Abbott’s Border Follies
Advocates of immigration controls are undoubtedly ecstatic over Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s recent border follies. Not satisfied with federal inspection of commercial vehicles entering the United States from Mexico, Abbott …
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The Evil Within
I am both fascinated and amused by the fierce reaction among the U.S. mainstream press and American statists to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They are all exclaiming how evil the …
Can Capitalism Survive? 80 Years After Schumpeter’s Answer
Eighty years ago, in the midst of the Second World War, Austrian-born economist Joseph A. Schumpeter published one of his most famous books, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy (1942). A central …
The Second Amendment Enshrines Our Right to Self-Defense
On April 1, four criminal thugs broke into a man’s house in Longre, France. Responding as any reasonable human would, the homeowner fired twice at the intruders with a rifle, …
The Deferentials
Let’s have a thought experiment. Suppose that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Cuban president Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez issued a joint announcement stating that North Korea had accepted an invitation …
Republicans Miss the Real Issue Regarding TSA Scanners
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is back in the news again, and, as usual, it is not because the agency did something noteworthy. The TSA was established by the Aviation …
The Biggest Threat to Our Freedom and Well-Being
There are some important things to note about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Our rights do not come from the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. As the …
Identifying and Confronting Evil
Americans have no problems identifying and confronting evil in foreign regimes. Most everyone, for example, has joined the bandwagon in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As I point out in …
Confronting Evil Here at Home
Americans have no difficulty identifying and confronting evil when it is found in foreign regimes. A good example is Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine. Most every American is easily able …
‘We the People’ Are the New, Permanent Underclass in America
“We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.”—Herbert Hoover This is financial tyranny. The U.S. …