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He Who Pays the Piper →

June 6, 2023

DeSantis to universities: If you’re so self-focused and sanctimonious to declare an inviolable right to other people’s money, you need to go back to school and learn about the piper.

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The Centennial of the Birth of a Great Critic of Socialism →

June 3, 2023

Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich, born on June 3, 1923, showed that socialism is fundamentally anti-individualistic. Socialism is cannibalism animated by philosophy.

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Churchill's Gold Standard Blunder →

June 1, 2023

No doubt Winston Churchill’s economic intentions were good. But good intentions by themselves are never good enough. They desperately require good economics.

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In Defense of Justice Thomas →

May 30, 2023

The political party whose roots are sunk deeply into racism and groupthink still treats blacks the way it always has: Keep them down, buy them off, tell them they’re victims and you’re their saviors, don’t let them choose anything but the government schools their zip codes bind them to no matter how bad those schools are, etc., etc.

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The Slave Who Went to Montana →

May 30, 2023

He was the first African American to cross the continent, the first African American to see the Pacific Ocean, and the first African American to set foot in Montana.

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What Does a Sensible "Political Spectrum" Look Like? →

May 30, 2023

Instead of deploying flawed and simplistic spectrum charts, let us judge political and economic systems by who they empower—the State or the individual.

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Evil is Rising, But Despair is Not an Option →

May 23, 2023

Its gateway drug is disdain for the truth, the little white lies that lead to bigger ones, that then open the door to more heinous offenses.

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A Video Interview on Gold and FDR's 1933 Seizure →

May 11, 2023

Here's a video interview with me on gold, FDR and American monetary history—recorded on May 2, 2023. Conducted via Zoom from Singapore by Patrick Vierra of SBTV, Silver Bullion TV.

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Foxes: Victims of Good Intentions →

May 11, 2023

More than 100 veterinarians from around the UK have signed a letter which points out, “Advocates of the 2004 ban on hunting would not have expected their efforts to protect foxes to result in this catastrophic decline.” Oops.

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Presidential Campaign Songs: Puffery, Not Education →

May 9, 2023

Did you know that Saddam Hussein’s campaign song in his rigged election of 2002 was Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You?

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Jane Jacobs vs Robert Moses: A David vs Goliath Story →

May 4, 2023

In one of the many public protests she helped organize, Jacobs wore a placard around her neck adorned in large letters with the message, “Conscience: the Ultimate Weapon!”

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Israel's Declaration of Independence Almost Didn't Make it on Time →

April 25, 2023

As it always has been, the Middle East is beset with ethnic, religious and national tensions. No matter what your views might be on any of the related issues, you can’t help but recognize that May 14, 1948 was a momentous day in history.

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How a Montana Senator Helped Curse Us With the 17th Amendment →

April 18, 2023

In his own defense, Montana’s William A. Clark said, “I never bought a man who wasn’t for sale.” (Photo is one I took myself along the Skalkaho Pass between Philipsburg and Hamilton, MT in 2019).

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NOT Socialist Countries! →

April 18, 2023

While Nordic nations dabbled in welfare-state-style socialism a half-century ago, they learned some lessons from the resulting stagnation. They reversed course. They are now among the freest, most capitalist countries on the planet.

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Edgar Guest, the People's Poet →

April 12, 2023

He fell in love with his adopted state and country and never left either. More than 300 newspapers across the country regularly published his work.

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FDR's Other "Day of Infamy" →

April 4, 2023

If the federal government tried today to seize the gold holdings of private American citizens, how much do you think we would turn over?

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The Amazing Mary Seacole, A Genuine Do-Gooder →

March 29, 2023

She had only grateful beneficiaries, and no resentful victims.

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The Power of Optimism →

March 28, 2023

Think the Best, Do Your Best.

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The Wisdom of Mario Vargas Llosa →

March 25, 2023

In the 1950s and 1960s, he was a socialist who even flirted with Cuban communism. Thanks to an open and observant mind, he got over that.

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John Lennon: No Model to Emulate →

March 19, 2023

Stop the John Lennon worship, please. The guy was a fool, a wife beater, a hypocrite, a serial liar, a homewrecker, a drug abuser, and an awful father. He even enjoyed making fun of people with disabilities, mocking and bullying them time and again. Article is also available here: https://tinyurl.com/5rpnufhm.

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