Political Theory

The United States has gone through at least six "party systems." Populism, war, or economic crises usually trigger a change from one system to another.

Once upon a time, those in power were smart enough to recognize the importance of popular support. Now the arrogant behavior of those in power is sowing the seeds of true subversion of federal authority.

According to Brown, Hayek's position against mass democracy is not to be argued against but diagnosed. It is wrong because “democracy” is good—obviously.

If the FBI and the Pentagon have already demonstrated their officials are willing to break and bend rules to obstruct Trump, why believe the administrative class when they insist elections are free and fair and all above board? 

The Marxist dialectic was purported to explain every development in Soviet society. But so much wishful thinking was required that eventually it all just became a subject for jokes.

China is the model for the economic and political system being promoted in the West, and the Great Reset is the most forthright articulation of that system—although its articulation is anything but perfectly forthright.

Machiavelli asserts that civil society can best flourish in the absence of government intrusion.

Machiavelli asserts that civil society can best flourish in the absence of government intrusion.

Mass hysteria is possible in a free society, but there are self-correcting mechanisms and the harm such hysteria may inflict is limited by the enforcement of private property rights.