Territorial expansion allowed the federal government to directly rule its many new federal citizens without any state government as intermediary.

Libertarian philosophy is based upon the non-aggression principle, but a libertarian society also needs institutions to help carry out those principles, especially for those that are victims of aggression by others.

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.

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The legacy media is ramping up its opposition to the Trump administration and especially Elon Musk. However, it seems that they are using the playbook from eight years ago during Trump’s first presidency.

When Americans finally get serious about reining in federal power we should be looking for ways to give naturalization powers back to US states and decentralize citizenship.

Government-sponsored currency means one does not own one’s money. Cryptocurrency, however, is privately owned, which is a threat to government’s money monopoly, potentially creating monetary property rights.

Ryan McMaken and Stephen Gardner discuss DOGE, birthright citizenship, corruption and waste in USAID, political decentralization, and more.

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. But these labels apply much more accurately to the establishment itself.

Tom Woods and I talk about the need to look beyond the Trump administration to plan for a realistic ideological and political plan moving forward.