In many years of lecturing at Mises University, Judge Napolitano has given the same—terrifying—ending to his introductory speech. Not until the horrors of this year did it dawn on me that perhaps his point has its basis in reality. The dear judge often mentions, almost like a joke, the libido dominandi—the desire to dominate, or the will to power, harking back to Augustine of Hippo’s centuries-old writing. We find similar notions in Friedrich Hayek's "Why the Worst Get on Top" chapter in The...
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Hillary’s Africa Genocide Problem
Hillary might have some explaining to do to her base, with the latest batch of emails released from her days as Secretary of State. Her supporters in the Democratic Party are...
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After innumerable failed schemes to train rebels to overthrow the Syrian government (and then training more rebels to take on the rebels they had previously trained who went over...
Afghan Positions Being Overrun By Taliban Due To Nonexistent “Ghost Soldiers” Used To Funnel Money To Corrupt Afghan Officials
As the Taliban probes the strength of Afghan forces, they are finding it an easier task than anticipated with a sizable number of the Afghan force constituted of “ghost...
A Tribute to Ron Paul’s Work for Austrian Economics and against the Federal Reserve
Over at FreedomWorks, Alex Bales’ new article “Profiles in Liberty: Dr. Ron Paul” presents a tribute to Ron Paul’s decades of work promoting Austrian economics and opposing the...
Challenging Obama’s Gun Control Executive Action
This month, President Barack Obama has announced gun control executive action that seeks to roll back the Bill of Rights — not just the Second Amendment. He has followed up on...
A Tale of Two ‘Terror Arsonists’
Our story today is about two very different "terror arsonists" who started fires on federally owned land. Although it is not certain in the first case whether the fire was lit on...
Judge Napolitano: Unconstitutional for Obama to Create a New Gun Transfer Crime
Judge Andrew Napolitano, interviewed by Gretchen Carlson on Fox News regarding President Barack Obama’s Tuesday gun control executive order announcement, explained that Obama is...
Delusional State Dept: ‘We Brought Peace to Syria in 2015’
This gem from over the holidays may have passed under your radar screens. In the final State Department press conference for 2015, spokesperson John Kirby outlined the...
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