U.S. History

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.

Rothbard saw at an early stage of his life as a graduate student that the Jacksonian period was a defining one in American history.

Throughout the 1850s, tensions over slavery continued to divide the Northern and Southern states. Finally, after the election of Abraham Lincoln, seven of the fifteen slave states broke away from the Union.

LBJ wanted to be remembered for his Great Society legacy. And he has his wish.