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The president's latest episode of "transparency" was the same deceitful behavior that has characterized his administration for the past four years. This time, it is employing deceit to "save democracy." Original Article: Biden’s parting deluge of deceit deserves damning  

For all the regime's talk about "democracy," it is clear at this point that the White House is run by unelected personnel who are accountable only to technocratic elites. Original Article: Unelected technocrats are now the nation’s chief executives  

Surprisingly, Project 2025 blames the Fed for exacerbating the cycle of booms and busts, inflating away the value of the dollar, enabling exorbitant deficit spending. Original Article: What Project 2025 says about the Fed  

While defenders of democracy claim to hold fealty to the U.S. Constitution, they are quick to jettison it when they claim that democracy itself is in peril. David Gordon disagrees. Original Article: No exceptions, please!  

Critics of capitalism claim that private enterprise gives workers the unhappy choice of either working difficult, low-paying jobs or outright starving. The claim is false and the history of capitalism tells a different story. Original Article: The problem with ‘work or starve’  

More than two decades ago, the Federal Reserve joined with the federal government to make housing more affordable. The first housing bubble popped in 2008, and a second bubble is on its way to bursting. Original Article: Are apartment syndicators incompetent or crooked? The answer is yes  

The degrowth movement seeks to mitigate climate change by ending economic growth, which is really a move to engage in large-scale depopulation. Original Article: The degrowth movement is antihuman, and its advocates are fine with that  

By appealing to the self-interest of buyers and sellers, capitalism foils attempts by lawmakers to create racially constructed limits on voluntary exchange. Capitalism undermines racism. Original Article: How capitalism defeats racism  

Under the regime of apartheid, South Africa's government engaged in legal discrimination. In the new South Africa, the government also engages in legal racial discrimination in the name of "equity." Original Article: Legal discrimination in apartheid and equity  

The 1866 civil rights law was historical not because it promised racial equality but because it changed the legal relationship between the states and the federal government. Original Article: The 1866 civil rights revolution  

Alexander Hamilton hated decentralization, and wanted a strong central government, high taxes, and a central bank. Hamilton's legacy today dominates in Washington, DC. Original Article: Alexander Hamilton’s poisoned legacy  

One of the reasons for the hard-left turn in higher education has been the increasing radicalization of accreditation agencies. It is important for colleges and universities to break away from these agencies and rethink the accreditation process. Original Article: A historical lesson in higher-education self-governance  

Economic mythology said governments must regulate markets to prevent monopolies. In reality, it is the government regulation itself that creates monopolies, which do not emerge in free markets. Original Article: Government regulation of competitive firms creates monopolies  

Issues of immigration are complex. The current system of open borders, detention and expanding access to welfare is destructive to our body politic.  We need to come up with a better system that protects the rights of all. Original Article: Natural rights and the American border  

The Washington political establishment's uniform condemnation of the assassination attempt against Donald Trump does not square with the apocalyptic rhetoric they have used to describe him over the past eight years. Original Article: The Trump assassination attempt exposes the establishment’s deceitfulness  

Commonsense safety measures are being replaced in our working culture by an impossible “no risk” standard. A culture of “can do” is replaced by the culture of fear. Original Article: Fear is the mind killer: America’s dangerous obsession with ‘safety’  

Instead of the usual claptrap that characterizes most graduation speeches, someone needs to give a speech that defends liberty and tells the truth about government and capitalism. Original Article: The commencement speech someone needs to give  

Economic laws represent the real world. They are not ideologies or objects of worship. These laws are not the product of an ideological wish list but rather explain production and exchange. Original Article: The Limitations of Economic Laws  

Continued bailouts undermine the entire economy by rewarding financial failure and discouraging productive economic activity. Original Article: How Corporate Bailouts Inflate the Money Supply  

While protecting “intellectual property” has a good sound to it — even among libertarians — such policies are harmful to authentic property rights. We need to pursue another path. Original Article: The Absurdity of Intellectual Property Laws  

Human action is not a figment of our imaginations, nor is it a social construct. Praxeology describes real and purposeful actions by people who act on what they know or what they believe to be true. Original Article: The Reality of Human Action  

It’s finally clear to everyone that President Biden is not running the federal government. Yet the government is carrying on as it always has. It’s important to understand why. Original Article: Biden Is Not Running the Government. So, Who Is?  

When governments seize private firms in the name of nationalization, the moves are usually politically popular. However, it doesn't take long for the nationalized firms to turn into a financial black hole. Original Article: Though popular, nationalizations ruin economies  

With political turmoil creating anxiety in Great Britain, The Economist chose to describe the political situation as “anarchy.” In reality, this is political chaos, not anarchy, since anarchy is based upon social cooperation and peaceful resolution of conflicts. Original Article: Anarchy in the UK  

Utopians are not satisfied with imposing DEI on humans. They also want the state to treat animals as “oppressed” minorities with positive rights.  Original Article: Praxeology and Animals