U.S. History
Capitalism Is Not Racist; Capitalism Undermines Racism
Leftist regularly accuse capitalism of depending upon racism for its existence, but history tells a much different story.
Uvalde’s Biggest Mistake Was Trusting the Police to “Keep Us Safe”
Knee-jerk support for the police helps gun control advocates by undermining the most fundamental reason for gun ownership: the government's armed enforcers won't keep us safe and are likely to abuse their power.
Police Botched the Uvalde Standoff. Now Gun Controllers Want to Give Police More Power.
Police stood around outside the Uvalde, Texas, school while a gunman shot children inside. Meanwhile, gun control advocates tell us we should just trust the cops to keep us safe.
Just How Common Are School Shootings?
Thirty-nine people were killed in school shootings in 2018 (one of the worst years). In the same period, 900 children drowned, and 1,800 were murdered via child abuse.
Inflation, War, and Oil: How Today’s Crises Are Rehashing the 1970s
Persistently loose monetary policies always have negative growth and distributional effects that impair political stability. In extreme cases, there are civil wars and armed conflicts between countries.
Freedom and Sound Money: Two Sides of a Coin
It is impossible to grasp the idea of sound money without realizing that it was devised to protect civil liberties against state despotism.
1991: When America Tried to Keep Ukraine in the USSR
In the final days of the Soviet Union, the Washington establishment was convinced nationalism was a greater threat than Soviet despotism. Thus, George Bush tried to prop up the USSR and prevent Ukrainian secession.
Inflation Up, Wages Down as Biden Passes the Buck to the Do-Nothing Fed
With inflation still near forty-year highs, this is the thirteenth month in a row during which earnings have fallen behind price inflation.
End Roe v. Wade: It’s Time to Defederalize Abortion Policy
The SCOTUS decision on abortion isn't really about the legality of abortion in America. It's all about how far you have to drive to get one. But many progressives can't stand that people have different values in different places.