When Donald Trump shocked the political establishment in 2024—winning not only the Electoral College but also the popular vote—it exposed a crisis inside the Democratic Party. Many progressives suddenly began arguing that the problem wasn’t just policy, but the very structure of American democracy. For them, Trump’s win wasn’t a […]
Crony Capitalism and Vaccine Mandates
A conversation with Mises Institute Board Member Steven Berger As I have remarked in other posts, a bizarre and distressing feature of our times has been the abandonment of the Classical Liberal tradition of carefully defining and limiting the power of the state. It seems to me that America became […]
America: Not Getting our Money’s Worth
Nanny state taxes for Laissez-faire services American political debate within the phony Left-Right parameters usually boils down to one of “big government” vs. “small government.” At least that’s what they tell us. In actuality, the last vestiges of a smaller central government were seen during the Calvin Coolidge administration. Since […]
How Governor Hochul is Taking Away New Yorker’s Constitutional Rights
While the media debate whether Will Smith is entitled to keep his Oscar after assaulting Chris Rock at the Academy Award Ceremonies this past week, Governor Hochul is quietly appealing a largely ignored yet landmark Court case that threatens to transform our Republic for decades to come. Founding […]