This originally appeared on November 11, 2008. Every Veterans Day, I try to do something special to remember or honor a veteran. I don’t like the standard flag-waving event that this day has become for many people. In many Veterans Day speeches, the speakers talk...
Reflections on Memorial Day, 2006
Originally posted Memorial Day 2006 Various commentators on the network political shows on Sunday, May 28 reminded us to take some time to remember, on Memorial Day, those who had died in our current and past wars. Some even suggested that we do so at a particular...
Yellen: Sanctions Kill Iranians and Don’t Work So Let’s Impose More
Reprinted from Econlib with permission. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday the United States was looking at ways to strengthen its sanctions against Iran, but acknowledged the sanctions had not resulted in the behavioral or policy...
How Much Is US Aid to Ukraine Costing You?
Reprinted with permission from Econlib.In 2022, the U.S. government approved expenditures of $113 billion on aid to Ukraine. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget writes:In total, CBO estimated that $6.6 billion of the $113 billion would be spent in FY 2022...
What’s Wrong with Registering Women for the Draft?
Reprinted from The Library of Economics and Liberty: The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service issued a report in March recommending that Congress “eliminate male-only registration and expand draft eligibility to all individuals of the...
Chuck Yeager on War Crimes
Chuck Yeager, a great American hero, died this week at age 97. He resided in Grass Valley, California.Yeager is best known for being the first person to break the sound barrier. He was a major character in Tom Wolfe’s 1979 classic, The Right Stuff. Indeed, Wolfe...
David Henderson on Why a Trade War Is a Bad Idea
Antiwar.com columnist David R. Henderson appeared this weekend on BBC World Service "Weekend" radio show. He spoke about why a trade war is a bad idea for consumers and workers on both sides of any trade war. https://www.antiwar.com/audio/davidhendersonbbc.mp3 David...
How Economists Helped End the Draft: David Henderson at Adrian College in Michigan Nov. 9
Place: Knight Auditorium Date: Thursday, November 9 Time: 6:00 p.m.I will be giving my speech "How Economists Helped End the Draft" at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan this Thursday at 6:00 p.m.Earlier in the day I'm giving a guest lecture in a class on...
Jon Utley’s Trip Report: Some Hopeful Signs from Belarus
We often think of Belarus as being an authoritarian dictatorship. And it is. But there is some good news. Jon Basil Utley, associate publisher of The American Conservative, recently returned from Belarus and reports on some positive signs. While the government still...
Steve Chapman on Jeb Bush’s Bromides
In fact, it would be unfair to suggest that he got all his ideas about the world from his brother and father. It would be equally off-base to suggest that he has any of his own. What he, like most of the other Republicans who may run for president, has are...
