A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
– Saul Bellow
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October 20, 2025Republican Support of Mamdani's Socialism
One of the fun things about Republicans is the humor that they sometimes unwittingly bring to the political process. A recent example is their “opposition” to the socialism of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self-labeled socialist who is a member of an organization called the Democratic Socialists of America. Why is the Republican “opposition” to Mamdani’s socialism so funny? Simply ...
The Right to Try by Laurence M. Vance
In all of the founding documents, the 13 states are referred to in the plural. In the concluding paragraph of “The unanimous Declaration of ...
Inflation, Immorality, and Destruction by Angelo Monaco
Inflation during the four years of the Biden administration left the average American worker with 20% less spending power then when...
Russia's Collectivist Cult of the Strong State by Angelo Monaco
In April 2004, I attended a Cato Institute conference in Moscow, Russia. The highlight of the event was when prominent members of the Cato ...
Liberation on the Subject of Freedom by Gary Galles
If one were to describe the positions to which Leonard E. Read, the founder of The Foundation for Economic Education, adhered consistently in a ...
