Jack Hunter: “From WMDs to bombing Iran, the president who consistently mocked the GWOT is now pushing the same old buttons.”

Trump claimed Washington would pay for the occupation of Venezuela with profits from the country’s oil. 

Austrian economics offers a unique perspective on economic theory and policy, standing in contrast to mainstream economic approaches. Originating from the works of economists such as Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, and Friedrich Hayek, this school emphasizes individualism, the importance of free markets, and the problems of government intervention. In the context of Zimbabwe—whose economy has been stifled by excessive state control and corruption—adopting principles of Austrian economics could provide a viable pathway to recovery and sustainable growth.

Trump’s latest National Security Strategy (NSS) document has predictably sent foreign policy pundits of all stripes into a tizzy, with globalists (both of the unilateralist-neoconservative variety and of the multilateralist “rules-based international order” variety) howling once again about Trump not being one of them, while “NatCons” celebrate the NSS’s assault on censorial Eurowokeness and the NSS’s dire warnings about a “stark prospect of civilizational erasure” in Euro

One of the “legacies” of works like Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States is its treatment of Native Americans. People like Zinn accuse explorers and colonists of racial hatred and hostility, resulting in horrific massacres of Native Americans. He portrayed Native American societies as peaceful and environmentally conscious. This has become the mainstream perspective. But it does not reflect reality.

Murray Rothbard and David Friedman exemplify contrasting styles of libertarian thought, Rothbard argues from principles, while Friedman tends to avoid fixed rules, ever-alert to the benefits and costs of various policies. You will not be surprised that I prefer Rothbard’s approach, but Friedman’s inventive mind merits praise. Despite their different styles of thought, both converged in holding that a non-interventionist foreign policy is best for America, and for a similar reason: the state does things badly.