Book and Movie Reivews
New Book Smashes “Settled-Science” Mantra on Vaccines, Raises Concerns About Vaccine Mandates
We’ve seen a growing movement pushing mandatory vaccinations in the United States driven by the FDA, CDC and pharmaceutical companies. There’s been a recent onslaught of attention focused on vaccines. Recent measles infections are the purported reason for this....
In Defense of Andrew Jackson: A Book Review
More than anything, Andrew Jackson was a true American enigma. Jackson, who Davy Crockett famously mocked as “the great man in the White House,” occupies an entire epoch in American history. In almost every conceivable way, he was a classic paradox – a benevolent...
America’s Hamiltonian Empire of Lies
In his essay, “Anatomy of the State,” Murray Rothbard wrote of how states preserve their power with a number of tools, most notably an alliance with “intellectuals.” In return for power, positions, and pelf, the “intellectuals” work diligently to persuade “the...
Taming the Imperial Presidency
The following article is by Mark Pulliam and was originally published on the Library of Law and Liberty website. Going back to the tumultuous reign of Abraham Lincoln, political scientists have long been fascinated with the “Imperial Presidency,” and this interest was...