Opinion

Most people, saving one phrase, have forgotten about the sage of the late 19th century, Herbert Spencer. Richard Peters of the Von Mises Institute said several years ago, “The only …

A few months back, Seattle’s new mayor, Jenny Durkan, looked foolish when she tried to ingratiate herself with the city’s police officers by disparaging their fellow cops who work for …

With the rise of democratic (heh) socialism in this country we are motivated to ask just how a nation that embodies flourishing free market capitalism can fall sway to such …

After watching the president’s State of the Union speech, I was taken aback by several things. The first was the eloquence with which President Trump delivered the address. It was …

I’m going to be completely honest with you right up front: I wrote off Senator Elizabeth Warren as a potential 2020 presidential candidate the moment that President Trump made her …

I predicted a year ago that Venezuela would be the site of the next revolution. It took a little longer than I anticipated, but the country is very close with …

Issues dominating the Kennedy vs. Nixon debates leading up to the 1960 presidential election were farm surpluses, welfare programs, teachers’ salaries, medical care, federal debt reduction and national security. President …

There is an iconic scene in the Academy Award-winning movie “Patton,” where the surly American army general (played by George C. Scott) is peering at a North African tank battlefield …

It has that feel to it: reality unhinged like a sixties flower child preaching morality to (instead of a gender-specific pronoun) peers. Perhaps it is not mere coincidence that a …

Social media —especially Twitter— has become host to a veritable melting pot of ideas and arguments that serve every level of thinking. On any given day, users can enjoy exchanges …