Your lecture of the week this week offers insight and commentary into the Catholic Just War Theory: Over the centuries theologians, philosophers, and political scientists have looked to Just War Theory to help them determine when and how war should be waged. First developed by St. Augustine, Just War Theory continues to dominate discussions on…
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Bob Murphy NAILS IT: A well-known free-market economist recently submitted an essay to me, asking that I publish it on my blog. Let me reproduce a sample of it and then tell you how I answered him: The continuing slowness of economic growth in high-income economies has prompted soul-searching among economists. They have looked to…
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Much has been made about the role that hydraulic fracturing – or fracking — has played in revolutionizing the energy landscape, unlocking vast new reserves of oil trapped in shale rock. This “tight oil” is pouring into the global pool of oil supplies at a crucial time, preventing oil prices from spiking in an age…
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Bionic Mosquito nails it, here, explaining how each and every war has been avoidable and unnecessary.
Read the whole thing, if you have time. War waged by modern nation-states is altogether evil, but the murders will continue…
Dear Mackenzie, Thanks for your kind words. The support of young Americans like you makes everything we do feel at least marginally worthwhile. But let’s get a few things straight. First of all, I’m not your friend. In fact, I specifically tried to avoid receiving this letter to save myself the burden of writing you…
DetailsThe US will be selling Iraq an air force.
“The world should be worried about those who go around the planet with a can of gasoline in one hand and a box of matches in the other, pretending to sell fire insurance.”