World History

In his children's book on life under the Stalin cult, Breaking Stalin's Nose, author Eugene Yelchin examines a child's encounter of the difference between propaganda and reality.

Man has only one tool to fight error: reason.

Human beings like to form cooperative groups to achieve various ends. Research has shown, however, that there are limits to the size and nature of these groups, and this is why the state so often turns to violence.

When used properly, and when restrained by the prevalence of a relatively laissez-faire ideology, democracy can indeed work as a brake on government power.

Mass democracy, as its nineteenth-century liberal opponents foretold, devolves into a contest of contending forces, motivated by corrupt self interest.

Ludwig von Mises writes on how Carl Menger foresaw the destruction of Europe due to its rejection of capitalism and classical liberalism.

Some NATO members are hinting that they're not really willing to fight wars for the sake of other NATO members. 

Between conflicts with Eastern Europe, and the threat of a Birtish exit, the EU has some real problems. 

If our "representatives" in Washington cared anything for fiscal responsibility or keeping costs under control, the US would leave NATO immediately, or at least take a small step in the right direction by expelling Turkey from NATO, ASAP.

Compared to the golden age of innovation, now maligned as the "Gilded Age," technological innovation has slowed considerably. But, it doesn't have to be this way, if we can only get the state out of the way.