"Folly and presumption" seem apt words for anyone who proclaims that he can shape events-that is, people's lives-in the Middle East.
He's also out of touch with everyday Americans.
Karl Marx had no monopoly on theorizing about exploitation.
The U.S. government has occupied Afghanistan for 11 years, through two administrations, Republican and Democrat.
Understanding the difference between true and false individualism
Slate's Matt Yglesias furnishes the latest example of "vulgar liberalism."
Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick is a friend to the welfare/warfare state.
Subsidies, stimulus, regulations, protectionism, trade restrictions, government-bank collusion, zoning, bailouts and more do not equal a "free" market.
What's the best way to secure everyone's mastery over his or her own destiny?
Bureaucrats regulate by threat of physical force while the market operates peacefully through millions of cooperating participants.
Both Obama and Romney are sowing the seeds of a trade war.
Gun control isn't the answer.
Understanding the difference between the free market and government control
Politicians who presume to guide the economy have no idea what they're doing.
How conservative legal philosophy helped create the health care ruling
There's no victory for liberty in the health care case.
If you want progress, stop cleaning up after the elephants (and donkeys).
Understanding the great economist's insights into individualism, true and false
Government employees are tax consumers, not tax payers.
Advocates of individual liberty need to emphasize that freedom is indivisible.
The GOP frontrunner's comments about Bain Capital suggest a shallow understanding of basic economics.
Individualism, trade unions, and "self-governing combinations"
Much is made of how Obama's position on same-sex marriage has "evolved." One hopes his position on the "war on drugs" is also evolving.
Pointless partisan squabbling distracts from the ongoing catastrophe of American foreign policy
Tariffs, trusts, corporate-state collusion and "communism of pelf" did not equal free markets
The importance of context-keeping in libertarian thought
The long, shameful history of using science to stigmatize dissent
The Obama administration says it wants peace in the Middle East. When will it start acting like it?
If the medical-insurance market would indeed fail without a mandate, it's only because of other mandates the government has already imposed.
Saber rattling with Iran has sent oil prices through the roof.
Setting the record straight about the philosophical foundations of libertarian thought
The Scottish philosopher's suspicions about business people were well-founded.
