It did not take long for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to be proven wrong about housing. It was inevitable. Populism does not mix well with Marxist economics, no matter how broad a mayor’s smile might be. Before getting into the details, a definition of private property is in order. This … Read more
Those who believe that the higher education system is broken have a new piece of evidence, courtesy of The Wall Street Journal’s website—“University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades to ‘Curb Mental Health Crisis.’” The University will implement the program in the fall of 2027. Pass or No Credit The idea is that … Read more
When China’s Xi Jinping arrives at the White House on September 24, he will seek to gain the greatest possible advantages at the least possible cost to China. That is the way it has always been with Chinese communist dictators. There is no reason to expect any change now. For this reason, … Read more
The Oregon Secretary of State recently announced that a referendum to ban the killing of animals failed to gain enough signatures to get on the November ballot. Many, including livestock farmers, sport and commercial fishers, hunters and meat-eaters, breathed a sigh of relief. It is easy to understand mocking such a goal … Read more
It passed by with little ceremony. The national debt reached $40 trillion. That is a huge number, but like all things huge and unimaginable, it is abstract. The tendency is to treat it like any number. It is almost an arbitrary marker, little different from any number that came before or what … Read more
A birthday party for a communist who created endless bread lines—and a platform that promises the same for America. On August 13, 2026, Cubans stood in bread lines amid 20-hour blackouts. That same day, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) published a tribute to the man responsible for those bread lines and … Read more
With the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the word communism is gaining currency in political discourse. Politicians are warning the nation about the dangers of communism, while some DSA militants insist they are not communists. They insist that they are just socialists—democratic socialists. The democratic adjective softens the tenor … Read more
On September 3, 2026, the day after she died, the reliably leftist New York Times honored Gloria Steinem with a photo layout looking back on her career. One of those pictures showed her lifting a glass of champagne with actress Jane Fonda, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Pat Mitchell, the former … Read more
Introduction—On July 20, 2026, the U.S. State Department released the report “Cuba—The Capital of 21st Century Communism.” This hundred-page report took a long look at the history of the conflict between the United States and Cuba since Fidel Castro’s 1959 Revolution. This is the last of a four-part TFP review of this … Read more
Even the most hardened liberals have to admit something is wrong with the liberal order that has long dominated modernity. The social and cultural structures upon which this order is built have broken down—notably the family, community, and church. As the reigning political philosophy, liberalism must take at least some blame for … Read more