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Dispatches from a World Turned Upside Down

Do Not Fiddle While Rome Burns

Proxy wars in Yemen, Ukraine and elsewhere continue, defense spending hovers around $845 billion, the budget deficit exceeds one trillion, and federal debt per taxpayer is a quarter million. Amidst all the ruin and woe, former President Trump has the answer: trading cards which portray him as a superhero.

December 15, 2022
The LOLbertarian Caricature

Libertarians are the most fractious of all political types, if it was not for our constant infighting, there would have been several libertarian presidents by now. The problem is this: Who earns the title “libertarian?”

December 14, 2022
The National Defense Authorization Act in Context

The National Defense Authorization Act is the main vehicle by which the military and the network of agencies supporting it get their funding and the next one is coming up for a vote soon, but how much is being spent and what is its effect?

December 13, 2022
It Has Been One Thousand Days Since “Fifteen Days to Slow the Spread,” and What Did We Learn?

On March 16, 2020, President Trump announced his plan to stop the pandemic: “Fifteen days to slow the spread.” That was one thousand days ago, and what did we learn? Never empower the state during a crisis.

December 11, 2022
A Classic Generations Later: The Continued Relevance of Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt

One of the first economics books I ever read was Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt and I could hardly have asked for a better introduction to the science of human action. Generations later, no update needs to be written, it is just as timely and just as applicable in the 21st Century as it was in the last.

December 10, 2022

“As soon as we surrender the principle that the state should not interfere in any questions touching on the individual’s mode of life, we end by regulating and restricting the latter down to the smallest detail.”

— Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism The Classical Tradition

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