The Myth About Money, Credit & Gold
The standard version of how money came to be goes like this: First, there was barter. (A handful of nails for a pint of …
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America’s Technology Sector Is Too Eager to Cave to a Snooping Government
Americans are still trying to get a handle on the full extent of the government’s domestic spying activities, including the recent revelation that the …
Blinding You With Science
It is such a kick to read the transcripts from the White House’s health care “war room” in the first days of release. What …
How Useful Is the Second Amendment?
A few months ago at a demonstration against the president of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, a Canadian citizen made the following claim: “We …
Stop Acting Like It’s OK When Our Leaders Deliberately Mislead Us
Can we at least agree that the American people deserve the truth? That governing ourselves requires getting accurate information from the people we elect? …
The Nation’s Full Faith and Credit Card
Imagine that everyone in your community is issued a credit card with the same account number. At the end of every month, the bill …
The World’s Fastest Failure
Obamacare certainly has made history. It has set the record for the fastest-failing Big Government program in world history. This isn’t only about a …
Our World Through Thomas Paine’s Eyes
I’ve just spent a harrowing weekend reflecting on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, the pamphlet that came out in January 1776 and turned the public …
The End of the Deep Web? Nope.
It was a wild ride last week in the world of the Deep Web, that section of the Internet that requires special tools to …
Government Shutdown Wreaks Havoc
A tense drama unfolded this week with the virtual shutdown of vital government agencies: the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, …