Wendy McElroy

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Ignore The New Power Demographic at Your Own Risk: Young Male Voters

10/14/2024 Mises Wire Wendy McElroy

Cries of “Trump is Hitler!” and attempted assassinations have dominated coverage of the upcoming presidential elections. This deprives an intriguing issue of attention. An August 24th New York Times...

Title IX Was 37 Words in 1972. It’s Now 400 Pages.

10/05/2024 Mises Wire Wendy McElroy

A flare-up in the culture war has become an election issue and an August 16 ruling by the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) guarantees it will not go away. Title IX is a federal civil rights law protecting...

The Mises-Hoiles Correspondence: What Might Have Been

08/24/2024 Mises Wire Wendy McElroy

From 1949 to 1962, two libertarian giants exchanged several letters until a sharp conflict caused the correspondence to cease abruptly. An American entrepreneur and a staunch libertarian-anarchist...

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Ignore The New Power Demographic at Your Own Risk: Young Male Voters

11/06/2024 Wendy McElroy

As American culture becomes dominated by militant feminism, a new voting group of dissenters is arising: young male voters. These are young men that believe that the system is stacked against them, which is why Trump's populism appeals to them.

The Mises-Hoiles Correspondence: What Might Have Been

09/12/2024 Wendy McElroy

From 1949 to 1962, American libertarian R.C. Hoiles and Ludwig von Mises corresponded many times, discussing issues relating to state power. While the correspondence at times was acrimonious, nonetheless, it offered valuable insight into the issues we still face.

2SLGBTQ+IA and the Law

08/23/2023 Wendy McElroy

The activists went from "We want to be left alone to live our lives" to "we want to control your lives too." Now the movement has state power on its side and bullies all opponents.

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