Media and Culture

Print publications are subject to no FCC-style censor, writes Gardner Goldsmith, and the market has managed itself quite well.

The first World War might also be called the war that never ends, writes Ralph Raico.

Bush is vastly increasing arts funding. Why? Hans Frank suspects a political agenda.

If a churchman possessed some special insight into economics merely by virtue of his exalted authority, asks Thomas Woods, why not into other scientific disciplines as well?

Are we nuts to offer a text online for free at the same time we are attempting to recoup costs by selling it through our online catalog?

Robert Murphy recommends Sowell's latest book, though with reservations.

How did a masterpiece like Man, Economy, and State come to be written? Stromberg unearths Rothbard's correspondence: "I shall try to do for Mises what McCulloch did for Ricardo."

In one of its news dispatches following the trial, CNN declared that the Martha Stewart case was part of the government's "crackdown on corporate corruption."  This is ridiculous, write William Anderson and Candice Jackson. Stewart was not a "corrupt" executive, nor did she break the law when she sold her shares of the temporarily doomed ImClone stock. No, Stewart apparently committed the "crime" of being wealthy and well-connected. 

“What Others Have Said About Liberty” by Robert LeFevre.

Ryan Ford says he is glad to do the work others are unwilling to do at the going market wage. When one looks at the grocery workers who are striking for higher pay, their tactics and principles, he asks: is this consistent with freedom? Is this what free and fair trade is? To use coercion to force others to trade under your conditions is folly.