8+ hour, 27+ min ago   (487+ words) German economic history can be traced through its traditional family businesses. Many of them survived wars, crises, and technological revolutions. But many of them now have little left with which to resist the destructive force of environmentalism and degrowth ideology....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (277+ words) Ideas Have Consequences is the title of a conservative classic published in 1948. In that best-selling book, Richard M. Weaver foresees the decline of the West due to a loss of faith in its governing ideals. Something parallel is going on today…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1297+ words) UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania — Scott Dunn did not get a call from Washington. Instead, he received calls from his constituents. The chairman of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners had watched the March announcement like everyone else: a $17 billion natural gas generation…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (401+ words) Ironically, billionaires have less control over my life than unknown bureaucrats and low-level government officials do. Elon was not able to get his preferred candidate elected in the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race despite spending 20 to 25 million dollars on the race....

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (237+ words) All things considered, it must be said that the future looks bright for Louisiana. I was born and spent my early childhood in Baton Rouge, periodically visiting extended family in Shreveport. While my father, a Frenchman naturally enamored with Louisiana’s…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (302+ words) The recent news that total U.S. borrowing had broken the $40 trillion barrier has once again raised concerns about the country’s looming debt crisis. But if any country has an economic system geared to making the most of challenging circumstances, it is…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (536+ words) If you can de-link in your mind the modern liberal state from the West, you begin to understand what Palantir wants. Thiel’s decades-long contention is that Silicon Valley did not spur the level of innovation it claimed to have, preoccupying…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (501+ words) The most polarizing figure in American politics today is an economist who died 20 years ago. Milton Friedman, who would have turned 114 in July, was profoundly influential in shaping the American Right’s foundational views on free-market capitalism, monetary policy, and limiting…...