“He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.”

Universal human rights have not been fully attained, yet radical environmentalists insist that flora, fauna and even geological features and structures should be deemed legal persons, a meme known as “nature rights” — Wesley J. Smith.

“Nearly two-thirds of the Venezuelan economy disappeared in the 20 years of Chavismo power. It was socialism: pillaging of the private economy as state policy” — Guillermo Rodridguez Gonzalez.

“…[T]he current battle being waged over free trade in most developed countries, and especially in America, illustrates once again that to be pro-market isn’t the same thing as being pro-business” — Samuel Gregg from the Acton Institute.

“As one who spent time in many socialist countries both before and after the reforms, spoke with many of the victims and saw the direct evidence of the misery socialism wrought, it appalls me that there are people who claim to be educated are endorsing this despicable ideology” — economist Richard Rahn.

Joy Pullman explains that “the evidence indicates that at best Common Core made negligible improvements, and at worst it’s reduced student achievement, all while soaking up huge amounts of time and money.”

“The tragedy is that Democratic Socialists are blind to both logic and history as they try once again to peddle to the public an experiment that has already failed far too often” — Richard Epstein.

Rose Wilder Lane is an often-overlooked figure who lies at the heart of modern American politics.

“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.