Wanjiru Njoya

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Lessons From Mises on Resolving the History Wars

11/07/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

Despite the claims from many historians that they just report the facts, the study of history is highly ideological and historians often depend upon narratives. Mises pointed out another way in his Theory and History.

Individual Liberty in Libertarian and Conservative Philosophy

10/31/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

As Murray Rothbard’s views on individual liberty progressed, he increasingly embraced men like Richard Weaver and John Randolph, who both stressed the importance of private property rights and political decentralization.

Ludwig von Mises Did not Promote Hitler’s Racial Ideas

10/28/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

Leftist Boston University historian Quinn Slobodian claims that Ludwig von Mises was a Nazi sympathizer who favored Hitler’s views on race and imperialism, while broadcaster Thom Hartmann makes similar assertions. Neither man is willing to admit the truth about Mises.

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How to Recognize Critical Race Theory

10/28/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

Despite the change in the White House, critical race theory is still with us, dominating the academic sectors and being ingrained in progressive culture. We need to better recognize what it is and how it works in order to better refute it.

How Progressives Broke the Constitution and Praised Themselves for It

10/21/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

The US Constitution as originally written and understood no longer exists. The first wave of “progressives” reinterpreted it to their liking before later generations of progressives finished the job.

Individualism and the Violence of the Identitarian Left

10/06/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

Leftists seek to create a new society that supposedly is peaceable. However, they also celebrate violence done against political opponents, something that Murray Rothbard understood as undermining every supposed peaceful goal they claim to be pursuing.

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