Doug Bandow

The dictator Isaias Afwerki wants better relations with Washington. Eritrea's dictator, Isaias Afwerki, hopes for reconciliation with Washington.

Vance dismisses Friedman’s ideas as most relevant “in a world where there are Christian guardrails on everything.” The vice president gets that precisely wrong.

Democratic Socialists show more energy and fervor than the usual apparatchiks. Alas, their prescriptions aren’t new, writes Doug Bandow.

America's professed “socialists” are inadvertently rehabilitating traditional socialism when they misuse that label.

A constitutional republic depends on judges who follow the law rather than the political fortunes of presidents or parties.

Beijing is propping up the country's military junta, undermining its own interests in the long run

If Beijing doesn't care about the wretched human toll, it should at least realize that continuing to fuel the murderous regime is undermining its own interests.

The late senator supported foreign policy catastrophes that harmed America.

The late senator supported foreign policy catastrophes that harmed America. This article appeared on The American Conservative on July 30, 2026.

The West prospered because it protected liberty and promoted virtue. A major aspect of that liberty reflected the right to make choices based on perceived interests.