According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest price inflation data, CPI inflation in December accelerated while the month-to month increase hit a multi-month high.

The seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.39 percent, month over month, in December, rising to a ten-month high. Year over year, the CPI rose 2.88 percent in December, not seasonally adjusted. That’s a five-month high.

I had the pleasure of visiting Próspera, a free city located on the island Roatán off the coast of Honduras, on a rainy day in December. Jorge Colindres, the city’s mayor, generously guided and shared the city’s history, successes, and political struggles.

The saying “Truth is the first casualty of war” is said to have originated in ancient Greece with the writings of playwright Aeschylus. For thousands of years, it has been recognized that most wars are wars of conquest, plunder, and destruction. War is an opportunity for the state and the ruling classes to prosper and gain power. “War is the health of the state,” Randolph Bourne said in his famous essay of the same name. Has there ever been a truer statement?

Much has been written about the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, including articles on this page and other libertarian sites.

To justify the State of Israel’s current indiscriminate killing of women and children in Gaza, the Israeli regime’s supporters generally put forward a one-line explanation: “Israel has a right to defend itself.” This simple-minded incantation is deployed as if it is the final word. It is meant to communicate this idea: “some people from Gaza killed some Israeli citizens in October 2023. Therefore, the Israeli state can morally and legally kill any person in Gaza indiscriminately.”