The Curious Case of Typhoid Mary Revisited
Typhoid was ultimately conquered not by jails but by sanitation, hygiene, and antibiotics.
Israel’s Preemptive Attack on Hezbollah Might Have Prevented a Wider War
The hard question now is whether Israel should engage in a preemptive attack on Iran’s imminent nuclear arsenal.
Fossil Energy vs. Green Energy
Why replacing fossil energy with green energy cannot stop global warming and why it will wreck the US economy.
The Myth of the Free-Market US Health Sector
Conti, Frank, and Cutler shatter the common myths that the United States has “largely unregulated prices” for medical care or is “one of the only developed countries where health care is left mostly to the free market.”
The “Next” US Recession
There’s strong and growing evidence that the “next” US recession has begun — or will begin soon.
Antitrust Laws are Unjust and Destructive
As Ayn Rand explains, the antitrust laws are based on confusing two types of power: economic power (sometimes called “market power”) and political power. Only the latter is coercive.
EU Poised To Confiscate Billions in U.S. Assets Using The Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA)
The potential DMA fines the EU can impose on the companies: up to 10 percent of their global revenue annually.
To Reduce Political Violence, Fight Statism
This politicization of personal choice is the essence of statism. In “The Roots of War,” Ayn Rand explained statism’s results: “The degree of statism in a country’s political system, is the degree to which it breaks up the country into rival gangs and sets men against one another.”
JD Vance’s Healthcare Record Should Give Republicans Pause
Former president Donald Trump is pitching himself to voters as the antidote to the Biden administration’s inflationary policies. That will require ditching the interventionism his running mate has previously championed.
