King George III Would Have Loved Today’s Gun Control Movement
The only “common sense gun control” that its advocates are eventually going to agree on is to take your guns […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
A Flourishing Hemp Industry Is Growing in Colorado
Colorado’s industrial hemp industry continues to grow despite ongoing federal prohibition. The early successes in creating a viable hemp marketplace […]
The Simple Reason Why Steel Tariffs Will Destroy More Jobs Than They Create
The US maps above show: a) the share of each US county’s employment in steel- and aluminum-producing industries in 2016 (top […]
The Demands of Antifa and the Original Fascists Have a Lot in Common
A ghastly phantom has descended upon America: the specter of anti-capitalism. Young people march behind the socialist bandwagon and some […]
What’s My Alternative to Big Government? How about Giving Freedom a Chance
One of the typical responses to criticism of a government policy, program, or other undertaking is the demand for an […]
Gun Control Advocates Are Finally Admitting What They Really Want
I don’t own an AR-15. I’m not a “gun person,” whatever that means. I hardly ever shoot. And I never […]
A Beer War Is Brewing in Maryland
“Maryland Welcomes You: We’re Open for Business” may need to be amended to “We’re Open for Cronyism.” The 60+ craft […]
The “Internet Taxation” Fight Isn’t Really about Internet Taxation
One of the key principles of a free society is that governmental power should be limited by national borders. Here’s an […]
Reject the Identity Politics of the Alt-Right and the Control-Left
Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist at the University of Toronto. Previously, he has held positions at McGill and Harvard […]
Trump’s Protectionism Will Just Make Everyone Poorer-If We’re Lucky
President Donald Trump has announced the planned imposition of a new, 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 […]
3 Economic Fallacies That Just Won’t Die
In any academic discipline, one can find two types of experts: those who are incapable of explaining complex ideas in […]
Economics Was Invented to Refute Trump’s Tariff Arguments
When Adam Smith wrote Wealth of Nations, it wasn’t to refute the “godless socialists” 21st-century Republican voters believe are taking […]
President Trump’s Predecessors Learned about Steel Tariffs the Hard Way
That’s a slight variation of the title of a Yahoo! Finance news report from last year with this opening: In March 2002, President […]
33 Choice Quotes from the Great Murray Rothbard
Mr. Libertarian. That commonly-employed term tells you of Murray Rothbard’s importance to libertarian thinking. His New York Times obituary called […]
Government Spending on Education Is Higher than Ever. And for What?
It’s a common theme in the news media: Education needs more money. Always. In keeping with that storyline, a recent […]
15 Supreme Court Decisions that Shredded the Constitution
What makes a Supreme Court decision bad? And what are the worst precedents handed down by our highest court? I’ve […]