Gun Rights Don’t Come from the Second Amendment
Even without the Bill of Rights, the federal government has no legitimate authority to control what people read or what people own, including books and guns.
U.S. History
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Economics in Service of the State: The Empiricism of Richard T. Ely
[Excerpt from Murray Rothbard, The Progressive Era, Patrick Newman, ed. (Auburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 2017), from chap. 13 “World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals,” pp. 428–36.] World War I was the apotheosis of the growing...
Jeff Sessions is Wrong: Nothing is “Settled”
Can political arrangements be dissolved peacefully? Legally? At the ballot box? By any mechanism short of outright violence and civil war?
The Rockefellers and Social Security
The Rockefellers and their intellectual and technocratic entourage were, indeed, central to the New Deal.
Filibuster in Nicaragua, Part 6: William Walker vs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
Chris Calton concludes the story of William Walker and his hope of “Americanizing” Latin America.
Police: We’re the Experts — Don’t You Dare Criticize Us
Defenders of police incompetence are falling back on the claim that they are above criticism because they are the "experts."
There Are Fewer School Shootings Now Than During the 1990s
Schools aren't like they were when we were kids. Schools are safer.
Shadow Imperialism: American Filibusters in Latin America
The US government was not involved in these early attempts by Americans to seize control of neighboring countries. But the imperialist impulse was the same.
Filibuster in Nicaragua, Part 5: President William Walker
Chris Calton continues the story of William Walker and his hope of “Americanizing” Latin America.
Trump’s Tariffs, Fannie’s Funding: How High Can Rents Climb?
Renters can't keep paying higher and higher rents, as nearly half of all renter households pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing.
