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Syria and the Perpetual War Economy
Whether you agree or not that the U.S. ought to strike Syria, there is one reason it will: Because it has to. (Indeed, the …
The Martian Obtains Its U.S. Journalist License
Like all great historical ideas, the project of licensing journalists so that they may benefit from the First Amendment was born in a very …
Anarchy: The Basis for a Civilized Society, Part 2
The position that there need be a state is too often taken for granted. The main body of Sartwell’s book Against the State is …
Anarchy: The Basis for a Civilized Society
Crispin Sartwell is someone you should know. He is doing important work in recovering forgotten greats in America’s anti-authoritarian tradition. Among other works, he’s …
We’re All Edward Snowden Now
In the last several days, I’ve had three phone conversations with friends — completely normal people who have their wits about them — during …
Citizen Obama’s Middle-Class Vacation in Martha’s Vineyard
From the moment Barack Obama, the president of the United States, arrived at this plush resort community for a family vacation after another year …
Welcome to the “Click, Print Anything Revolution”
Today, like most days, I fired up my computer. I read freely available information on the latest developments in technology that would, in the …
Obama’s 2009 Promise of Cheaper Health Care Has Morphed Into 2013 Price Hikes
Remember when President Obama promised back in 2009 that his health care reform plan would cut insurance premiums for the average family by $2,500? …
If You Have Nothing to Hide, Be Very Worried
Many people do not seem to mind the government peeping into their “metadata” or even into their emails, Internet habits, or phone calls. Mark …
An Empire in Panic
A cornered rat has a deadly bite, or so says the lore from the 19th century, when rat baiting was common sport. The same …
Regulatory Outrage
Just when you think government couldn’t be more outrageous, you read a story like the one in The New York Times last weekend about …
Thank You, TSA, NSA, FBI, and CIA!
Today, we take time out from our regularly scheduled programming to thank the people who rule us. To the TSA agents at airports… to …
Detroit, Demographics and Detonation
Detroit’s fate is best summed up by the phrase “Demographics is destiny.” Take a look at the following chart on Detroit’s population growth since …
Why the White House Is Panicking About Obamacare
Actors. Actresses. NFL football players. Baseball players. Librarians. Mayors. City councilmen. Members of AARP. The Obama administration is looking far and wide, leaving no …
How Medical Innovation Redefines Our World
On a Sunday afternoon swim, a 6-year-old boy was bugging me in a sweet sort of way. He rode up and down the handrail …
So Where’s the Hyperinflation Already?
The Federal Reserve has grown the monetary base from $827 billion to $3.1 trillion in five years. At the same time banks have stuck …
Don’t Be a Casualty of War
Jim Rickards lit up the Agora Financial Investment Symposium in Vancouver telling the crowd the price of gold will soar north of $7,000 per …
Is Bitcoin Real or Not?
A frightening story this week in The New Yorker tells of a Texas couple that headed toward the Texas-Louisiana border to buy a used …
How to Use Public Health to Control Everything
From antiquity to the Middle Ages, public health meant two things: sanitation (mainly clean water supply and sewage disposal) and protection against epidemics. On …
The Claptrap Behind the Minimum Wage Debate
New York seems to have more than its fair share of knuckleheads. Paul Krugman and Tom Friedman are both stalwart columnists in The New …
The Triumph of Scrooge McDuck
Government can control many things, but it can’t control our minds and, therefore, our economic decisions. This has been a major source of frustration …
The Economy That Got Away
In 1985, Irwin Schiff wrote in what has become a classic book, How an Economy Grows and Why It Doesn’t, a pictorial introduction to basic economics. Now his sons are taking up where he left off.
Thank You, Russia?
Edward Snowden is in big trouble for revealing that our government is doing to its own citizens what the U.S. once accused Russia of doing to its citizens. In what is really a bizarre turn of events, Russia has become a safe haven for an American whistle-blower.
A Cure for Obamacare: From Canada With Love
A recent study on Canadian health care has been released late last year. In it, the authors examine the deleterious effects of socialized medicine on patient wait times and the delivery of care.