Connor O'Keeffe

Articles

Stop All Federal Funding of Universities

04/23/2025 Mises Wire Connor O'Keeffe

The Trump administration has found itself in a dispute with Harvard University. It began when the President’s team sent several Ivy League universities a list of changes they expected the schools to...

Bringing the War on Terror to Our Southern Border Can Only End in Disaster

04/16/2025 Mises Wire Connor O'Keeffe

According to a report last week from NBC News, the Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes against cartel leaders and infrastructure in Mexico. If the report is accurate, it shines...

There’s Only One Possible Cause of the Next Recession, and It Isn’t Tariffs

04/09/2025 Mises Wire Connor O'Keeffe

The stock market experienced a sharp drop last week and earlier this week after President Trump announced he was implementing a number of new tariffs that were higher than most market analysts had...

Media

Stop All Federal Funding of Universities

04/23/2025 Connor O'Keeffe

President Trump‘s threat to withhold $9 billion from Harvard University is being framed in the legacy media and academia as a threat to Harvard‘s academic freedom. But there is a pertinent question no pundits are even asking.

Bringing the War on Terror to Our Southern Border Can Only End in Disaster

04/16/2025 Connor O'Keeffe

President Trump has threatened to use the armed forces to go after the drug cartels in Mexico. Escalating the disastrous War on Drugs by incorporating the failed strategies of the War on Terror is a terrible idea.

There’s Only One Possible Cause of the Next Recession, and It Isn’t Tariffs

04/09/2025 Connor O'Keeffe

While President Trump‘s tariffs certainly are causing economic harm, they alone could not cause a recession had there not already been years of artificial credit expansion.

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