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Dr. Keith Smith recounts how the Surgery Center of Oklahoma and the Free Market Medical Association are exposing the hospital–insurance cartel—posting honest, bundled prices, triggering price wars, and proving that free-market medicine can deliver higher quality care at a fraction of the cost. Recorded in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on February 21, 2026. Special thanks to Michael and Beverley Starkey and Gil Robinson for sponsoring this event.

We are told that the Bill of Rights is the bedrock of our freedom, yet this same Bill of Rights ultimately has been used as a weapon against state sovereignty and against our individual rights. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/bill-rights-against-states

The current outburst of protests against President Trump’s enforcement of immigration laws is overshadowing a question that is not being asked: Can we defend having national borders in the first place? Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/defense-national-borders

Human action involves people engaging in unique events in which outcomes often are uncertain, when expertise and planning often do not give us the results we anticipate. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-act-world-uncertainty-not-probabilities

In a truly free market, there is no class conflict. In the presence of the state, however, things are different because various groups jockey with each other to gain the favor of state agents. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/class-conflict-jacksonians-and-exploitation

The rise of the grooming gangs in Great Britain and the refusal of Britain’s Labor government to intervene speaks volumes about the contempt that British political elites have for their laws and the people who must live under a regime of anarcho-tyranny.

If the Iranian regime were truly trying to sacrifice their entire country to commit a nation-level nuclear murder-suicide against Israel and the US, they would be acting very differently. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-iran-buildup-based-lie Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

Ryan McMaken joins John Stossel to grade President Trump’s first year of his second term. They walk through the biggest issues shaping the country—government efficiency, spending and the national debt, trade and tariffs, energy policy, and border enforcement—highlighting where the administration has delivered, where it’s fallen short, and what the long-term implications may be. What’s changed, what’s hype, and which moves actually matter beyond the headlines? The original Stossel TV interview is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gRsyByPLLQ

Governments at all levels abuse their “privilege” of eminent domain, the taking of private property for government use. Murray Rothbard understood that government was not justified to seize property for such use in the first place. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-and-eminent-domain-confused-history-and-legal-sleight-hand

On this special episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton shares his recent interview with Darrell Thomas on VRIC Media. Mark explains how Keynesian ideas normalized chronic deficits and a debt-financed state. They discuss tariffs and policy volatility, how inflation has been partly masked by cheap imports, and why distorted price signals hit entrepreneurs and small businesses hardest. The conversation also covers rising interest costs, pressure for renewed yield-curve suppression, and what it all implies for gold, silver, and commodities. The original episode is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI9Y-lITpnQ Purchase a Minor Issues tumbler today! https://mises.org/MinorIssuesTumbler Be sure to follow Minor Issues at https://Mises.org/MinorIssues