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Deneen’s Common Good Statism
Culture warrior Patrick Deneen takes on the free market and its traditions. Neither of which he understands well.
Let Staten Island Secede!
If Staten Island is allowed to secede, our national technocrats fear that might open up countless similar demands for self-determination across the nation. For the elites, the current status quo works quite well and they want to keep it that way.
Physician Burnout: Another Consequence of Medical Socialism
Obamacare's forced electronic medical recordkeeping is denying patients the care they need.
Totalitarian Ideals and Not Living by Lies
More than forty years ago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn urged his fellow Russians “not to live by lies.” In our politicized age, his words ring truer than ever.
Why Stabilization Policy is Destabilizing
The call for "price stabilization" was part of the recent Republican debate. Despite its attractive appearance, having the Fed try to "stabilize prices" is a very bad idea.
The Corrupt Bargain and the Preservation of Slavery
Slavery was driven into the heart of the new constitution: in the three-fifths clause, in the protection of slave importation for twenty years, in the fugitive slave clause, and even in the congressional power to suppress insurrections within the states.
Cruisin’ USA
Earlier this month, I completed a three-week road trip across America’s east coast, driving through the states of New York, Pennsylvania, the Virgi
New Documentary from the Cobden Centre: Ex Nihilo: The Truth About Money
Our friends at the Cobden Centre have produced a new documentary, Ex Nihilo: The Truth A
Why the “Just Wage” Theory Doesn’t Make Much Sense
Just-wage theory tells us that an employer cannot reduce his workers' wages below some presumed "cost of living." Yet, that same employer can be permitted to reduce the worker's wage to zero if the worker has been replaced by a machine.