Crises, whether real or perceived, provoke members of the public to call for a response. During crises people fear for their lives and their livelihoods, and understandably they want people they view as having expertise to 'do something' to address the crisis.
October 30, 2020 No Debate Over the Welfare-Warfare State
Unfortunately, there has been no debate and discussion in the 2020 presidential race over the two greatest infringements on the liberty and well-being of the American people — the welfare state and the national-security state. That shouldn’t surprise us though given that both Republicans and Democrats, along with the mainstream press, are so wedded to the New Deal/Great Society revolution that began ...
COVID-19 and Liberty
by Christine Smith
If there's one thing we've learned about the public's understanding and practice of liberty from the pandemic, it's that some when pushed to the ...
Capitalism vs. Slavery
by Phil Magness, Jacob G. Hornberger, and Richard M. Ebeling
Have you ever thought about the relationship between 19th-century capitalism and 19th-century slavery? Special guest Phil Magness, ...
Unmasking Paul Krugman's Misrepresentation of Ayn Rand
by Richard M. Ebeling
“How Many Americans Will Ayn Rand Kill?” When New York Times columnist Paul Krugman’s article for October 22, 2020 was first posted on the ...
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by John W. Whitehead
Things are falling apart. How much longer we can sustain the fiction that we live in a constitutional republic, I cannot say, but anarchy is...
The Tortured Legacy of the Mexican-American War, Part 6
by Danny Sjursen
It was an odd peace, negotiated by a once-trusted, Democratic Party loyalist who, though appointed by Polk himself, soon turned against the war, ...
