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Taken Hostage
Last year’s two-part PBS American Experience series, Taken Hostage, written, produced and directed by Robert Stone, merits renewed attention.
Still Broken: Why American Society Hasn’t Recovered from COVID
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.
The Meaning Behind Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
On Martin Luther King Day–and every day–we should focus on the antidote to racism and alternative to racial thinking: individualism.
Medical Guidance Shouldn’t Come From Washington
If there’s a silver lining, it’s that controversies like this may finally encourage clinicians, researchers, and patients to rely less on federal pronouncements and more on diverse, independent medical expertise.
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.
Replacing “The Frigidity of Rugged Individualism with the Warmth of Collectivism” is To Replace Capitalism with Statism
Capitalism is a system of individualism that recognizes individual rights, and socialism is the system of collectivism, a doctrine that man has no right to live for his own sake, that the fruits of his labor belong to society, that he must serve society and the “colle…
Culture >
How “Effective Altruism” Turned Self-Sacrifice into a Pseudoscience
Writing in 1957, decades before Effective Altruism had a name or a giving pledge, Ayn Rand described altruism’s core demand: that need functions as “the first mortgage on your life and the moral purpose of your existence.”
Ten Commandments Ruling Underscores That Progressives Need School Choice
While most people probably think of school choice as driven by conservatives who want education different from “woke” public schools, progressives need choice, too.
“Ghost Student” Fraud, and Why Federal Student Aid Must Go
ABC News reported that “in California alone, nearly a third of all community college applicants in 2024 were identified as fraudulent.”
Victory for Choice: Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit Upheld
Last September, the Idaho teachers’ unions and other opponents of education choice filed a lawsuit to halt the tax credit program.
The Meaning of President’s Day
America’s Early Presidents Were Admirable Men of Principle– Let us Hope we can Find More Like Them
Left Can’t Meme
Richard Dawkins coined “meme” in 1976 to describe units of cultural transmission—ideas that replicate like genes.
Markets: Business & Economics >
Gold and The Quiet Birth of a New Monetary Order
A new reserve asset is rising. It is not a cryptocurrency. It is not a new fiat experiment. It is something far older, heavier, and far harder to control.
Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders’s Credit Card Caps Hurt the Poor
Like most political quick fixes, it is an economic prescription guaranteed to harm the very individuals it claims to protect.
Insights on The Benevolent Nature of Capitalism
By the “benevolent nature of capitalism,” I mean the fact that it promotes human life and well-being and does so for everyone.
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.”
World >
Endgame in Ukraine
Ukrainians Survived Stalin. They Fought Putin Bravely. They Deserve Our Honesty.
Justice in Caracas
Venezuela has a chance at revival. America has removed a security threat. And autocrats everywhere just learned that no palace provides immunity from justice.
Brussels Bets the Farm
If the EU wishes to be honest about the concept of free markets and preserve its agricultural base, it must reduce the environmental, administrative, and social burdens imposed on its own farmers.
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.
Hong Kong Convicts Freedom Fighter Jimmy Lai
The sham trial and conviction confirm Hong Kong’s tragic descent into tyranny.
Madeira: Europe’s Forgotten Miracle
More than a stunning tourist destination or the birthplace of Cristiano Ronaldo, Madeira is living proof that competitive tax policy can transform a remote, peripheral, resource-poor region into an economic success story.
Law >
DHS Administrative Warrants, ICE Immigration Arrests, and the Fourth Amendment
Can executive officials authorize themselves to enter a home? Or must they obtain a warrant from a judicial officer?
The Second Amendment: A Bulwark Against Tyranny in Modern America
The Second Amendment’s primary purpose—arming citizens as the ultimate check against government tyranny—remains both legally recognized and practically viable in modern America.
US Department of Justice’s Indictment of Former FBI Director James Comey
The nonpartisan reality is that it is too early to make a full assessment of the merits or demerits of the case.
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-stan…
Kimmel Suspension and Freedom of Speech
Government officials need not act directly to censor speech.
Science & Technology >
Books: A Rebel in Eden: The War Between Individualism and Environmentalism
A Rebel in Eden: The War Between Individualism and Environmentalism, by Robert Bidinotto, explains the philosophic foundations of the modern political movement, theories that, in some cases, go back centuries.
Why We Should Celebrate Fossil Fuels on Earth Day
How human progress, and the use of fossil fuels, has made our environment cleaner and healthier.
The Earth and Civilization Have Been Saved By Fossil Fuels
In his 2022 book Fossil Future, Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress argues that fossil fuels are one of the greatest benefits to human civilization ever and that no viable substitutes exist, at least for now.
Alex Epstein’s Energy Freedom Plan
112 specific actions the new admin can take to unleash American energy
The Energy Freedom Plan: 25 Policy Changes to Unleash American Energy
It may seem impossible, but 4 years from now America can have Record oil and gas production Cheap, plentiful, reliable electricity High environmental quality” Low climate danger A nuclear renaissance For well over a year I’ve been working on an Energy Freedom…
Unleashing American Energy: America’s Silver Bullet
It’s said that in politics there’s no silver bullet that’ll make everything better. But we do have 1 silver bullet in the chamber: the opportunity to unleash American energy, which Donald Trump has rightly vowed to do.