The Corruption of Empire 08/31/09
Why nation-building, such as in Iraq and Afghanistan, leads to fraud and abuse. [Read More] |  by Philip Giraldi |
Betting Against the Fed 08/29/09
Bernanke is on the defensive, as Congress and the public demand an audit of America's most secretive and least trusted agency. [Read More] |  by Steve Hanke |
The Liberal Fear of Guns 08/28/09
Does the Second Amendment threaten the First? To the contrary. [Read More] |  by Jacob Hornberger |
Are Misplaced Incentives the Inevitable Result of Statism? 08/27/09
What do the S&L Crisis, airline safety, mandatory minimums, the housing bubble, and the TSA and the FDA have in common? [Read More] |  by Wilt Alston |
What Is This "Free Market" We Keep Hearing About? Part II 08/26/09
A response to some critics on the question of American health care. [Read More] |  by Tom Mullen |
We Need Sunlight to Disinfect the Legislative Process! 08/25/09
It's common sense not to hysterically pass health care reform, or any legislation, without an opportunity to debate or even read the bill, and it ought to be the law. [Read More] |  by Ron Paul |
A Child Can Understand the Meaning of Debt 08/24/09
If only the politicians could as well. [Read More] |  by Peter Orvetti |
Dr. Leviathan 08/22/09
Want a picture of state-managed care? Look at Canada. [Read More] | ![]() by Becky Akers |
The Free Market as Regulator 08/21/09
The government, on the other hand, does not regulate, but creates economic chaos. [Read More] |  by Ron Paul |
Will National ID Protect Us From Identity Theft? 08/20/09
No, it would exacerbate the problem in fact. [Read More] |  by Mark Lerner |
Biking Out of Iraq 08/19/09
On troops that don't depart, experts who never leave the scene, an air force that suddenly wasn't there, and a war that no longer needs a justification. [Read More] |  by Tom Engelhardt |
"Secure Flight," Insecure Travel Rights 08/18/09
Internal passports, courtesy of the Transportation Security Administration. [Read More] | ![]() by Michael Ostrolenk, Robert E. Smith, Richard Sobel and Jan Towe |
America's Socialized Health Care 08/17/09
How the government has driven up costs and ruined American medicine, and what to do about it. [Read More] | ![]() by Lawrence Wilson, M.D. |
Obama and the Post Office 08/15/09
The president let it slip that his public health care option will "compete" with private enterprise just as the Post Office does. What does this tell us? [Read More] |  by Lew Rockwell |
An Antiwar Effort Only the Right Can Lead 08/14/09
If we are to have peace, libertarians and traditional conservatives must lead the way. [Read More] | ![]() by John Walsh |
Obama, Bush and the Limits of Power 08/13/09
Whatever the flavor of overbearing government, it must reckon with two stubborn forces: public opinion and economic law. [Read More] |  by Anthony Gregory |
Is There a Natural Anti-Liberty Mindset? 08/12/09
Not exactly, but the anti-liberty mindset, unnatural as it may be, is perhaps our greatest challenge. [Read More] |  by Karen Kwiatkowski |
Cash for Clunkers 08/11/09
Just another program stimulating more economic destruction. [Read More] |  by Ron Paul |
The Chilling Effect 08/11/09
Some would prefer to silence dissent on health care. [Read More] |  by Peter Orvetti |
Will America Shrug? 08/10/09
Will U.S. citizens change their mentality about government? [Read More] |  by Daniel O'Connor |
What Is This "Free Market" We Keep Hearing About? 08/08/09
The health care system is indeed in crisis, thanks to government, the disease masquerading as its own cure. [Read More] |  by Tom Mullen |
When Will the Monetary Manipulation Stop? 08/07/09
The key to ending the boom-bust cycle. [Read More] |  by Justin Williams |
The Fed’s Phlogiston Theory of Recessions 08/06/09
Deconstructing the latest crude Keynesian attack on Austrian economics. [Read More] |  by William Anderson |
Ukrainian Follies: Creating More Needless Defense Dependents 08/05/09
Why the newest plan to expand NATO is not in America's interests. [Read More] |  by Doug Bandow |
An Open Letter to Congressman Murphy 08/04/09
An appeal to a New York House member on the real, statist problems with American health care, and the real solution. [Read More] |  by Steven Vasquez |
Healthcare Plan Based on Economic Fantasy 08/03/09
The Democrats' proposal might work -- if we had unlimited money to spare. [Read More] |  by Ron Paul |
More War, Please 08/03/09
Obama's calamitous escapades in Afghanistan are familiar in their futility. [Read More] |  by Philip Giraldi |
The North Carolinian Jihadist 08/01/09
The case of Daniel Boyd underscores the inner contradictions of U.S. foreign policy. [Read More] |  by Jacob Hornberger |