Twenty-five years after 9/11, many seek to rehabilitate the War on Terror by appealing to the horror of 9/11, the right to respond, and the ideal of fighting terrorism. Many now demand that we judge an idealized “War on Terror” by its intentions rather than the war that actually occurred.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/911-and-idealized-war-terror

Both Brazil and the US had slavery in the 1800s, but the US economy flourished while Brazil’s languished. If slavery was the engine for US economic growth, as leftists claim, then why didn’t Brazil's economy match that of the US?

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/slavery-was-not-difference-how-legal-innovations-made-america-superpower-while-brazil-stagnated

The latest reminder of the Federal Reserve's record of failure, which now extends longer than five years, comes with the most recent inflation measure.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-inflation-has-been-above-two-percent-target-65-months-row

In the name of “saving” college sports, Congress steps well past its bounds to micromanage the NCAA.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/congress-tries-replace-anarcho-tyranny-college-sports-its-own-brand-tyranny

Lenin wrote that the capitalists would provide the rope by which they would hang themselves. That certainly seems to be the case with the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which received strong financial help from the center of crony capitalism itself: Wall Street.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/crony-capitalists-who-financed-bolshevik-revolution

Get ready to hear a lot about how we need government regulation to ensure that only state-approved, expensive, crony "capitalist" firms are allowed to develop AI. 

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ai-threat-replacing-covid-and-global-warming

By ignoring the entrepreneur, mainstream economists are also removing a vital part of economics theory. It is like designing a car and leaving out the engine.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/understanding-entrepreneurship-has-major-implications-economic-analysis

Ignorance is treated as a reason to trust the state rather than a reason to withhold judgment about its exercise of coercion. To assume that the state’s unknown information is correct and justifying is therefore to err on the side of violence.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/foreign-policy-gnosticism-appeal-black-box-our-leaders-know-more

What followed 9/11 was 25 years of systematic destruction of American liberties, and the final destruction of the Bill of Rights, all in the name of "safety" and "patriotism."

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/times-change-principles-dont

The drama continues in college sports—not on the field, but in the courtrooms—thanks to judges applying antitrust law that does not permit the NCAA to be able to enforce its own rules.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/college-sports-lsu-and-judge-shopping-anarcho-tyranny-continues