The Chodorov Principle
Frank Chodorov proposed a sure fix for every case of waste, fraud, and abuse in government: abolish the program. William Stepp explains.
U.S. History
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Lincoln’s Economic Legacy
Lincoln’s main objective was protectionism for Northern manufacturers and the creation of a massive spoils system, writes Thomas DiLorenzo
The Secret Stock Tax
Section 31 (a), a remnant of the New Deal that hits every stock trade, rakes in billions of play money for the government. Yet they call it a fee, not a tax.
Ambrose on the Railroads
A relatively balanced treatment shows they were mainly the products of enterprise, not just corruption. A review by Clifford Thies
Fear Itself: FDR’s Inaugural Address
Only a few lines are remembered, writes James Ostrowski, but the entire speech is an appalling socialist harangue.
Clinton’s Legacy
He's been searching for a legacy for years, and now at last he leaves two, says William Anderson: a recession and high energy prices.
The Election of 1800
The unhappy truth is that Thomas Jefferson, a great libertarian theorist when out of office, was an outright disaster in power, writes Joseph Stromberg.
Fighting for the Right to Vote?
When, precisely, did a foreign power ever threaten to take it away? All threats to voting rights have been domestic, write Joseph Stromberg.
Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln’s White Dream, by Lerone Bennett, Jr.
The Swiss scholar Eduard Fueter once observed that every historian must decide whether he wishes to write from the perspective of his own time, or from the perspective of those whom he is studying.
Calhoun Foresaw This
The country is permanently divided between two classes of voters, but Calhoun saw the way out, says Thomas DiLorenzo
