Entrepreneurship Beyond Politics: Mises Circle in Oklahoma City

I am old enough to remember when your family members could accompany you to the airport and share a meal with you before your flight or wait at the gate with you until you boarded your flight. There is one thing preventing a return to those idyllic times: the TSA. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) […]

"Send Us A Tip": U.S. Dangles $15 Million Reward For New Intel On Iran's Drone Network There is little doubt that Iran's Shahed drone threat has become a major concern, menacing surrounding Gulf states, commercial tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. bases across the region. This backdrop helps explain why the State Department's Rewards for Justice program has now put up to $15 million for new information in connection with an already sanctioned Iranian drone-production network linked to the IRGC-Qods Force.  Rewards for Justice has named Kimia Part Sivan...

OpenAI Valuation Doubts Loom As Softbank Scales Back Margin Loan SoftBank Group's abrupt scaling back of a planned $10 billion margin loan backed by its roughly 13% stake in OpenAI - now targeting as little as $6 billion - reveals deepening lender unease over the AI giant’s $852 billion post-money valuation set in March 2026. The move follows earlier $40 billion bridge financing and comes amid reports that OpenAI missed internal revenue and weekly-active-user targets earlier this year. While the loan itself is SoftBank’s problem, the episode carries real risks for OpenAI. The...