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Colonialism

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History

What If Native American Tribes Had Gotten Their Own State?

Historian Donald L. Fixico explores a forgotten moment in Oklahoma history and its lessons about liberty.

Ilia Murtazashvili | 3.9.2025 6:00 AM

Two photos illustrate Vietnam's progress over time | Photo: Hanoi, Vietnam, 1985; Christopher Pillitz/Gettya; Photo: Hanoi, Vietnam, 2020; Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty

Capitalism

How Capitalism Beat Communism in Vietnam

It only took a generation to go from ration cards to exporting electronics.

Rainer Zitelmann | 3.26.2024 6:00 AM

A pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York City celebrated Hamas massacres of civilians. |  Lev Radin/Sipa USA/Newscom

Israel

Jews, Like Palestinians, Are 'Indigenous' to the Middle East

The Hamas-embraced idea that Jews have no place in Israel fosters extremism on both sides.

Jacob Sullum | 10.18.2023 12:01 AM

Adam-Smith-Sly-American-Proposal | Illustration: A print shows representations of Great Britain and the United States shaking hands; Library of Congress

Economics

Adam Smith Said Colonists Should Join the British Union. Was He Serious?

Reading between the lines of The Wealth of Nations

Daniel Klein | 6.30.2023 6:30 AM

topicspolitics | Photo: Puerto Rican Olympian Jasmine Camacho-Quinn; Abbie Parr/Getty

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Inches Toward Self-Determination

"At this point, it is pretty much a fact that Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States," says one observer.

Eric Bazail-Eimil | 12.4.2022 6:00 AM

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United Kingdom

In Defense of Not Mourning Queen Elizabeth

Plus: Aretha Franklin's FBI file is declassified, Coinbase challenges Treasury Department sanctions of cryptocurrency technology, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.9.2022 9:58 AM

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Science Fiction

Review of the New Dune Movie

It's by far the best cinematic version of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.29.2021 8:41 PM

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Stanley Kubrick

Dune Is an Epic Love Letter to Classic Science Fiction

This is Denis Villeneuve's movie, but it's fully Frank Herbert's Dune. 

Peter Suderman | 10.22.2021 10:29 AM

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin: 'A Weapon for Us To Fight Oppression'

Senegalese app developer Fodé Diop sees bitcoin as a way to end "monetary colonialism" in the developing world.

Nick Gillespie and Regan Taylor | 9.15.2021 11:42 AM

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Colonialism

Is It Racist to Refer to Space 'Colonization'?

The language police have come for the space geeks.

Jesse Singal | 8.16.2018 8:55 AM

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Star Trek

We Are Most Likely Alone in the Universe

No pesky Romulans, Klingons, Ferengis or Vulcans to get in way of Terran colonization of the galaxy

Ronald Bailey | 6.22.2018 6:00 PM

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Policy

Does Britain Owe India Reparations for Colonial Rule?

Only if India owes reparations to dalits for the caste system

Shikha Dalmia | 8.3.2015 1:20 PM

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