By: Gary D. Barnett “The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” ~ H.L. Mencken Rarely do I wander into political arguments, or discuss politics in any manner other than to denounce all government and governmental […]
International Man: Since the invasion of Ukraine, we’ve seen the US and its European allies institute unprecedented sanctions on Russia. In a bold move, the US government also froze the US dollar reserves of the Russian central bank. In response, Russia demanded payment in rubles in exchange for its energy. What’s your take on this new […]
photo credit: Luke Stephenson Damien Hirst “As flies to wanton boys,” says Gloucester in King Lear after his eyes have been put out by the Duke of Cornwall at the behest of the evil Goneril, “are we to the gods: they kill us for their sport.” This could be updated to the following: As flies […]
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has accused Society of Authors chairwoman and Chocolat author Joanne Harris of failing to stand up for authors against threats from the woke left because of her pro-transgender beliefs. Following the stabbing of Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, J.K. Rowling revealed that she had received a death threat from what appeared to […]
The Mises Institute has worked for more than four decades to advance one purpose: the cause of economic freedom in academia and public life. The two comments on our work that I hear most often are: (1) you guys are doing a great job, and (2) it is not working. On the first point, I can […]
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What do you do when you see the proverbial storm on the horizon? You stock up on whatever you think you’ll need which you may not be able to secure when the storm hits. Why stock & flow matters? In inflationary periods people stock up because they fear the loss of purchasing power. The problem […]
As the word suggests, cannibalism won’t end well for those consumed by the infinitely insatiable few. Cannibalize is an interesting word. It is a remarkably graphic way to describe the self-inflicted destruction of a system by stripping previously functional subsystems to sustain the illusion of system functionality. Here are some examples. An Air Force which […]
A full episode of the Australian children’s cartoon show ‘Bluey’ was banned in the U.S. by Disney+ after it was deemed “inappropriate” and outside the streaming service’s strict guidelines. The scene that caused the axing did not involve a same-sex kiss. Nor was a controversial contemporary issue such as a children’s drag show, drag queen story […]
Riley Waggaman A reader recently alerted me to an intriguing article published by Thomas Röper, the curator of Anti-Spiegel. In it, Röper argues that Ernst Wolff—an authoritative voice on Great Reset shenanigans—is wrong to list Russia as an active participant in the COVID-triggered New Normal. I would like to offer a different perspective on this subject, particularly […]
