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Opposing Critical Race Theory Doesn't Make You a "White Supremacist"

DemocracyMedia and CulturePoliticsProgressivism

Blog9 hours ago

Much of critical race theory and “antiracism” is aimed at pulling people apart, not bringing them together. To oppose such theories and practices is not racist in itself.

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Overcoming Government Intervention in the Economy

Bureaucracy and RegulationThe FedU.S. EconomyInterventionism

Blog05/26/2023

As government regularly intervenes in economic and financial markets, both continue to deteriorate. We must understand the kind of damage government causes.

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Our Economic Illiteracy

U.S. History

Blog03/14/2023

The great economist Armen Alchian once observed, “Fortunately, societies have progressed despite almost universal ignorance of economic principles.” True.

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Odds Are Rising That the Fed Will Trigger the Next Bust

Booms and BustsThe FedMonetary PolicyMoney and BanksU.S. Economy

Blog03/08/2023

As the Fed "fights inflation" by increasing interest rates, its actions will not produce the hoped-for "soft landing," but rather the hard bust.

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Once More unto the Veatch

LibertarianismPoliticsPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog03/03/2023

Human rights is a term tossed around casually in our politicized age. Must there be a moral base to such rights, and how do we determine that morality?

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One Year Later in Ukraine: Washington and NATO Got It Very Wrong

U.S. History

Blog03/02/2023

The foreign policy "elites" have been wrong about regime change, sanctions, "the lesson of Munich," a "rules-based order," and pretty much everything else.  

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Objection, Professor Harari! Logic Proves the Existence of Free Will

PhilosophyPraxeology

Blog12/27/2022

Yuval Noah Harari, who teaches history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, denies that free will exists. However, to deny free will is to deny human action itself.

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On Secession and Small States

Decentralization and Secession

Blog10/08/2022

So, if we're going to talk about secession, then, it's also important to explicitly address the issue of "what is the correct size of states." Is smaller better? 

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