Investing in Venezuela? Caveat emptor

January 08, 2026

Investing in Venezuela? Caveat emptor

President Donald Trump is irrationally exuberant about rebuilding Venezuela’s economy and its oil industry. The reality on the ground is far less encouraging. Venezuela is a broken nation-state. Over the past decade, its economy has contracted by roughly 75%. The country’s institutions have collapsed, and its currency is effectively worthless after years of hyperinflation. Rebuilding Venezuela’s […]

California’s fire solution: hyperregulating yard plants

California fostered the conditions for the Los Angeles wildfires through poor forest management, lackluster water storage, and incompetent leadership. Naturally, the state wants to ignore those problems and focus on its expertise: hyperregulating normal people and pretending that these regulations move the needle. California is currently “drafting the toughest statewide rules in the country for […]

Intelligence, power, and moral clarity: Trump’s Venezuela masterstroke

Much could still go wrong for the United States following last week’s stunningly successful removal of illegitimate Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. For one, loyalists of the Chavista regime might dig in for the long haul, forcing President Donald Trump to make good on his threat of a second strike more devastating than the first. China, […]

What will the US and Israel do about the Iran protests?

Protests have long been a defining feature of Iranian political life. Iranians take to the streets regularly, demanding a better quality of life, economic reforms, and improvement of their social condition. These protests often turn bloody, with the beating, torturing, or killing of citizens in their thousands. Yet, Iranians have persisted, showing a resolve that […]

Free speech does not exist in France

Europeans regularly insist that their countries protect free speech, but it is always a lie. Free speech does not exist in Europe, including in France, because free speech does not truly exist outside of the United States and its First Amendment protections. France proved this point again on Monday when 10 people were found guilty […]

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On this Jan. 6, remember the violence of 2020’s BLM riots

Today is Jan. 6, 2026, the fifth anniversary of the 2021 Capitol riot, an event that Democrats and Never Trumpers love to remind everyone repeatedly that it happened. Democrats like to use it as an example, ad nauseam, of the dangers of Trump’s powers and the devotion of his followers. But while they regularly cite […]

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