Political Theory

The hysterical reaction to the death of JFK, Jr. is a reminder that American socialists long for a great leader who can make statism work. 

The trouble runs deeper than mere corruption; government should not be involved in broadcasting at all. (Column by Tibor R. Machan)

What the founders were rebelling against and why it still matters (from Investors Business Daily).

The term was once identified with the struggle for freedom; today it means the opposite. (An essay by Tibor R. Machan.) 

Anthony de Jasay is one of the few genuinely original thinkers in contemporary political philosophy. Like James Buchanan, he begins from the public-choice approach. Unlike his eminent colleague, he endorses full laissez-faire.

Mr. Kelley undertakes a vital task in his excellent new book. As everyone knows, the welfare state costs a great deal of money.Mr. Kelley undertakes a vital task in his excellent new book. As everyone knows, the welfare state costs a great deal of money.

Professor Weissberg has taken on, in exemplary fashion, one of the major myths of our age.Professor Weissberg has taken on, in exemplary fashion, one of the major myths of our age.

Free markets may be productive, a common complaint runs, but they lead to unjust results.

There is no magic in democracy or in democratic processes that transcends the inherent defects and limitations of government itself. A democratic government will still be a government, and this fact is more important than the mechanism by which leaders are selected.

A primer on the postwar U.S. empire, by Joseph Stromberg.