Over the weekend, the U.S. bombed three nuclear facilities in Iran. “The strikes were a spectacular military success” President Donald Trump said Saturday night. “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.” Officials later had to walk back Trump’s victory lap, admitting it was as yet unclear how much of Iran’s stockpile […]
Colorado’s 1876 Constitution is replete with provisions to prohibit corporate welfare, special privileges for government-favored big business, and government debt without voter consent. The protections have been fortified and extended by constitutional amendment, most notably in the 1992 Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. Yet for the past century, the Colorado Supreme Court, usually in cooperation with […]
If at first you don’t succeed, make more problems for yourself. That seems to be the mantra in Washington when it comes to the Middle East. Every few years, a U.S. president asks Americans to go along with a small military commitment in the region—or starts one without asking the public. Almost inevitably, it causes […]
Just months into his second term, “Peace President” Donald Trump has launched missiles into an Iran that has neither attacked nor threat Read More Article from LewRockwell Lew RockwellLewRockwell.com is a libertarian website that publishes articles, essays, and blog posts advocating for minimal government, free markets, and individual liberty. The site was founded by Lew […]
A California law that limits gun purchases to one per month is unconstitutional on its face, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled last Friday. The three-judge panel’s unanimous conclusion illustrates the continuing impact of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which clarified […]
Tim McGraw wrote: The US government won’t have to contract out its dungeons and torture chambers to other countries anymore (like Tora Prison in Egypt). The US will ha Read More Article from LewRockwell Lew RockwellLewRockwell.com is a libertarian website that publishes articles, essays, and blog posts advocating for minimal government, free markets, and individual […]
North Carolina lawmakers are advancing a bill that would kill the state’s shrimping industry. On Thursday, the state Senate voted on House Bill 442, which had recently been passed by the state’s House of Representatives to expand the recreational fishing season for southern flounder and red snapper and establish a pilot program to restore their […]
Renewed calls for sweeping deportations have sent a wave of panic through America’s farms—and for good reason. Almost 14.5 million tons of produce were left unharvested across the U.S. in 2023 alone. Labor shortages already plague agriculture. Mass deportations will exacerbate the issue. But the crisis is bigger than immigration enforcement. Even as undocumented workers […]
Three years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and conservative states rushed to pass strict new abortion bans or revive old ones still on the books but unenforceable under Roe. And for a short while, things went according to anti-abortion campaigners’ wishes, with the U.S. abortion rate—which had been […]
Monetarists and rational expectations economists believe that if mon Read More Article from Mises Institute Mises InstituteThe Mises Institute’s website is a treasure trove for enthusiasts of Austrian economics, libertarian philosophy, and classical liberalism. Serving as both an educational platform and a research resource, the site offers a vast array of articles, academic papers, books, […]