Foreign aid has a terrible track record.

Two stories make the same point about ever-expanding bureaucracy.

There are costs when sanctions are imposed.

We haven’t learned from previous experiences.

Incompetence is even more frustrating when it’s related to one of the few legitimate functions of the federal government.

This article appeared on The Hill.

One of the many challenges of being libertarian is that people sometimes think you’re naive about foreign policy (sort of like the first entry in this 24-part satirical collage of libertarians). In large part, I think that’s because they confuse non-interventionism with pacifism. To elaborate on why they’re wrong, I’ve shared some thoughts from Mark Steyn, George Will, and Steve […]

Senator Rand Paul is being criticized and condemned by the Washington establishment. That’s almost certainly a sign that he’s doing the right thing. And given the recent events in Russia and Ukraine, we should say he’s doing a great thing. This is because Senator Paul is waging a lonely battle to stop the unthinking and […]