Democracy in Chains by Historian Nancy MacLean was worthy of a few online posts earlier this summer, when I first read a loaned copy and was…
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If socialists and statists wanted to damage limited government and republicanism they could not have chosen better men as Manchurians than Donald Trump and Sam…
Minimum wage debates tend to overstate the estimated and real effects of any changes to the minimum wage in the United States. Most studies show…
One of the more popular (or infamous) posts here on Almost Classical is “The 90% Tax Rate Myth.” It explores the differences between marginal and…
During the Progressive Era from the 1865-1935, the “progressive movement” supported eugenics and other “scientific” methods for improving the societies of humans. The rush to…
This post originated on Rogue Rhetorician, yet aligns with many of the comments and emails I receive to Almost Classical. Name calling is the Internet…
When you group people and make everything about race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and a checklist of other “differences” you are also creating and reinforcing the…
The Republicans have a perception problem of their own creation. They are perceived as the party of the rich — and the association with Donald…
The election is over, thank goodness. I see social media posts suggesting we “relax” – but that’s not what anyone should do, no matter who…
For many of us who have studied, deeply, the works of Adam Smith, J.S. Mill, Hayek, von Mises, Sowell, Mankiw, Garrison, McCloskey, and others with…