Markets can't tell whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week. After September's inflation report came ...
There is a wide disparity across the globe when it comes to childhood vaccination policies. American kids receive up to 75 ...
This book review is a web exclusive for the Winter 2025/26 issue of The Independent Review. The saying “If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a ...
This book review is a web exclusive for the Spring 2026 issue of The Independent Review. In the acknowledgements at the end of The History of Money, David McWilliams writes, “Opinions and errors are ...
California’s proposed 5 percent tax on billionaire net worth—say they want to tame inequality. But in their rush to ...
This essay brings together the political, economic, and cultural aspects of fascism to explain Argentina’s economic decline. The explanation is not just corporatism, the welfare state, an unbalanced ...
This book review is a web exclusive for the Spring 2026 issue of The Independent Review. The idea of a “golden age” is very old. The origin of the phrase likely dates to Hesiod, in his eighth century ...
On October 15, I published a post arguing that true "sensitive places" where guns are banned must have armed protection.  The ...
This book review is a web exclusive for the Winter 2025/26 issue of The Independent Review. “Contemporary woke progressivism is not what it purports to be. It is not a tool for helping women and ...
The Roman world lasted 2,000 years, transforming from a kingdom to a republic and finally to an empire. At 250, what can the United States, which has been ...
Dr. Angus McClellan has just posted 151 pages of "Additional Research on Comprehensive Security and Sensitive Places" showing ...
Rising deficits, aging demographics, and shrinking worker-to-retiree ratios are straining Social Security. Is it time for an ...