U.S. History

More Deep South states join South Carolina in seceding from the Union.

As with the right to free speech in general, expressing one's property rights depends partly on whose property one is standing. 

With disunion looming, conservative Republicans and southern unionists seek a compromise that would keep the Union together.

Historian Amity Shlaes makes the libertarian case for Calvin Coolidge.

The crude oil “daisy chain” reseller boom is just one example of the absurdity of the 1970s price controls on the oil and gas sector. 

Spooner would have defined today's drug war advocates as those who “usurp absolute control over the minds and bodies of their fellow men.”

For almost a month, South Carolina was the only state to have formally seceded from the Union.

America must reject the false dilemma of managed trade versus regulated trade — and choose free trade.

People aren't spending as much as they used to on automobiles. But there are still plenty of buyers willing to go into debt for a well-equipped car. 

Chris Calton introduces the third season of Historical Controversies.