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POLITICS
How The Response To The COVID Pandemic Broke American Society—And Why It Hasn’t Healed
COVID presented real danger, especially to the elderly. But the response—particularly from progressive governors, health authorities, and allied institutions—inflicted damage far exceeding what the virus required.
A Neighbor’s Journey Through January 6th
I can’t un-know what I learned in that courtroom. I can’t unsee the videos that contradicted the photographs. I can’t forget the disconnection between the evidence and the narrative.
Breaking the Government’s Grip on Medical Debate
The federal government should leave medical and scientific debates to scientists and clinicians.
Medicare Spending is the Largest Driver of the US Debt Crisis
Why We Can’t Grow Our Way Out of the Medicare-Driven Debt Crisis.
CULTURE
Why Do New Year’s Resolutions Typically Fail?
If you want your New Year’s resolutions to be completed, take the steps needed to really commit to it.
The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving: The Triumph of Capitalism over Collectivism
In the wilderness of the New World, the Plymouth Pilgrims had progressed from the false dream of communism to the sound realism of capitalism.
The Big Lie in Hollywood: The Hollywood Ten Were Not Victims But Villains
Selling “The Big Lies” helps Hollywood to keep alive the fantasy that the Left is the victim rather than the perpetrator of injustice.
Columbus Day: A Time to Celebrate
Underlying the political collectivism of the anti-Columbus crowd is a racist view of human nature.
WORLD
The Hazard of Doing Business with China – and What to Do About It
Moral, profit seeking businesses must be vigilant about the China risk; it is in their self-interest to compete and trade freely and not help authoritarian countries expand their control.
Argentina: Don’t Waste Yet Another Opportunity to Dollarize
By dollarizing, no future government would be able to manipulate the exchange rate for electoral purposes so as to make a run against the peso more likely, as has often been the case in Argentina.
Why Did It Take Real Estate Developers to End a 50-Year Conflict in the Middle East
Trump’s Gaza approach reflects what successful deal-makers grasp intuitively: strategic pressure paired with targeted action against genuine threats like Iran’s nuclear program can compel adversaries to negotiate without committing American forces to occupation.
Peace in the Middle East is Made Possible By The Overwhelming Military Might of Israel and America
The only response terrorists understand is making them pay a disproportionately heavy price for endangering Israeli life.
MARKETS
Understanding Austrian Economics, Part 1
what a good has cost to produce cannot directly determine its value, What it will cost to produce determines how much of it will continue to be made
End Emergency Tariffs
Trade policy, with all its consequences, belongs within the limits Congress established, not at the discretion of one officeholder.
The Great Gold Reset: Why This Isn’t 1979 All Over Again
Throughout modern history, the story of gold has unfolded in cycles — crises, recoveries, and rediscoveries. But what’s happening now is not just another rally driven by inflation fears or a nostalgic nod to the 1970s. It’s the beginning of a structural reset — one...
Will Trump’s “State Capitalism … a Hybrid Between Socialism and Capitalism” Make America Great Again?
To be clear, Trump is not pursuing traditional socialism, where the means of production are owned by the state. Nor is he trying to copy exactly China’s state capitalism—but he is applying its methods with what the Journal calls “American characteristics.”
LAW
The Death of Renee Good: When Ideology Overides Reason
This is not a story about a blameless victim. This is a story about ideology so divorced from reality that it sends people into dangerous confrontations apparently unprepared for obvious consequences.
Americans Must Remain Committed to Freedom of Speech After the Assassination of Charlie Kirk
Americans are grappling with the horrific assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Counterpoint: Was Jimmy Kimmel Censored?
Their real source of anger is the loss of yet another bureaucratic entitlement program, reminiscent of their hysterics amid DOGE cuts earlier this year. From the public airwaves to USAID to DEI contracts, the deep state and its media mouthpieces have enjoyed a long-standing structural advantage thanks to the largess of the taxpayer.
Kimmel Suspension and Freedom of Speech
Government officials need not act directly to censor speech.
SCI-TECH
The Separation of State from Religion, Science, and Education (Part 8 of 10)
The system of public education could be abolished over the course of a generation, in a way that need not impose financial hardship on the parents of any child alive at the time of the abolition’s commencement.
Blaming SARS-CoV-2 on Bats in Wet Markets: A Look Back at Fauci’s Great Spillover Hoax
Why precisely were Anthony Fauci and his cohorts so anxious to blame SARS-CoV-2 on bats and later pangolins in wet markets?
The Nvidia Way: How Nvidia Became the Most Valuable Company in History
The Nvidia “way” is Tae Kim’s attempt to characterize what makes Nvidia different from other companies. He identifies three components: a strive for excellence, hiring practicesm and generous and widespread stock programs.
Congress’s new budget should eliminate all IRA “tax credits”
All the IRA “tax credits” are subsidies for inferior, often totally unprofitable forms of energy.