Crisis
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Congress Keeps Choosing Inflation
By constantly spending and generating new debt, Congress effectively forces prices to rise and purchasing power to fall, year after year.
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Greece’s 19th Century Currant Crisis: A Warning Against ‘Temporary’ Government Support
Greek intervention to “protect” farmers rendered a temporary crisis permanent.
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Congress Knows It Has a Spending Problem, But Won’t Fix It
Fiscal discipline is politically costly, but inaction will be disastrous. How can we restore sanity to federal budgeting?
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Anthropic vs. The Pentagon: AI Ethics Collide With Government Power
Can the Pentagon blacklist an American business for refusing to build killbots? The federal government demands tight controls for you, but wants unrestricted power for itself.
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ICE’s ‘Warrant’ Shortcut Violates the Constitution
ICE claims agents can enter private homes using their own paperwork — without asking a judge first. The Fourth Amendment was written for moments like this.
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Free Speech Is Under Attack Across the World
All over the world, people are being fined and jailed for criticizing governments and law enforcement. The future looks grim for dissenters.
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‘The Last Generation of Freedom’? The Quiet Growth of Global Surveillance Culture
Democracies are adopting authoritarian tools and cracking down on dissent. Technologies that once empowered citizens are now consolidating control.
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Trump’s Maduro Move: Geopolitics Has Returned to Energy Markets
Recent US action in Venezuela is most plausibly a White House bid to control the flow of black market oil — not drugs.
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Venezuelan Tragedy: Socialism, Entitlement, and Tyranny Are Connected
Once prosperous and cultured, Venezuela has become destitute, crime-ridden, and hopeless. Young socialists should take heed.
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Sanctions Didn’t Destroy Venezuela’s Economy — Socialism Did
Venezuela’s five-stage socialist collapse dismantled the rule of law, destroyed investment, and unleashed hyperinflation, long before Washington acted.
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Congress Keeps Choosing Inflation
By constantly spending and generating new debt, Congress effectively forces prices to rise and purchasing power to fall, year after year.
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•
Greece’s 19th Century Currant Crisis: A Warning Against ‘Temporary’ Government Support
Greek intervention to “protect” farmers rendered a temporary crisis permanent.
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Congress Knows It Has a Spending Problem, But Won’t Fix It
Fiscal discipline is politically costly, but inaction will be disastrous. How can we restore sanity to federal budgeting?
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Anthropic vs. The Pentagon: AI Ethics Collide With Government Power
Can the Pentagon blacklist an American business for refusing to build killbots? The federal government demands tight controls for you, but wants unrestricted power for itself.
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ICE’s ‘Warrant’ Shortcut Violates the Constitution
ICE claims agents can enter private homes using their own paperwork — without asking a judge first. The Fourth Amendment was written for moments like this.
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Free Speech Is Under Attack Across the World
All over the world, people are being fined and jailed for criticizing governments and law enforcement. The future looks grim for dissenters.
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•
‘The Last Generation of Freedom’? The Quiet Growth of Global Surveillance Culture
Democracies are adopting authoritarian tools and cracking down on dissent. Technologies that once empowered citizens are now consolidating control.
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•
Trump’s Maduro Move: Geopolitics Has Returned to Energy Markets
Recent US action in Venezuela is most plausibly a White House bid to control the flow of black market oil — not drugs.
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•
Venezuelan Tragedy: Socialism, Entitlement, and Tyranny Are Connected
Once prosperous and cultured, Venezuela has become destitute, crime-ridden, and hopeless. Young socialists should take heed.
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Sanctions Didn’t Destroy Venezuela’s Economy — Socialism Did
Venezuela’s five-stage socialist collapse dismantled the rule of law, destroyed investment, and unleashed hyperinflation, long before Washington acted.