Politics

Just before launching a “regime change” war on Iran, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had a video of him bench pressing 315 pounds ostensibly to impress onlookers and the public.

The problem with this new campaign in Iran is not merely that it will likely have bad near-term consequences, but that it represents the American government doubling down on the imperial project that is causing our accelerating national crisis.

Politicians in the US and elsewhere appeal to envy as they demand destructive wealth taxes to be levied on billionaire business owners.

Modern historians are all about protecting their politically-correct narratives at all costs, and especially the cost of historical truths.

Progressive historians have been able to define the terms of debates of historical events as well to ask the biased and loaded questions in the name of historical inquiry. That is no way to find the truth.

Even though freedom produces a better and wealthier society, people—and especially elites—have an aversion to it. Their fears, while rational, are also harmful to society.

With California’s government looking to pile onerous taxes on the state’s wealthiest citizens, it is time to understand that if state officials try to inflict financial harm on wealthy people, they should know that such schemes do not end well.

On this episode of Power and Market, we feel compelled to discuss this week's State of the Union speech.

Hélène Landemore of Yale University believes she has a radical proposal to make democracy work. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews her book Politics without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule and concludes it isn’t radical enough.

John Eastman makes sweeping claims in his recent