Big Government

Mark discusses the issues of homelessness, poverty, technology, and government in two 1995 episodes of the Star Trek series, Deep Space 9.

A recurring myth among progressives is that the state can enforce "fairness." However, given that government cannot even effectively define fairness, one doubts that the state can "enforce" what it doesn't know.

Democrats didn’t even bother to wait for their 2024 National Convention in Chicago to appoint their replacement presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, and to tout the new economic planks to be added to the party’s platform.

With the US government engaged in out-of-control spending, we are looking at tax increases in the coming years. And even if Congress does not pass official tax hikes, we will see the government seizing wealth via inflation.

Ryan and economist Jonathan Newman look at what happens when governments try to control prices. It turns out bad things happen. 

While Donald Trump is trying to appeal to homeschooling families with his Agenda 47 plan, the reality is that by offering tax breaks and subsidies, the federal government ultimately will be able to regulate homeschooling, and federal control will ruin homeschooling as we know it.

Why do libertarian candidates face an uphill battle in the duopolistic system? Which party is more likely to ally with libertarian principles?

Contrary to popular belief, China's economy depends much less on central planning than in the past. China is strong in EV development, and the success is due not to government subsidies and direction but to plain good economics.

The U.S. government is spending trillions of dollars to prop up military ventures around the world. This kind of spending and exhausting of military resources cannot be sustained much longer.

While Kamala Harris accuses Republicans of censoring books and library materials, her press secretary, Brian Fallon, tried to censor opinion articles critical of Eric Holder and the Department of Justice during the Obama years.