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While Western attention is on the Israel-Hamas conflict, war quietly rages in Yemen with predictable destruction. Not surprisingly, US interventionism is fueling this fight.

In the 1800s, Anglo-Americans took advantage of a de facto open border between Mexico and the United States. Illegal American immigrants streamed into Mexico's northern regions and became the new majority.

American political and economic elites insist that they should have authority over everyone else. As people rebel, the elites are only doubling down on their original demands.

While economics textbooks are weak on causes of the Great Depression, American history texts are even worse. It's time for some truth telling.

The arguments of open-borders advocates may be applicable in some corners of the developed world. However, for small countries next to larger ones, open borders bring serious geopolitical consequences. 

While the Secret Service is best known as the guys in sunglasses protecting the president of the United States, the SS actually was created to enforce the fiat money regime during the Lincoln administration.

The movie Wonka is unwittingly a lesson in the dangers of crony capitalism. Willy Wonka, however, beats the odds by being a Misesian entrepreneur.

Despite higher rents, investment in new apartments is a losing proposition, thanks to the Federal Reserve.

When Carl Menger wrote his pathbreaking Principles in 1871, he challenged several schools of thought—and won. His intellectual revolution continues today.

Higher education promotes itself as the leader in equitable outcomes, but the reality is quite different, especially when it comes to women.