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Opinion
The tippinsights opinion section reflects articles where our individual authors or individual groups (from anywhere on the political spectrum) utilize our data to make compelling arguments.
The Abolitionist Movement In The Antebellum South
Among the facts omitted from the official school narrative is the abolitionist movement in the South. The sociologist W.E.B. DuBois makes no mention of Southern abolitionists.
A Requiem For Privacy
Trump prefers to receive his briefings directly from the CIA and its foreign colleagues, leaving the DNI as an appendage with little to do.
Sound Money, Artificial Intelligence, And The Pope
The present unsound money regime has abetted vast malinvestment in the digital revolution now in its AI phase
The Fear Of The Signal: Why The State Urgently Wants To Bind Prediction Markets
Predictive markets are experiencing a massive paradigm shift. They are rapidly transitioning from a niche internet subculture into a powerhouse financial category
April Money Supply Growth Hit A 49-Month High. And Prices Soared.
April’s increase is also a big change from April 2025 when the year-over-year growth rate was a mere 1.8 percent
Rothbard On The Calculus Of Consent
In his view, the unanimity rule is an attempt to justify the status quo: whatever the existing government does is right
The Declaration Of Independence versus Egalitarianism
The Declaration—the radical secessionist document, based on natural rights and equality of liberty—is transformed into a justification for limitless state power.
Stolen Once, Stolen Twice: The Libertarian Case Against Zimbabwe’s Land Grabs
During this time land was under tribal trust and was based on customary land arrangements among free people with the chief being the land trustee.
Magnifica Humanitas, AI, And The State
So what does the encyclical do? Worse than ignoring the danger of the state, it calls on public authorities to regulate, to set the rules.
The Breakthrough
Pressure brought Iran to terms and stopped a war. Turning that into a lasting peace is the work ahead.
Xi’s Lost Decade
A real estate bust the size of Japan’s, not yet halfway through. Xi holds the one tool that could break the spiral, and won’t use it.
The Pig Doesn't Lie
The pig the Party once promised would stay cheap now costs more to raise than it sells for.
The H-1B Fee That Has Two Federal Judges at War
Why the latest Massachusetts ruling against Trump's proclamation is built on shakier ground than it appears
California Is America’s Banana Republic
It now describes California—the wealthiest subnational economy on the planet and America’s clearest example of institutional decay.