Big Government

Ryan and Tho discuss the media campaign around Joseph Stiglitz's new book, The Road to Freedom. 

As federal prosecutors expand the government's definition of crime, more and more people are swept up despite the fact they have harmed no one.

Like the Biden administration, the European Union elites are seeking to crush free speech on the Internet in the name of preventing “hate speech” and “disinformation.” Of course, the EU ruling classes won’t have to worry about being censored.

While these students are right to oppose the horrific Israeli attacks on Gaza, many of the protests reflect leftist groupthink and typical higher education collectivism.

Private property rights are under fire by progressive elites — even as those same elites protect their own property fiercely. But without these rights, a functioning economy is not possible.

The New York Times recently characterized House Republicans that voted to extend government domestic spying and continue to fund wars in the Middle East and Ukraine as “the adults in the room.” This is ironic, as real adults would not spend the country into oblivion. 

Vast sums are spent on “reforming” government schools, only to end up with the same lousy product. Thinking outside the box means abandoning public schools altogether.

In publicly opposing apartheid, William H. Hutt saw how legal segregation kept black South Africans from pursuing legitimate economic goals. To Hutt, apartheid deprived people of equality of economic opportunity, which kept them in poverty.

On the 27th of March, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an executive order which had the purpose of curbing speech deemed as “anti-semitic” on all

Congress claims to have targeted TikTok because China's government allegedly uses it to spy on Americans. Besides dealing with a nonexistent threat, the bill gives the federal government vast new powers to misuse.