POLITICS

The basic and crucial political issue of our age is: capitalism versus socialism, or freedom versus statism. For decades, this issue has been silenced, suppressed, evaded, and hidden under the foggy, undefined rubber-terms of “conservatism” and “liberalism” which had lost their original meaning and could be stretched to mean all things to all men. – AYN RAND

How To Make Medical Care Affordable

Rather than create more government subsidies, policymakers should eliminate supply-side regulations that reduce price competition and affordability.

Giving You Health Care “Equally”

by Richard E. Ralston

The government must take good medical care from those who have it and redistribute it to those who do not.

“Building Back Better” Schemes vs. Individual Rights

by Jaana Woiceshyn

Whether the “build back better” schemes will actually improve citizens’ lives, as the governments imply, depends on the definition of “better.”

Let Us Be Clear Once and For All: Socialism Is Not at Root About Economics!

by Edwin A Locke

For the Conservatives, Capitalism is moral only to the extent that the capitalist lives to serve others. Self-interest can be smuggled silently in but not as a moral right or as a moral ideal. This means that “creeping socialism” always has the advantage and thus creeps unabated.

Lots of New Money, But Still-Low Inflation. What Gives?

by Richard M Salsman

Banks, businesses, and households tend not to hoard money in good times, or when they have confidence in the credibility and predictability of policymakers; they hoard in bad times, when they lack sufficient confidence. That is precisely the case today, even if officials won’t admit it.

An Electoral College Within Each State

by Ron Pisaturo

Instead of the United States abandoning the Electoral College, state legislatures should take us in exactly the opposite direction. From now on, they should abandon a statewide popular vote for president, and instead either appoint electors directly or implement an Electoral College-type system within each state.

Restrict Political Pickpockets To End Budget Deficits

by Richard M. Ebeling

Our dilemma, today, is that, to use John Stuart Mill’s phrase, we have a political system in which many who have the right to vote use it “to put their hands into other people’s pockets for any purpose which they think fit to call a public one.”

Dr. Fauci’s Mutating Covid Advice

by Phillip W. Magness

In just under a year’s time, Fauci’s messaging on reinfection and herd immunity has now mutated across dozens of variants of its own, each conveniently aligning with his political messaging of the moment.

The Myth of Widespread White Supremacy

by Andrew Bernstein

The Leftist feeding frenzy regarding white supremacy is a chimera.

A Pandemic of Fiscal Profligacy

by Veronique de Rugy

The Democrats’ $1.9 trillion “American Rescue” plan, which has little to do with rescuing and everything to do with using the pandemic as an excuse to move the country closer to statism. The latest $1.9 trillion addition to the federal debt is best described as a left-wing slush fund.

A Declaration and Constitution for a Free Society

by Brian Simpson

Making the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution Fully Consistent with the Protection of Individual Rights.

The Case Against Slavery Reparations

by Andrew Bernstein

Moral responsibility is individual, not collective. It is volitional, not deterministic. Moral responsibility is based on an individual’s choices, not on one’s racial membership.

Ending The Pandemic: Politicians Take Credit as Business Comes To The Rescue

by John Stossel

When the pandemic ends, politicians will take credit, but the solution, as usual, began when politicians got out of the way.

Individualism is the Political Foundation of Healthcare

by Richard E. Ralston

Individualism remains the best tool to deny government the power to force us to buy health insurance in general or forbid the purchase of the kind of health care plan we prefer.

Yuval Noah Harari’s Terrifying Pandemic Future

by Joakim Book

It is a scary world into which Professor Harari wants us to “live.”

Universal Freedom: The Only Hope for Health Care

by Richard E. Ralston

“Universal Health Care” is the increasing drumbeat of advocates who want Americans to place all responsibility for their health care in the hands of government.

The Primary Obstacle To COVID-19 Mass Vaccination is Not The Free Market But Government Regulation

by Phillip W. Magness

The effort to get vaccinated is akin to sitting at the back of a 9-month long DMV line. Welcome to vaccine central planning.

Incompetent Government with Absolute Power Kills Grandma and Grandpa

by James Bovard

As early as last May, barely two months after the start of the state lockdown, a New York Post columnist groused: “So Gov. Andrew Cuomo killed Grandma and cratered New York’s economy. But he looked good doing it.”

“National Conservatism” Betrays America’s Founding Ideals

by Elan Journo

“National conservatism” seeks to subjugate the “I” to the authority of the “we.” The emergence of “national conservatism” is an ominous trend for American political life. Its advocates often stress the themes of patriotism and love of country and even political freedom. But the substance of their views is a betrayal of America’s founding ideals.