Progressivism

Statists reveal their belief in the almighty state in many different ways, but they all want the same outcome: more government control over our lives.

Progressives believe that government intervention in the economy is necessary to promote both efficiency and fairness. In truth, intervention accomplishes neither of them.

As climate activists gather this coming week in Abu Dhabi, there is trouble in climate paradise. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the meeting's host, is not on the same page with the Climate Apocalyptics, which, of course, gives him the dreaded moniker of “climate denier.”

As the Biden administration doubles down in its determination to create a more progressive nation, it inadvertently is creating more opportunities to promote libertarian alternatives.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is at it again: demanding government intervention in the nation's healthcare system to deal with problems caused by earlier government intervention.

Ezra Klein of the New York Times despairs of government’s impotence in building vast projects from energy grids to high-speed railways. He believes granting government absolute power is the answer.

The free market is not a partnership of government and business, in which “crony capitalists” and government officials conspire to mulct the public.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is at it again: demanding government intervention in the nation's healthcare system to deal with problems caused by earlier government intervention.

An unfortunate consequence of increased wealth is the growth of the parasitic consumptive class of political and cultural elites. Labor migrations often follow in the wake of damage that elites do.

David Gordon reviews Only a Voice, by George Scialabba, dealing with the author's comments on antiwar progressives Randolph Bourne and Dwight Macdonald.