Hanging out in Rome, surrounded by ruins of all ages, you can’t help but have big thoughts about the state of the world. Here …

My passport is festooned with patriotic blather about freedom and democracy. It didn’t used to be this way. The less freedom we have, the …

When volatility prevails in the gold market, I love seeing so many different opinions because it promotes critical thinking and healthy markets. But because …

Years ago, it was virtually unheard-of for someone to give up his/her U.S. citizenship. Then, one by one, a handful of famous cases surfaced… …

A new meme is spreading in financial markets: The Fed is about to turn off the monetary spigot. U.S. Printmaster General Ben Bernanke announced …

Many opponents of gun control support the war on drugs, and many critics and reformers of America’s drug laws tend to believe in gun …

Dear rest of the world: Please know that it is painful for Americans to see what is happening in the case of Edward Snowden. …

By the end of the week, 1,700 liberty lovers are expected to stop in at Roger’s Campground in Lancaster, N.H., to see what the …

The collective fondness for presidents grows after they leave office for a simple reason. The next occupant of the office is always worse. For …

Where things stood at the close of last week: Dow down 105, gold up $9 an ounce. Nothing worthy of comment, in other words. …

Perhaps the question is no longer if Obamacare will wreak havoc on the American economy. Instead, the query seems to have morphed into something …

When NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden wanted to talk to reporter Glenn Greenwald, he insisted that they use encrypted chat. Unfortunately, Greenwald didn’t know how …

I was in Paris one time, in a park near the Louvre museum, enjoying a lazy summer day. I wasn’t the only one with …

In this age of Obamacare, the writings of Ayn Rand are inspiring some doctors to push back. A small, but growing group of doctors …

I just spoke to a friend, Skinner Layne, who is from Arkansas, but now lives in Santiago, Chile. He emigrated there and is now …

What a weekend it’s been, like watching a global prizefight of epic proportions, with every conceivable side throwing the hardest possible punches. It began …

Like the U.S., many democratic nations are suffering from permanently high unemployment, staggering public debts and budget deficits, and a deep economic recession. Although …

It’s second-term scandal season in Washington, D.C. The folks at Fox are eating it up. But over at MSNBC, not so much. First it …

“There’s an old saying in Tennessee,” the last president said in a classic George W. Bush gem. “I know it’s in Texas, probably in …

There were no cubicles, no executive suites, and no visible hierarchies of power. It was just a large open room with computers and desks, …

There are many theories to explain government. Most are nothing but scams, justifications, and puffery. One tries to put something over on the common …

Woo-hoo! It is a wonderful thing when the good guys win one for a change. Well, it wasn’t a total win, but it gives …

Why learn economics? To know economics is to understand how the world works. Multitudes of people know nothing about the subject, and that is …

In the 15th century, the highest standard of living in the world belonged to China. Places like Nanjing had reached the pinnacle of civilization …