The Empire Has No Clothes

The Trump administration insists its actions against Cuba are justified because of Cuba’s communist government. Murray Rothbard, an enemy of communism, had harsh words against this kind of US interventionism.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-sanctions-state-power-and-cuba-rothbardian-critique-us-interventionism

John C. Calhoun often is misquoted and misinterpreted by modern historians. David Gordon and Wanjiru Njoya look to help set the record straight.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/murray-rothbard-john-c-calhoun

Thanks to hard working American taxpayers, savers, and entrepreneurs, the experiences of American military personnel are increasingly defined by jobs like "drone pilot" that are nothing like the cannon-fodder jobs of old. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/veterans-day-thank-taxpayer

The government’s 988 line was created as a hot line to prevent suicides. While the intentions behind it might be good, there is no evidence that it actually succeeds in reducing the number of people who take their own lives.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/988-may-be-government-experiment-no-exit-plan

Even if we can agree that labor markets should be generally unregulated, there is no property-rights case for offering citizenship to illegal aliens through so-called "amnesty." Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-amnesty-no-citizenship

As we look back on the recent riots in France, we look even further back to the wisdom of another Frenchman, J. B. Say who understood something about economics and what makes a good society. Keynes claimed to “refute” Say’s Law when, in reality, he refuted nothing.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/says-law-and-riots-france

We need more Laissez-Faire Libertarians who understand that society needs no top-down rule. No society in the world needs good government in order to be free; it needs sectors of society that government cannot touch.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/regime-libertarians-0

History books often connect the Great Awakening to the American Revolution, but the connection remains vague. One overlooked link is how the revival challenged privileged religious establishments and helped fuel later colonial resistance to parliamentary supremacy.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/awakening-revolution-challenging-privilege-state-churches

A choice between the Republicans’ corporatism and the Democrats’ socialism is a sad choice.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/republicans-deserve-lose-democrats-do-not-deserve-win

Historians increasingly demonize Jackson for enacting “ethnic cleansing,” ranking his Indian removal program as one of the era’s most momentous laws.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-imperialism-and-jacksons-indian-removal