Rising deficits, aging demographics, and shrinking worker-to-retiree ratios are straining Social Security. Is it time for an ...

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is a giant agency with a $481 billion budget, 65 percent of which goes to the food stamp program. As the 2026 farm ...

As they face a “billionaire tax” and choose a new governor, Californians might recall the time they took the lead in civil ...

This book review is a web exclusive for the Fall 2025 issue of The Independent Review. The market socialists countered that socialism doesn’t need market prices to efficiently allocate resources.

The “affordability crisis” is all over the news lately. It figures into predictions of how the next elections are going to ...

This report analyzes 498 appellate court decisions involving the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) from 2013 to ...

Mr. President, I want to express my admiration for your ability to find time, amid trade wars, the threat of an AI apocalypse ...

The United States and Russia have apparently agreed that Ukraine and Russia will undertake an “energy ceasefire,” according ...

Trailing in Michigan’s Senate race, Mike Rogers has broken with Trump to call for ending the 50% tariff on Canadian goods.

This book review is a web exclusive for the Spring 2026 issue of The Independent Review. In the acknowledgements at the end of The History of Money, David McWilliams writes, “Opinions and errors are ...

Polls show that healthcare is high on the list of voter concerns. Right now, that’s bad news for Republicans. Democrats are ...

This book review is a web exclusive for the Winter 2025/26 issue of The Independent Review. “Contemporary woke progressivism is not what it purports to be. It is not a tool for helping women and ...