“We are witnessing in our day nothing less than the liberation of millions of Brazilian minds” — Rafael Ribeiro.

The refugees have complex motivations, but the vast majority simply want to see everything socialism has to offer after suffering the amazing benefits of capitalism for too long.

The bottom line is that there’s a very meaningful link between economic liberty and national prosperity — Dan Mitchell.

“Capitalism and liberal democracy are far from perfect, but they do allow room for what John Stuart Mill called ‘experiments in living,’ where socialists, libertarians, and everyone else in between can pursue their idea of the good life. And that's a society worth defending from the reactionaries who out of ignorance or malice call themselves freedom fighters” — Matthew Harwood at Reason.com.

“Bulls are right until the moment they're wrong, and so far during the Trump presidency they have a far better track record than the bears. But what happens when the music finally stops?” asks Matt Walsh at Reason.com.

Some fascinating history here from David Harsanyi.

Rising prices are not inflation. They are one of many consequences of the inflation itself, which is the debasement and multiplication of money.

Check out this short but excellent video on the minimum wage.

You’d have to be a moron to buy this fraud’s stuff.

Why is this crook not behind bars?

“Perhaps if King George III and the leaders of Britain at the time had listened to Smith, the world might have turned out a bit better” — Richard Rahn in the Washington Times.

In the face of unfounded and heinous accusations lodged against Kavanaugh and the ongoing 24/7 media frenzy republishing the accusations ad nauseam, it is okay for the Judge to be angry and emotional.

Socialism specializes in dead-ends and one-way traffic.

“Those who seek a free and prosperous society should thus spurn the notion of the government emulating a business—and embrace the efficiency of the market, instead” — Michael Rieger.

No matter what your end, no matter what you don’t like about private property and trade, if you push socialism and “succeed,” you end up with poverty, terror, and death — Paul Jacob.

The work and sacrifices of Czech dissident Václav Benda exemplify dedication to liberty — by Daniel J. Mahoney.

“The Left’s failure to denounce socialism is a slap in the face to the many American immigrants who suffered under socialist regimes before escaping” — Viraktep Ath.

“Students, among the first to criticize the ‘greedy profiteers,’ feel no pressure from the consequences of anti-gouging laws” — Jessica Schultz.

Why does this evil stuff happen increasingly? In large measure because big government and bad government go hand-in-hand. The bigger it is, the more rotten it becomes, the more that shameless, power-drunk dirtbags flock to it in order to use its power to dictate to the rest of us. As I've written elsewhere (see https://bit.ly/2xBuoaG), you're blowing smoke if you think you can have both big government and good government at the same time.