Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad corporations, and a government-run central bank to pay for it all.
Ryan McMaken and Bobby Gunther Walsh discuss birthright citizenship historically.
Robert Paul Wolff, who recently died, understood that the state is incompatible with individual rights. While he faltered in his views on economics, he helped lay the groundwork for a reasoned and coherent opposition to state-sponsored power.
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John Quincy Adams famously warned against the US going abroad in search of “monsters to destroy,” but while claiming to destroy monsters, the regime also creates and nourishes them.
In Germany, as elsewhere, “democracy” means whatever the ruling class says it means. Often, that means banning dissident political parties.
As Elon Musk takes on federal agencies, the Washington establishment is trying to frame him as an unelected plutocrat using government to help himself and other rich people at the expense of the poor.
Wanjiru Njoya appears on Action Radio with Greg Penglis to discuss some of her recent articles.
If federal funds are cut off from the Kennedy Center, I guess America will just have to go back to that “dark age” before the Kennedy Center opened in 1971.
Ryan and Zachary Yost try to figure out if there is any consistent philosophy that guides Donald Trump’s foreign policy.