Hasn’t Bill O’Reilly done enough harm beating the drums for America’s failed foreign wars? But he’s still around somewhere, trying to top his earlier act with more of his trademark fever-swamp rants, now offering advice to President Donald Trump on the Iran War. His...
It is an exceedingly rare thing that I eagerly await the release of a book. However, Patrick Newman’s second installment in his series on the history of cronyism in the United States, just published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, is precisely that. Indeed, ever...
From a pure free-market, Austrian, and public choice perspective, the long-term demographic decline of the native-born population is not an accidental social phenomenon. It is the predictable consequence of government growth, fiscal dominance, and irresponsible...
On August 5, longtime broadcaster and Fox News host Mark Levin posted on Twitter/X: I look forward to -- indeed, am excited about -- the debate between we, the constitutional conservatives/capitalists, and the nationalists-populists (or whatever nomenclature they...
Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) posted the following on Twitter/X Thursday night: It’s no longer Republicans vs. Democrats. It’s Americans who love this country vs. terrorists who want to destroy it. — Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) August 13, 2026 Fine appeared to be...
Representation permeates much of life in the modern liberal state. Politicians make laws for millions of people, laws that every individual is expected to obey under the threat of force. Bureaucracies ensure compliance with these laws through varying forms of...
Grocery prices are insane. They’re still rising. Addressing this problem should be the number one priority of every elected leader. End the stupid foreign wars and focus on this issue. It’s one of the main reasons socialists are gaining power. — Matt Walsh...
Cali, not Bogotá, hosted Colombia's August 7, 2026 presidential inauguration. Abelardo de la Espriella gave his first address as Colombia's president from a military garrison and set the terms of his next four years. "I reaffirm my intention to defeat without truce...
Mali remains in chaos. Al-Qaeda-linked militants and Tuareg separatists have recently demonstrated an ability to coordinate attacks against the Malian military, while the country’s Russian-backed junta struggles to maintain control over territory far beyond the...
Why does the United States station approximately 70,000 troops in Europe? It is not because the Europeans love us. Germans overwhelmingly cite France (46%) as their country's most essential foreign policy partner, compared to 26% for the United States. Around 64% to...
With Cuba seemingly becoming the next focus for the Trump administration, it is worth looking into previous efforts by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the country. Today, we turn toward the agency’s connection with Cuban hip-hop. In...
There is a lot of Richad Nixon rehabilitation going on these days. Before we get too far down that road, we should note that this month marks the fifty-fifth anniversary of one of the most pernicious acts of monetary destruction by modern presidents. On August 15,...
Since his sudden passing, Lindsey Graham has remained an influential force in Washington. The question, “What would Lindsey do?” has acted as a comforting source of validation for interventionist Republicans, many of whom have doubled down on aggressive foreign policy...
There is a law professor in the United States who, until last summer, could have been prosecuted by his own government for giving legal advice. His name is Gabor Rona. He teaches at Cardozo Law School in New York. His crime, in the eyes of the executive branch, was...
Donald Trump returned to office promising to treat the Western Hemisphere as America's business again, and he has spent eighteen months proving he meant it. On his first day back he ordered Latin American criminal syndicates designated as Foreign Terrorist...
Among the commentariat, America’s problem with “forever wars” is usually discussed as a failure of grand strategy. In this telling, presidents misjudge threats; generals overestimate what military power can accomplish; and policymakers confuse battlefield victories...
Six years after the COVID pandemic and nearly two years after he was pardoned for any and all crimes he may have committed since 2014 relating to his role at Health and Human Services (HHS), Anthony Fauci was back in the news last week. The former head of the National...
In an interview with conservative political commentator and best-selling author Michael Knowles released at the end of June, Vice President JD Vance repudiated the free-market elements of the pre-MAGA Republican agenda. He bemoaned the influence of many names...
