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{content}What Milei Missed
With a Stalinist pedigree and a Nazi secretary general, it’s no surprise that the United Nations should become a useless organization of fatally arrogant parasites.
Six Political Crises That Still Shape America Today
What if the political turmoil we see today isn't unprecedented, but part of a much longer American pattern?
What the Bond Market Reveals about Congress, the National Debt and the Middle Class
High bond yields informally signal that the government absorbs too much of the nation’s scarce capital.
AI Leaders Are Asking to Be Regulated. This Is Nothing New.
To suppress economic competition and avoid cutting prices, big business has much to gain from regulation.
Bruen’s Footnote 9 Not a Carve-Out from Text and History
Never has a single footnote in a Supreme Court opinion been so misread to deny Americans their constitutional rights.
Gov. Newsom’s Capitalist Manifesto
Economic illiteracy, and now a problem with numbers.
What’s Really Causing Inflation?
The guilty parties, more often than not, are the central banks.
Democrats Think They’re Voting for Sweden. DSA Is Offering Venezuela
It is no accident that every socialist experiment has led to dictatorship and political tyranny.
Big Government: Born in Crisis and Built to Last
While crises prompt calls for immediate government action, we should do the exact opposite.
Gavin Newsom’s Pandemic Regrets Tour
As 2028 speculation grows, California’s outgoing governor is suddenly finding plenty to reconsider about his COVID record.











