The US Supreme Court now has before it the case of Trump vs. Barbara. The Trump administration is arguing that birthright citizenship is not guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Since the Amendment’s adoption in the 1860s, advocates of immigration and widespread naturalization have argued that the amendment applies to anyone born on US soil, even if his or her parents are only temporarily traveling within the US.
I attended this year’s Libertarian Scholars Conference—my first time at a conference organized by the Mises Institute. It was an excellent conference—engaging, intellectually stimulating, well-organized, and carried by a genuinely great atmosphere.
Some interpretations of the works of Karl Popper—particularly The Logic of Scientific Discovery and The Aim of Science: Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery—argue that scientific hypotheses can only be refuted or corroborated, but never proven.
The philosopher Jürgen Habermas died on March 14. In the assessment of David Gordon, Habermas “totally subordinate[d] philosophy to Marxist ideological propaganda” and was a social theorist who pushed a “brand of radical social democracy.” His goal was to “extend the welfare state in a radical fashion that will end up in socialism.”
In a July 2025, Gordon provides a summary of Habermas’s views:
As we begin a new week, the media is filled with reports that President Trump is ready to approve a US ground operation against Iran, either to seize Iran’s uranium or to attack an island off the country’s coast. Thousands of US troops have sped to the conflict area to await President Trump’s decision.
The President is on the verge of making a serious mistake to add to a series of deadly mistakes that have characterized this terrible war of choice against Iran. A US ground operation against Iran would only achieve the death of thousands of US servicemembers.
Last Saturday, the third so-called “No Kings” protest took place in cities across the US. Left-leaning protestors again took to the streets to show everyone how much they oppose Trump.
The Walmart Recession Signal (WRS), which measures Walmart’s stock price against a basket of luxury stocks, shows high risk of a sharp economic downturn.
On May 28th, the 10th annual Austrian Economics Meeting Europe will be held at Western Catholic University in Angers, France. Started by European Mises University alumni, the AEME is a research conference dedicated to the Austrian tradition, where participants have an opportunity to engage with contemporary research from scholars around the world.
Confirmed keynote speakers include Michael Esfeld (University of Lausanne), Nathalie Janson (NEOMA Business School), and Nikolay Gertchev (University of Angers.)
