On October 15, I published a post arguing that true "sensitive places" where guns are banned must have armed protection.  The ...

The U.S. government's 2026 fiscal year ended on September 30, 2026. At the end, the federal government's total public debt ...

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 ...

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 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. The idea of a “golden age” is very old. The origin of the phrase likely dates to Hesiod, in his eighth century ...

This book review is a web exclusive for the Fall 2025 issue of The Independent Review. The market socialists countered that socialism doesn’t need market prices to efficiently allocate resources.

Rising deficits, aging demographics, and shrinking worker-to-retiree ratios are straining Social Security. Is it time for an ...

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is a giant agency with a $481 billion budget, 65 percent of which goes to the food stamp program. As the 2026 farm ...

As they face a “billionaire tax” and choose a new governor, Californians might recall the time they took the lead in civil ...