Big Government

A "right" to "climate justice" is now used as a foundation for lawsuits in some American states. Unfortuantely, the courts are taking it seriously. 

Antitrust law is being touted as an answer to our inflationary economy. Unfortunately, as Austrians have noted, antitrust law does nothing to bolster competition and actually makes the economy less competitive.

The debate over use of nuclear weapon is built upon the assumption that they‘ve only been used twice, both against Japan. However, if we expand the definition of use to how we apply it to other kinds of weapons, then nuclear weapons have been used too many times.

We may be in the New Year, but James Bovard is not ready to put the craziness of 2024 in his rearview mirror. Here are some epigrams he wrote to explain the madness of an election year.

With governments cracking down on free speech and even criminalizing alleged defamation, it is time to take a new look at libel laws. Murray Rothbard provides a clear-headed view of libel law—and why it shouldn‘t exist at all.

Progressives have been calling for heavy taxes and other confiscatory policies to be aimed at wealthy Americans. While they didn‘t win the recent presidential election, their toxic message remains.

Politicians respond to pressure. If we want them to actually carry out the cuts they claim to stand for it’s up to us to provide that pressure.

In a previous post titled, “Why Doe

As reality tells us that federal spending needs to be cut drastically, that means that local projects will need to be funded by states and localities, which means deficit spending is not an option. 

US entry into WWI assured a decisive Allied victory, but it also assured a victory for politically-connected US bankers who used the new Federal Reserve System to send newly-printed money to the Allies.