Former president Donald Trump is facing ninety-one criminal charges as he seeks to win back the White House in 2024.

Most contemporary political philosophers view free market capitalism with suspicion, if not outright loathing, but one exception is Gerald Gaus, who taught for many years at the University of Arizona. Gaus was by no means a Rothbardian but rather worked within the framework of “public reason” set forward by John Rawls, though Gaus greatly modified it.

Homeless foreign nationals (i.e., “illegal aliens”) began arriving last week at a makeshift shelter in a Staten Island neighborhood. The arrivals come after New York City Mayor Eric Adams decided that a shuttered Catholic school on Staten Island would be used to house some of the more than 100,000 migrants who have arrived in New York City since the spring of 2022. 

Earlier this month, I completed a three-week road trip across America’s east coast, driving through the states of New York, Pennsylvania, the Virginias, and the Carolinas, reaching as far south as Jekyll Island, Georgia. The American road trip is an enriching experience that provides ample opportunity for contemplation about economics and the structure of society.