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India has the longest history of affirmative action programs in the world and they have become the center of heated controversy between two clashing viewpoints.

There are no “good wars,” rather, there are wars with varying degrees of destructiveness. The American War Between the States was especially destructive, and the scars have not fully healed 160 years after it ended.

Edwin S. Corwin in The President: Office and Powers, 1878-1957 has argued that the Constitution is a tussle for control between the executive and legislature. It is, he claims, “an invitation to struggle for the privilege of directing American foreign policy.”

The antitrust lawsuit against Google by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) seeks to dismantle the tech giant on the grounds that it has “monopolized the internet search market.” This is nothing but an overreach that shatters the very pillars of a free and competitive marketplace.

People claim to support “equal opportunity” over the idea of equal outcomes, but when one examines both concepts, it becomes obvious that neither is possible or even desirable. Murray Rothbard understood more than most that equality of opportunity is a chimera.

James Bovard joins host Ryan McMaken to talk about how the White House went from targeting illegal aliens to seizing legal residents guilty of the "crime" of criticizing the government of the State of Israel.

The non-aggression principle is often ridiculed as being abstract and unrealistic. However, it is possible to function in the real world living by this principle, something Murray Rothbard demonstrated using logic and clear thinking.

The federal government didn't take charge of immigration policy until the 1880s. In the early republic, almost everyone agreed that immigration policy was a matter for the states.

While many people have declared the US Constitution to be “crystal clear” on issues of governance, the truth is that much of what the Constitution says is disputed. The first step toward more consensus is understanding that the Constitution is interpreted by fallible people.

The Fourtheenth Amendment has been used in divisive ways, giving the lie to its claim of “equal protection” under the law. We can have equality under the law, or we can have what is becoming a race-based spoils system. We cannot have both.