Despite Trump’s claims to the contrary, it was easy to predict that his arbitrary tariffs would increase prices.
POLITICS
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.
Bill Gates Helps Break the Moral Monopoly Against Fossil Fuels
Bill Gates’s humanist challenge to the anti-fossil-fuel climate establishment was only possible because the “moral monopoly” against fossil fuels has been breaking. Now it will break even faster.
Bill Maher is Incorrect When He Says Capitalism Has Failed
Maher’s claim that young people are voting for socialists because of the economy is a superficial explanation.
Trump’s Fantasy World
Producers are forced to trade on terms Trump dictates rather than terms of their own choosing.
Giving Real Meaning to Veterans Day
Any element of self-sacrifice in war is a betrayal of our soldiers and the American freedom they fight for.
Zohran Mamdani’s “Democratic Socialist” Plans For New York City
New York’s future does not lie in further centralization or state control. Its vitality has always derived from individual freedom, entrepreneurial energy, and the rule of law. The Big Apple became great because it allowed people to build, innovate, and prosper—not …
Six Reasons to Not Extend the Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies
Biden’s pandemic-era Obamacare premium subsidies were sold as temporary relief but have instead produced fraud, phantom enrollees, and subsidies for wealthy taxpayers who don’t need them.
Obamacare Has Failed
What Will It Take for Congress to Admit Obamacare Has Failed?
The Confluence: The Making of a Radical Chicago Activist
The child who became a radical activist for freedom that day cried out in defiance against injustice.
Five Myths About Tariffs
Tariffs distort market signals that would otherwise lower costs, raise competition, and motivate reinvestment.
The Myth of The Medicare “Trust Fund”
Using the phrase “Medicare’s trust fund” for any reason other than exposing its falsehood is grossly misleading. It implies there’s a pot of money available to fund Medicare, when no such pot exists.
Statism is The Great Political Evil
Why should you care about statism, the increasing government control over your freedom?
Let The Cutting of Federal Government Jobs Continue
The civilian workforce makes Washington D.C. “the nation’s single largest employer, with even more workers than Walmart, Amazon, or McDonald’s.”
Peace Requires Capitalism
As Rand observes, capitalism is the only system that makes peaceful co-existence among people and countries possible.
The Outlook for the Future of Capitalism (Part 10 of 10)
Let the advocates of capitalism proceed in the knowledge not only that socialism is dead, but also that what the world still needs to learn is why capitalism deserves to live.
A General Campaign at the Local Level for Laissez-Faire Capitalism (Part 9 of 10)
What would be required to restore New York to its former prosperity and greatness would be the combination of the elimination of public welfare, the abolition of rent controls, and the privatization of the city’s transportation system.
Abolition of Income and Inheritance Taxes Under Capitalism (Part 5 of 10)
A possible way to start on the elimination of the income/inheritance tax right now would be to fight for the immediate adoption of a universal exemption of at least 51 percent of everyone’s income from federal, state, and local income taxation under all circumstances.
Capitalism and the Abolition of the Welfare State (Part 4 of 10)
The savings of individuals would steadily replace taxes as the source of provision for old age.
Privatization of Property: Importance of Fighting on Basis of Principles (Part 2 of 10)
The privatization of property is the most fundamental aspect of a procapitalist political program
Toward the Establishment of Laissez-Faire Capitalism (Part 1 of 10)
If a laissez-faire capitalist society is to be achieved, a political movement pursuing a long-range program will be necessary.
The Threat of Ever-Increasing Statism
Statism, as Ayn Rand defines it, is the political principle that life of an individual belongs to the state.
The Glee of the Mob: On the Murder of Discourse Itself
There are few spectacles more repugnant to the civilized mind than the sight of educated adults celebrating an assassination. Yet this is precisely what we witnessed in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder at Utah Valley University.
Freedom For Me But Not For Thee
We cannot have a country where the rights of one person matter more than the rights of another, simply because they were born in a different country or are the descendants of someone who was.
How Charlie Kirk Inspired a Generation
America was founded on the principle that we are free to disagree, and Charlie embodied that. Through respectful debate, he showed that people of all backgrounds and beliefs can stand firm in their convictions while still recognizing one another’s humanity. He lived t…
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.
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.
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.
How the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Betrayed Children Everywhere
The AAP, originally created a century ago to advocate for pediatricians and their patients, has devolved into an advertiser and lobbyist for the corporate interests that fund their operations. So much for “dedicated to the health of all children.”
Free Valjean
Journalism does Valjean a further injustice when it focuses only on the bone and not the boot.
Freedom in a Post-Covid World
As we approach the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence, we need to rethink the very foundations of freedom, its threats, and what we are going to do in response.
How To Get Medical Insurance Companies Out of the Operating Room
The American frustration with government regulated private insurance does not prove the need for a Canadian- or European-style system.
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