In 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…
DetailsThe lecture of the week this week is a continuation of the economics lessons started earlier in the week. In the following lecture, Professor Horowitz from St. Lawrence University explains how, while the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting richer faster (this has been true throughout U.S. history, though we might be seeing…
DetailsMulticulturalism is a failed theory, precisely because relativism breaks down when we encounter intolerant societies: “Tolerance” is similar. We do not tolerate wrong answers in math. We do not tolerate failed sciences. The word itself is a facade that means “you must accept what I believe is true, but I need not accept what you…
DetailsIf there is only one column you read today, let it be a post on ZeroHedge from yesterday, discussing the problems facing this country and what solution appears to be coming. No matter if you are a Democrat, a Republican, and Independent, or a damn martian, these are things you need to hear and understand…
DetailsCould the decline of the West be a result of our lost connection with our Christian roots? Of course correlation does not mean causation, nor does it mean connection at all. However, with the decline in morality, responsibility, hard work, and obedience to something greater than ourselves, the theory has a certain ring of truth…
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