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NATO's Great New Idea: "Let’s Start a War with China!"

U.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy

Blog05/10/2023

Last week NATO announced that it will open its first-ever Asia office in Japan. What next, NATO membership for Taiwan?

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Neither Red nor Blue, but Free

Big GovernmentDecentralization and SecessionMedia and Culture

Blog04/28/2023

The real issue we face is not whether we should be in the red tribe or the blue tribe, but rather what will be the constituency for freedom.

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No, the Financial Crisis Is Not Over

Booms and BustsThe FedMoney and BanksU.S. Economy

Blog04/17/2023

As markets settle down after the last set of bank failures, political elites claim the crisis is behind us. But it is not over, not by a long shot.

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Nonmeasure for Nonmeasure

DemocracyLibertarianismLiberalismPhilosophy

Blog03/17/2023

How do people in a pluralistic society live peacefully with each other? In his review of Kenneth McIntyre's book, David Gordon points to negative liberty as the best way to preserve values.

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No, We Don't Need More Nuclear Weapons

War and Foreign Policy

Blog03/17/2023

Advocates for more military spending tell us the taxpayer must pay to expand the US's nuclear arsenal.  Because of China. In truth, the US's arsenal is in no danger of not "keeping up."

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No, Red State Economies Don't Depend on a "Gravy Train" from Blue States

U.S. Economy

Blog02/23/2023

Opponents of "national divorce" like to claim that red states would be broke without a flood of money from wealthier, productive blue states. It's not true.

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Notes from the Digital Gulag

Bureaucracy and RegulationMedia and CulturePolitics

Blog12/23/2022

Remember those dystopian futuristic films in which the evil people try to electronically erase the heroes? Social media companies are trying to recreate that scenario.

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No Surprise: Wall Street Wants to Raise the Target Inflation Rate above 2 Percent

Money and BanksU.S. Economy

Blog12/12/2022

Twenty-six years ago, the debate was over whether or not the target inflation rate should be raised from zero to 2 percent. Now we're being told it should be 4 or 6 percent.

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