Dr. Rand Paul’s Op-Eds

The proponents of antitrust laws are famously zealous in their desire to eradicate "the curse of bigness." To them, big is always bad. Except, of course, when it comes to the size and scope of government.  These antitrust activists tried to rush legislation through...

Halfway across the world, we watch as protestors take to the streets in China, rebelling against the draconian mandates and lockdowns that are sweeping their country once again. We cheer and hope they will prevail, but we also know our so-called leaders did a lot of...

On April 10, 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), which for over four decades has successfully deterred China from invading Taiwan through our employment of "strategic ambiguity."Under strategic ambiguity, the United States is not...

Last year, while considering semiconductor subsidy legislation, the Senate unanimously adopted my amendment to prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to finance gain-of-function research conducted in China.Last week, rather than allowing the conference committee to...

In physics, Newton's third law tells us that to every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. In diplomacy, however, sometimes reactions are disproportionate, or even irrational.The art of diplomacy is trying to read the mind of one's adversary and predict...

No one is angrier at YouTube than I am. When I used that platform to educate the public on the potentially deadly consequences of relying on ineffective cloth masks to prevent transmission of COVID-19, YouTube took my video down and suspended my ability to upload...

"1984" had its Ministry of Truth, the Soviets had their Gulag. Today's Russians, like their kindred spirits among the American left, may be less overt in policing speech but don't let a less visible barbarity fool anyone into believing that the goal is any less of an...

Last week, the Senate voted on the 2,741-page omnibus spending package, clocking in at a whopping $1.5 trillion. It was released in the middle of the night, just hours before we were expected to vote on it.Mind you, when we vote on things, we're expected to know what...

In light of the recent $1.5 trillion spending package - that was released in the dead of night, mere hours before a vote took place - I'm renewing my call for Congress to do the bare minimum and read the very bills they are voting on.Do you think there is a single...

This past December, Kentucky endured a series of tornadoes that proved to be the deadliest storms in the Commonwealth's history. I was at home in Bowling Green at the time, as 155+ mph winds whipped through the city and leveled full blocks. The next day I surveyed the...