opportunity to kill bad guys while leaving good guys—American and Iranian—unharmed.
Iranian Theocracy on the Brink? Why Protesters Deserve Our Moral Support
Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate examine why Iran’s ongoing uprising may be the regime’s most serious challenge yet—and why it deserves far more moral support from the free world.