U.S. History

Though stories of the masses are valuable and insightful, the lives of magnates of industry, and the lesser magnates—such as the owner of the mine where my grandfather labored—also need to be told.

Trump has even dubbed himself “a Tariff Man.” This is nothing new, however, his frequent claims regarding the US economy during the Gilded Age need scrutiny.

South Vietnam ceased to exist as a separate country 50 years ago. What followed was an object lesson on the failures of socialism, as Marxist ideology turned Vietnam into one of the world's poorest countries. Vietnam‘s “second revolution” was successfully embracing a market economy.

When modern progressives claim to support equity, what they really mean is the confiscation of wealth and transferal of private property to politically-favored groups. These policies have a sorry history from Reconstruction and continued through the 20th century communist regimes.

Prophetic Statesmanship is worth reading as an example of the misplaced ingenuity with which intelligent scholars can defend ridiculous views. Efforts to unify Americans in the worship of the godlike Abraham Lincoln cannot succeed.

The sun finally is setting on the world order that emerged after World War II, including the Cold War. This is not for lack of trying by US and European politicians, but they cannot stop the entire apparatus from collapsing under its own weight.

While establishment historians claim that the British government had no intentions of depriving American colonists of their liberties, actual history tells a different story. Things came to a head April 19, 1775, touching off the American Revolution.

When constituting what a “well-regulated militia,” looks like, look no further than the first armed conflict of the War of the Revolution.

What is a proper libertarian foreign policy? Murray Rothbard wrote that first and foremost, a peaceful and realistic policy means not invading other countries and working to end wars as quickly as possible. 

Far from being a true measure of economic health, GDP is a misleading economic statistic that implies consumer and government spending grow the economy. When government spends, GDP increases.