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Americans traditionally understood that what they owned was theirs, not the government's. Yet, over the last century, that principle has steadily eroded—from gold confiscation to civil asset forfeiture to proposed wealth taxes. The emerging principle is stark: Your...

An unanswered first-order question from the COVID-19 pandemic is this: Why was America's pandemic doctrine apparently so lacking, given nearly 40 years under Dr. Anthony Fauci's leadership and more than $60 billion spent preparing for the next inevitable outbreak? Dr....

The Berlin Wall's fall is one of history's most recognizable examples of a rapid, largely unforeseen cascading failure. On November 9, 1989, East German spokesman Günter Schabowski mistakenly announced that new travel rules would take effect "immediately." Crowds rushed...

As J.R. Dunn noted in his July 17th Members Weekly Newsletter (you should subscribe!) in an article titled "Targeting the Socialists," America's socialist and socialist-adjacent movements have emerged in four major waves since 1920. Today, we appear to be entering the...

Welcome to today's seminar. By the time we're done, you'll grasp Iran's favorite negotiating trick: saying one thing, meaning another, and watching Western diplomats pretend they didn't notice. Armed to the teeth but incredibly vulnerable, Iran has played a losing...

One of the greater mysteries of our century may be why governments across much of Europe, North America, and even Australia adopted remarkably similar immigration policies seemingly at the same time. It is difficult to believe this happened by chance. And unlike Adam...

Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate was published in 1959 during the Cold War. The novel told the story of an American soldier whom the Chinese and North Koreans brainwashed into becoming a political assassin as part of their attempt to overthrow America. Its...

I have a friend I hold in high esteem: well-read, worldly, educated, and ever-thoughtful. Recently, she told me she has lost faith in America. In part, she wrote:...

July 4th is an important date in American history and for this author. Paradoxically, it may be an even more important date for the rest of the world. Imagine, for a moment, what the world would look like had the American Revolution failed, and the colonies remained...

When the Obama Presidential Center was first announced, it was sold as a transformative civic investment — a cultural anchor for Chicago's South Side, a symbol of renewal, and a legacy project for America's 44th president. The early price tag hovered around $300...