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How Capitalism Redefined Masculine Virtue

Media and CultureU.S. History

Blog06/06/2023

In the pre-industrial world, aggression and physical domination were often labeled as "masculine" virtues because they were useful for survival. The rise of the cooperative market economy changed all that. 

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The Boston Brahmins, WASPs, and Nazis: The Pursuit of Eugenics

Media and CultureProgressivismU.S. HistoryWorld History

Blog05/26/2023

Modern progressives don't like to refer to their long-held support of eugenics. In fact, American progressives influenced the Nazis, who launched their own murderous eugenics schemes.

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The Bud Light Boycott and Clueless Corporate Executives

The EntrepreneurU.S. HistorySubjectivismValue and Exchange

Blog05/24/2023

Bud Light executives thought customers wanted the beer to partner with a "transgender" celebrity. Or executives simply didn't care what customers thought. In any case, executives are now paying the price. 

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Did the US Steal Cherokee Land?

LawProperty RightsU.S. History

Blog05/15/2023

Like so many other Indian tribes, the Cherokees found out the US government has a penchant for not abiding by its own treaties.

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The US Followed a Policy of Foreign Intervention Long before World War II

U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy

Blog05/13/2023

One of the great fictions of US history is that the USA's foreign policy was based on noninterventionism until the nation was forced to enter World War II.

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NATO's Great New Idea: "Let’s Start a War with China!"

U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy

Blog05/10/2023

Last week NATO announced that it will open its first-ever Asia office in Japan. What next, NATO membership for Taiwan?

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The New Immigration Bill Is a Trojan Horse for E-Verify and Is a Threat to All Americans

Bureaucracy and RegulationLabor and WagesU.S. History

Blog05/09/2023

A new bill being sold as an "immigration control" measure is really a vast expansion of the federal regulatory and surveillance state known as "E-Verify."  The potential for abuse is enormous. 

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Comprehensive Reform versus Piecemeal Reform

Decentralization and SecessionDemocracyHayekPoliticsU.S. History

Blog05/09/2023

Should political reform be the result of a much-discussed comprehensive plan? Or should it come about through decentralized decision-making that deals with the situations at hand?

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The Dominion Lawsuit against Fox News Is Part of the War against Free Speech

U.S. History

Blog05/04/2023

Taxpayer-funded company Dominion is suing private parties for saying things the company doesn't like. These lawsuits illustrate how defamation laws can be used to destroy free speech.

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Historical Effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

U.S. HistoryWorld History

Blog05/01/2023

While the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade have been well documented, people other than slave traders and slaveholders benefitted from it, with some surprising results.

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