U.S. History

Ryan McMaken looks at how classical liberals' pro-peace foreign policy was defeated by a century of war propaganda beginning with the First World War. 

Progressives have repeated the Malthus theme of overpopulation for six decades. However, the real demographic problem facing modern industrial nations has been the dearth of population growth fueled by an inflation culture.

The reaction to Biden’s cancer announcement reveals how little trust the public has in the people who spent years claiming that Biden’s mental decline was fabricated by right-wing propagandists. That lack of trust is well deserved.

President Trump has invoked the ancient fallacies of mercantilism in fashioning his protectionist trade policies. We will find that mercantilism is just as harmful today than it was hundreds of years ago when it first became Britain‘s national policy.

Ryan McMaken discusses Ralph Raico’s critique of war propaganda and why revisionism is essential for reclaiming peace and liberty.

From Vietnam to Iraq, Pentagon insider Karen Kwiatkowski reveals firsthand how government lies drive America's wars—and how courageous whistleblowers fight back with truth.

Ready to see history with new eyes? You won’t look at war the same way again.

Is the Federal Reserve truly independent? Jonathan Newman uncovers the myths behind the 1951 Treasury-Fed Accord.

Ron Unz critically reassesses the established narrative of World War II.

The antebellum abolitionist movement ranged from peaceful abolitionist societies in the South to groups in New England advocating violence and bloodshed. Unfortunately, the nation‘s political leaders chose to end slavery through violent means.