Buyouts like Facebook’s recent one of WhatsApp are one of the main reasons our economy is unsustainable. Peter Schiff would like a word with Facebook: Two pieces of business news announced this week provide a convenient frame through which to view our dysfunctional and distorted economy. The first (which has attracted tremendous attention), is Facebook’s…
DetailsLibertarianism needs more that “freedom” to survive. The culture needs an understanding that can only be found beyond the here and now, or the project will fail. Your lecture of the week expounds this idea, explaining why GOd is essential to any view that government shouldn’t control it all…
I love language, but have yet to find a book that gives the 30,000 foot perspective. Still, I am finding some good stuff online… A reddit post worth a gander: Say a chinese man is reading a text out loud. He finds a character he doesn’t know. Does he have a clue what the pronunciation…
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The ideological framework of “national unity” is taken to the point that “this country,” “society,” or “our system of government” is set up as an object of gratitude for “the freedoms we enjoy.” Only the most unpatriotic notice that our liberties, far from being granted to us by a generous and benevolent government, were won…
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