Video: John Mearsheimer exposes how the war is going well for Russia and “the Ukrainians are in deep trouble.” 

Everybody except a few leftist fanatics hates paying their income tax, and they are right to do so. As the great Murray Rothbard has taught us, taxation is theft, pure and simple. The government takes what is rightfully yours and spends it on whatever it wants. If this isn’t theft, what is?

When it comes to destroying your brand, Norwegian Nobel Committee is the Bud Lite of peace prizes. After all, back in 2009 they gave the Peace Prize to a President Barack Obama who then went on to bomb at least seven countries, set the Middle East on fire, and even conduct drone strikes on American citizens!

Other awardees have had similarly suspicious records as peacemakers. They even gave a Peace Prize to the likes of Henry Kissinger.

October 13 this year is Columbus Day (observed) in the United States, a day referred to by some as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” Right on schedule, we’re seeing all the usual media posts—in both social media and old media—asserting that land should be controlled by those who are indigenous to it. 

Last year the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution criticizing the impacts of the American embargo on Cuba and calling for it to be lifted for a 33rd consecutive year. In the most recent vote, 187 countries supported the non-binding resolution, while only the United States and Israel voted against it and the Ukraine abstained.

In his shocking new book, The Fort Bragg Cartel, investigative journalist Seth Harp uncovers stunning revelations about the special operations forces at Fort Bragg. (Via The Quincy Institute)

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for their pioneering work on innovation and economic growth. Their research has profoundly transformed how economists understand the engines of prosperity, showing that long-term development depends not only on institutions or capital, but on the power of ideas. Yet among the three laureates, Joel Mokyr deserves special recognition.

William H. Vanderbilt—who appears in Bartlett’s Quotations for “the public be damned”—is the only person in US history whose father (Cornelius, or “the Commodore”) was, for a time, the richest person in the country, and who was himself, for a time, also the richest person in the country.

The old debate about foreign trade has erupted again with Trump’s tariff war. To be honest, for quite some time I could not make sense of it.

A federal court in Virginia recently ruled that the name of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, who is regarded as a great hero by many Americans, violates the free speech rights of black students. As summarized by the judge,