Political Theory

The left need not worry that Trump will be slashing government budgets. Nevertheless, there may still be some upsides to a Trump administration.

While a president's cabinet choices are always a concern, the big picture shows that efforts to legalize and decriminalize drugs are spreading.

The health-care industry is a labyrinth of government regulations and monopolies. It should surprise no one that prices are increasing rapidly.

The attempts to ban "fake news;" smear antiwar and anti-Federal Reserve movements are all parts of an ongoing war on free speech.

The CIA has always been inept, and it could not even figure out the basics of the Soviet home front during the Cold War.

The unregulated SEO industry shows how companies seek to out-do each other in terms of quality for customers.

Portland is using state coercion to force companies not to pay their CEOs more than 100 x the companie's median employee, or face an additional tax.

Michael Pence seems to be under the mistaken impression that the United States has an unregulated free market economy.

Although the election is over, the ideological fight continues.

Yuri Maltsev, a victim of Soviet totalitarianism in his youth, explains how and why westerners still don't understand what socialism really means.