I have said it before and I will say it again, AmericanThinker bothers me, and most of the time I skip it in the morning on my daily tour through about 200 websites. The site is a harbor of petty name-calling and neocon war fantasy most of the time, but every now and then, something…
DetailsWe all hate that the dollar is losing value, but it looks as if it is a trend that will only worsen as the effects of bailouts and the injection of excess liquidity into the market continue to hit the market in full. Meanwhile, China wishes to cut its ownership of U.S. debt down by…
DetailsIn reviewing the literature and popular arguments supporting slavery in this country in the 19th century, Robert Higgs of Mises.org came up with the following 10 ways of reasoning: Slavery is natural. People differ, and we must expect that those who are superior in a certain way — for example, in intelligence, morality, knowledge, technological…
DetailsNo matter what happens, I will always be in love with this man, Milton Friedman. He truly has a beautiful mind, and here works to silence the cries of the public for equality first:
is the title of a long essay by Murray Rothbard that I found particularly counter-culture and yet fascinating. In it, Rothbard exposes the fallacy inherent in the thought that everyone is equal or should be treated so by law, especially where there is no evidence of such but a disparate impact on the target group.…
DetailsI have never liked “Things Worth Discussing.” It’s so boring. So I thought of a new title, one that goes with the theme of the blog.Virtue through knowledge, of course… I post these summaries of information because your brain is the most important thing you own. How valuable is it? Some people think it has…
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