For all of the political and social turmoil in this country and elsewhere, the technological revolution marches on. While many pundits tell us we should fear these technological advances, the net result of them is positive, as new and improved technology advances capital development.
John Quincy Adams famously warned against the US going abroad in search of “monsters to destroy,” but while claiming to destroy monsters, the regime also creates and nourishes them.
Ryan and Zachary Yost try to figure out if there is any consistent philosophy that guides Donald Trump's foreign policy.
If federal funds are cut off from the Kennedy Center, I guess America will have to go back to that dark age of American culture that existed before the Center opened in 1971.
Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad corporations, and a government-run central bank to pay for it all.
Libertarian philosophy is based upon the non-aggression principle, but a libertarian society also needs institutions to help carry out those principles, especially for those that are victims of aggression by others.
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The legacy media is ramping up its opposition to the Trump administration and especially Elon Musk. However, it seems that they are using the playbook from eight years ago during Trump's first presidency.
When Americans finally get serious about reining in federal power we should be looking for ways to give naturalization powers back to US states and decentralize citizenship.
Ryan McMaken and Stephen Gardner discuss DOGE, birthright citizenship, corruption and waste in USAID, political decentralization, and more.
