The Split over Epstein Tells Us Something Important about the MAGA Movement
The Epstein saga is exposing glaring fault lines within the MAGA movement.
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Josh Hawley Proves That Republicans Still Don’t Understand Economics
By introducing legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is demonstrating that while Republicans like to talk about free markets, they are statists and interventionists like their Democratic colleagues across the aisle.
Thomas Paine Slaps Congress with His Résumé
Perhaps no publication contributed more to the Colonials' drive for independence from Great Britain than Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense." But what if he had tried to get the Continental Congress to publish it, instead? The following debate might have occurred.
The Split over Epstein Tells Us Something Important about the MAGA Movement
When President Trump declared the Epstein case closed, many of his supporters in MAGA objected, believing that the government is still hiding the truth. But Trump opponents claim that MAGA is a monolithic movement beholden only to Trump. This incident tells us something else.
My 46 Years of Contempt of Congress
Although most political attention is focused on the US presidency, James Bovard pleads guilty to contempt of Congress. This is the Congress that is spending and borrowing the country into financial oblivion, but never taking the blame for the results.
Why Government Lands Burn
Progressives blame all the recent wildfires on “climate change,” but the real culprit is government mismanagement of public forests and grasslands. The recent fire at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is yet another example.
Bolivia Held Hostage: The Tyrant’s Return
When socialist Evo Morales was elected president of Bolivia, he received favorable press from the western media. Like most socialists, however, his government turned tyrannical. Disqualified from office, he and his followers now seek to stage a coup to return him to power.
Price Inflation Rose in June to a Five Month High—But Don’t Blame Tariffs
Price inflation is moving up again, in spite of President Trump's repeated (and false) claims that prices are falling. Tariffs, though, are not the cause.
Why Hayek Rejected “Mere Legality”
A government that rules by imposing politically-oriented statutes upon its citizens cannot lay claim to governing by “rule of law.” Hayek understood that claiming “legality” to anything the state does is a sure road to tyranny.
3 Central-Banking Myths that Fed Critics Believe
There are many reasons for disliking the Federal Reserve. However, many critics of the Fed attack the Fed for the wrong reasons.
