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The Menendez Indictments: Understanding Business as Usual in Washington

Big GovernmentCronyism and CorporatismWar and Foreign Policy

Blog09/27/2023

Official Washington is shocked—shocked!—at the alleged influence peddling by Senator Robert Menendez. But it is the pursuit of empire and attempts by Washington to meddle everywhere that make such peddling so profitable.

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Oil Export Bans Make for Crude Politics

Big GovernmentEconomic PolicyProtectionism and Free TradeU.S. Economy

Blog09/26/2023

In the wake of the Arab Oil Embargo of 50 years ago, Congress banned U.S. export sales of crude oil. The results were different than what government "experts" imagined.

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The US Military Is Laying the Groundwork to Reinstitute the Draft

Big GovernmentPoliticsWar and Foreign Policy

Blog09/25/2023

Not satisfied with the futile and destructive wars it has fought in this century, leaders of the US Armed Forces now want reinstatement of the draft. Instead, perhaps our government should give peace a chance.

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It’s Time for Some Debt and Entitlement Alarmism

Big GovernmentThe EnvironmentMedia and CultureTaxes and Spending

Blog09/21/2023

Climate alarmism dominates the news cycle, but perhaps people be more alarmed by massive federal budget deficits and runaway entitlement spending.

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Civilian Control, Unicorns, and Other Bedtime Stories: The Military Does What It Wants

Big GovernmentThe Police StateU.S. History

Blog09/18/2023

Forget the notion that the Armed Forces are under civilian control.What the generals want, the generals get.

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Ten Great Economic Myths

Big GovernmentAustrian Economics Overview

Blog09/09/2023

Our country is beset by a large number of economic myths that lead us to accept unsound and dangerous government policies.

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"Debanking": The Latest Assault on Freedom of Speech

Big GovernmentLawMedia and CultureThe Police StateU.S. Economy

Blog08/30/2023

In their war against free speech, progressive governments are now denying dissidents use of the banking system.

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The State as Modern-Day Superstition: Unraveling the Illusions of Authority

AntipoliticsBig GovernmentPoliticsProgressivismSocialismThe Police State

Blog08/28/2023

To progressive elites, the state (at least one run by progressives) is omniscient and all-powerful. To anyone with understanding, the state is an entity usually run by gangsters.

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The USDA’s War on Small Farms

Big GovernmentBureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismProgressivismU.S. Economy

Blog08/24/2023

The Biden administration is unleashing the USDA on small farmers, attempting to regulate them out of business. This is done to protect not the public's health, but politically connected agriculture interests.

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Beyond Crisis: The Ratchet Effect and the Erosion of Liberty

Big GovernmentThe Police StateU.S. History

Blog08/18/2023

After governments create crises, they use those crises to seize new powers. After the crisis subsides, governments give up some, but not all, of their new authority, which we call the ratchet effect.

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