Bureaucracy and Regulation

While many people currently are likely to view the rule of law as simply a collection of arbitrary rules, it involves private property rights and limits on state power.

Under the regime of apartheid, South Africa's government engaged in legal discrimination. In the new South Africa, the government also engages in legal racial discrimination in the name of "equity."

The Biden U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new methane gas detection, repair and reporting rules in December 2023, impacting existi

While many are celebrating the Chevron decision that limits the power of federal bureaucracies to interpret federal law, it also may provide an opportunity to change federal policies regarding land ownership in the West.

Shortly before going down to an ignominious defeat to the Labor Party, the British Conservative Party proposed "national service," or what is known as conscription. It didn't sway British voters, but it was an ominous political development.

Can the "right person" take office and then "fix" our economic, social, and political problems? In a word, no. People have come to believe that all we need is a technocrat who has all the answers. The reality is that technocrats don't know more than the rest of us.

With its focus on dismantling the administrative state, Project 2025 represents a refreshingly serious turn for the American right. However, its policy prescriptions remain frustratingly moderate.

Thanks to state propagandists in our education systems, people have been told that free markets create poverty while state control of economic exchange produces abundant wealth and effectively distributes it. The truth is that free markets reduce poverty and liberate humanity.

While protecting “intellectual property” has a good sound to it — even among libertarians — such policies are harmful to authentic property rights. We need to pursue another path.

Commonsense safety measures are being replaced in our working culture by an impossible “no risk” standard. A culture of “can do” is replaced by the culture of fear.