Frédéric Bastiat and the Hubble Telescope
Bastiat would point out that all that tax money spent on space programs comes at a very real, unseen cost.
U.S. History
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Now’s a Great Time to Stop Meddling in Haiti
If Trump feels Haiti is a mess, he might consider departing from the US's long record of failure there with a new policy of total non-intervention.
Liberty vs. the Constitution: The Early Struggle
The history of the Constitution's adoption is the history of a coup d'état.
Free State Kansas
Chris Calton discusses how the Kansas territory turned in favor of the Free State settlers.
The Constitution Does What it Was Written To Do — Expand Government Power
The purposely open-ended Commerce Clause and deliberately nebulous phrases such as “general welfare” are in there for a reason.
The Great Depression Tax Revolts Revisited
Beito did a great service for the scholarship of liberty and American history with his rediscovery of the Great Depression-era tax resistance movement.
The Great Depression Tax Revolts Revisited
Beito did a great service for the scholarship of liberty and American history with his rediscovery of the Great Depression-era tax resistance movement.
Cannabis Tax Revenues Will be a Roadblock to Sessions’s Drug War
State tax collectors and local businesses are unlikely to go along quietly with new federal efforts to crack down on legalized marijuana.
2.1. A History of Money and Banking in the United States Before the 20th Century, Part 1
Ron Paul's 1982 book on monetary reform.
Dred Scott
Chris Calton discusses how the worst Supreme Court ruling of all time poured gasoline on the fire that was dividing a nation.
