We need to be inspired by the words and deeds of real people whose lives are worth celebrating, whose examples are inherently inspirational.

Big spenders in Washington exhibit the same pomposity with which the arrogant, swaggering demagogues of ancient Rome demolished first the Roman Republic and then later, the Roman Empire too.

Was George Orwell a Budding Libertarian? Recorded September 15, 2021. Based on this article: https://fee.org/articles/was-george-orwell-a-socialist-or-a-libertarian-its-complicated/.

Important. Precious. Indispensable. Priceless. Liberty is all these and more. And yet, people frequently vote it away in exchange for a short-term advantage or benefit. (Part 2 of this article is here:

Bluegrass is quintessential, all-American, Appalachian, hillbilly music. I’ve never seen a bluegrass musician who didn’t seem as happy as a rooster on a June bug.

Stereotyping people according to income grouping is superficial bigotry.

“They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?” asked the late, great Paul Harvey.

Any good economist will tell you that as factors of production, labor and capital are not only indispensable but hugely dependent upon each other as well — from this significant 2021 revision and expansion of an old essay.

As most of the country reveled in newly won freedoms and a market economy that allowed the enterprising to create wealth, a few malcontents sought a different life.

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?”

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.

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.

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.

The notorious “Auction of the Empire” reveals what eventually happens when a civilization succumbs to concentrated power and corruption.

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?”

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.

Do not be gullible or foolish enough to suggest that the supremely evil Adolf Hitler was either a capitalist or a Christian.

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.

For one who fancies himself “progressive,” Biden seems astonishingly unaware that his “soak ‘em good” mentality is medieval, if not ancient.

Thanks, Ben & Jerry’s, for providing me with the opportunity to say some good things about Israel’s vibrant economy.