Media and Culture

Wanjiru Njoya appears on The Tom Woods Show to discuss Hayek's critique of "social justice."

The author James Lindsay has gotten mileage by introducing the phrase “Woke Right” to describe certain ideological elements associated with the MAGA movement. The “woke” concepts coming from the left, however, are not the same, structurally speaking, as what conservatives are saying.

Marxism is seen by American and European intellectuals as being a sophisticated and legitimate set of theories that explains social problems in capitalist societies. Yet, the entire edifice of Marxism from “class conflict” to the Labor Theory of Value is nonsense.

Ryan and 'Crisis' magazine editor-in-chief Eric Sammons examine how many Christians pay too little attention to the true costs of war. Ryan and Eric also discuss the importance of Just War Theory. 

Progressives are openly cheering the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. However, it was progressive legislation that created this healthcare crisis in the first place.

Insurance companies canceled coverage on houses in neighborhoods that later burned. Government officials blame climate change, but the real problem lies with state and local governments.

Marx is often portrayed as motivated by love of the working class, but, starting from the time he was a university student, he displayed contempt and hatred for the masses he deemed beneath him.

Long before the term "Critical Race Theory" was coined, Ludwig von Mises already was critiquing what he called "racial polylogism," which claims that what passes for truth depends upon racial identity. While people might hold different perspectives, truth still is truth.

Rose Wilder Lane, known for her many writings, also has been a favorite of libertarians. In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, David Gordon reviews a book based on her columns in the Pittsburgh Courier from 1942-45 on race and race relations.

American higher education, which is supposed to be about learning truth, has become a bastion of untruth. As higher education loses accountability, it simultaneously is corrupting other institutions, especially journalism and even the business world.