A century from now, people will look back on this turbulent but pivotal moment in history and ask, “What did our American ancestors in the early 21st Century do when faced with dire threats to their Constitution and their liberties?”
Read MoreGeorge Orwell: Socialist or Libertarian? It's Complicated →
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history -- George Orwell. To watch a video interview I did on this subject (on 9/15/21), follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAMPl7lYfmc.
Read MoreAs All-American as it Gets →
He would likely be appalled at how partisan and politicized so much humor has become today. He ripped both major parties with good, clean humor and was consequently appreciated by Democrats and Republicans alike in the 1920s and 1930s.
Read MoreHow Venezuela Can Recover →
The bolivar is so close to absolute worthlessness that Venezuelans are refusing en masse to use it, preferring American dollars and cryptocurrencies instead. How Venezuela can recover.
Read MoreThe Man Who Purchased an Empire →
The notorious “Auction of the Empire” reveals what eventually happens when a civilization succumbs to concentrated power and corruption.
Read MoreThis is "Civilization"?
It has been said that income taxes are the price we pay for civilization. To that, as I try to make sense of the tax code, I must ask, “This is civilization?”
Read MoreSo Capitalism Can't Handle COVID but Government Can?
The idiot who said capitalism can’t handle COVID got it precisely wrong. In this commentary at EL AMERICAN, I recount my recent COVID-related experience at the Paris airport.
Read MoreWas Hitler a Capitalist or a Christian? →
Do not be gullible or foolish enough to suggest that the supremely evil Adolf Hitler was either a capitalist or a Christian.
Read MoreCancel Culture Targets Hayek →
To the LSE Class War people, Hayek’s championship of the free economy over a socialist one is a sin that can be neither forgiven nor tolerated. Theirs is an indefensible perspective that speaks volumes about their intellectual insecurity.
Read MoreWhat Joe Biden and Henry VII Have in Common →
For one who fancies himself “progressive,” Biden seems astonishingly unaware that his “soak ‘em good” mentality is medieval, if not ancient.
Read MoreIsrael and Ice Cream: The Ben & Jerry's Blunder →
Thanks, Ben & Jerry’s, for providing me with the opportunity to say some good things about Israel’s vibrant economy.
Read MorePrivate Profit in Public Schools: A Necessity! →
The crisis in the government schools these days is NOT in the part that’s delivered privately, but rather, in the part that is exclusively government.
Read MoreAustralia, Gold and Liberty →
Historically, the connection between gold and liberty is a potent one. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to assert—if you will pardon the pun—that they are two sides of the same coin.
Read MoreAlfonso XIII and the Walk of Death →
If you don’t like hikes, then if you walk Caminito del Rey, you may lose your tapas.
Read MoreDevastation is NOT a Blessing →
Anyone who simply observes the increased construction activity as people spend to rebuild and concludes that a disaster is some sort of economic blessing, is blind to the big picture.
Read MoreHealthcare Minus the Third Parties →
The greatest drag on the DPC model is the threat of government red tape and regulations at the federal and state levels, as well as pressure from those with a vested interest in the high-cost, less-than-transparent status quo.
Read MoreEdgar Guest: The People's Poet →
Poetry is not my strong suit, I’m no good at writing verse. My prose may be no better, but at least I could do worse.
Read MoreCalvin Coolidge: The Difference Between Simple and Simplistic →
Today’s advocates of the spendthrift nanny state dismiss this practitioner of small government as a simple man of even simpler times. His wisdom, however, demonstrates the crucial difference between simple and simplistic.
Read MoreThe Berlin Wall 60 Years Later →
A hideous monument to the essence of socialism, which is FORCE.
Read MoreLearning from Livy →
The experiences of those who came before, especially when understood in the context of their times, are fraught with lessons we ignore at our peril.
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