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The Arson of Excellence: The California Wealth Tax
9+ hour, 43+ min ago (815+ words) by Chip J | Dec 29, 2025 | Taxation They're not taxing your wealth. They're taxing your existence. California's proposed wealth tax on billionaires isn't economic policy. It's a declaration of war on the idea that creating value matters. You risked everything to build…...
Heritage Doesn’t Make Somebody an American
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (318+ words) by Alex Nowrasteh | Dec 28, 2025 | CULTURE American identity is based on belief in a broad creed, not on ethnicity, religion, or ancestry. That point should be uncontroversial. Yet a small, ultra-online nationalist subculture now disputes it. The dispute publicly surfaced recently…...
Christmas is About Enjoying Values Not Sacrificing Them
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (240+ words) by Jaana Woiceshyn | Dec 27, 2025 | CULTURE I argue that such guilt'induced by the mistaken moral belief that life is about sacrificing values, not gaining and enjoying them'is completely misplaced and that business and commercialization makes Christmas better and more enjoyable. If…...
The “Heritage American” Myth by Chip J
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (1378+ words) by Chip J | Dec 22, 2025 | CULTURE Some Americans claim deeper authenticity through colonial ancestry. They're wrong. America was built on an idea'that all men are created equal'not on bloodlines. The Heritage American argument imports the very European tribalism our founders rejected....
When Veterans Betray the Chain of Command by Chip J
1+ week, 4+ day ago (930+ words) by Chip J | Dec 17, 2025 | Military The chain of command isn't just military protocol'it's the constitutional architecture that keeps American democracy from sliding into chaos. Six Democratic members of Congress just attacked it. Military law draws a bright line that every…...
A Predictable Consequence of Trump's Pragmatism by Brian Phillips
1+ week, 5+ day ago (343+ words) by Brian Phillips | Dec 16, 2025 | POLITICS When Trump announced his "Liberation Day" tariffs in April, the White House website stated tariffs do not raise prices. In November, Trump reduced tariffs on beef, coffee, and dozens of other food items to combat…...
The Hazard of Doing Business with China – and What to Do About It by Jaana Woiceshyn
1+ week, 6+ day ago (385+ words) by Jaana Woiceshyn | Dec 16, 2025 | Asia By accepting China into the World Trade Organization in 2001, the West was hoping to convert it into a rights-respecting country and trading partner. That hope never turned into reality. Instead, CPP has increased its authoritarianism…...
Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders’s Credit Card Caps Will Hurt the Poor by Daniel J Mitchell
1+ week, 6+ day ago (296+ words) by Daniel J Mitchell | Dec 15, 2025 | Price Controls This alarming trend has naturally drawn the attention of politicians eager to offer a quick fix. Unfortunately, the solution gaining bipartisan traction is a blanket cap on credit card interest rates. Like most…...
Hong Kong Convicts Freedom Fighter Jimmy Lai by Cato Institute
1+ week, 6+ day ago (292+ words) by Cato Institute | Dec 15, 2025 | Asia A Hong Kong court today convicted Jimmy Lai, the territory's most prominent champion of democracy and basic human rights, of breaching national security. The sham trial and conviction confirm Hong Kong's tragic descent into tyranny....
Christmas Should Be More Commercial by Leonard Peikoff
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (364+ words) by Leonard Peikoff | Dec 15, 2025 | Religion Christmas in America is an exuberant display of human ingenuity, capitalist productivity, and the enjoyment of life. Yet all of these are castigated as "materialistic; the real meaning of the holiday, we are told, is…...