3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (650+ words) The costs of tariffs are always shared " and domestic citizens inevitably bear a significant portion of the burden. by Donald J. Boudreaux | Apr 17, 2026 | Free Trade, Protectionism & Tariffs This article first appeared at The Daily Economy, an imprint of the American Institute…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (852+ words) The reason why totalitarian dictators are so dangerous is that they really believe in what they say and do. by Richard M. Ebeling | Apr 18, 2026 | Europe In April 2004, I attended a Cato Institute conference in Moscow, Russia. The highlight of the event…...

9+ hour, 5+ min ago  (711+ words) by Chip J | Apr 20, 2026 | POLITICS You are reading these words. Somewhere behind your eyes, in the dark, signals are firing. Electrochemical gradients collapse and restore across a hundred billion neurons. Proteins fold, ions cross membranes, patterns propagate through tissue at…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (228+ words) by Charlotte Cushman | Apr 19, 2026 | Business Ethics It is always in one's rational self-interest to be ethical. But aren't businessmen greedy and isn't greed immoral? Money is a medium of exchange, provides security, and there is nothing wrong with a desire…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (578+ words) Tech companies are not legally liable for the anxiety and depression of the users of their social media platforms " but they bear moral responsibility for the harms on children caused by their algorithms. by Jaana Woiceshyn | Apr 14, 2026 | Technology In a…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago  (98+ words) Objectivist former prosecutor James Valliant assesses'the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minnesota. by James S. Valliant | Apr 6, 2026 James Stevens Valliant is a former deputy district attorney for San Diego County and the author of The Passion of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (527+ words) The foremost authority on the philosophy of Objectivism offers his observations on the campaign against U. S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). by Leonard Peikoff | Apr 7, 2026 I am completely in favor of the ICEmen and the job they are doing under the insane…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1259+ words) ICE removes former member of Guatemalan army linked to 1982 massacre. by James S. Valliant | Apr 7, 2026 According to Objectivism, the government exists for one and only one purpose: to protect individual rights. Individual rights can be violated only by the initiation of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (649+ words) by Chip J | Apr 6, 2026 The children started going blind first. Golden Rice worked. It was safe. Independent testing confirmed both facts repeatedly over two decades. It still isn't widely deployed. That is what the precautionary principle does when applied with…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago  (361+ words) Throughout history, American soldiers and civilians alike have been left behind, sacrificed and left to die'due to America's incompetence, ignorance and appeasement against evil forces of dictatorship. Not today. U. S. transport plane and two helicopters destroyed by the U. S. during a rescue…...