"Reality is that which when we stop believing in it doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick In March of 2003, we broke ground on the first real thing I ever built, the house I currently live in. Then I understood that there was only one way this economic and political...
Central Planning
Hey, Jay, Enough Of Your Stinkin’ Easy Money!
by David Stockman | Mar 6, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
It doesn’t get any more pathetic than this. The Fed cuts the absurdly low money market rate by another 50 basis points at 10AM and before noon the Donald is banging the podium for more. So if you ever needed a final warning to get out of the casino, today’s...
End the Fed
by Jacob Hornberger | Mar 5, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
In response to the potential economic downturn in the economy arising from the spread of the Coronavirus, the Federal Reserve dropped the federal funds rate by half a point — to a range of 1% to 1.25%. Ironically, after the Fed’s announcement, the stock market dropped...
The Conservative Attack on Market Freedom
by Ryan McMaken | Oct 14, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Will Grigg Radio
I haven't run an empirical study on the number of articles published, but it sure seems like conservatives are writing more articles than usual condemning economic freedom, and the people who advocate for it. This would make some sense in the Age of Trump when the the...
Welfare State: Good Rhetoric, But Bad Outcomes
by Jean Vilbert | Sep 6, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles
In poor countries, welfare state represents a system where businessmen and statesmen work side by side (to plunder money from the people) The idea of an economic model able to set an improbable combination of economic liberalism with central planning (a middle way...
Conservatives Against Liberty
by Ron Paul | Jul 15, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Recently several prominent social and populist conservatives have attacked libertarianism. These conservatives, some of whom are allies in the fight against our hyper-interventionist foreign policy, blame libertarianism for a variety of social and economic ills. The...
Mixed Economy and the Danger of Central-Planning
by Germinal Van | May 15, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
In 1944, Friedrich von Hayek, one of the greatest economists and political philosophers in modern history; published his magnum opus entitled The Road to Serfdom. In his book, Hayek warned free societies about the dangers of government intervention. He argued that...
Immigration Tyranny and Cruelty Come Home
by Jacob Hornberger | May 15, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
I can’t help but wonder if what has happened to Theresa Todd will cause conservative-leaning libertarians to abandon their support of immigration controls, the system of immigration central planning, cruelty, and tyranny that both conservatives and progressives have...
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Professors, W. Post Call Out NYT for Oct 7 Mass-Rape Hoax
Another disgrace for the Charlie Savage Times.
Israel’s Amazing Feat
Israel has accomplished quite a feat: its crimes against the people of Gaza are of such a large scale that they make Hamas's Oct. 7 crimes look small.
Pentagon Follies: Accounting for DEI Expenditures
Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (IED) is communism in blackface. This viral contagion has raced to the top of government bureaucracies and, of course, facilitates a race to the bottom in quality and competence. The wizards at the Pentagon who have yet to account for...
A Soho Forum discussion of COVID with Tom Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKzl5CngE5Q Check out Tom's great book, Diary of a Psychosis.
US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine
Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...
The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age
The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...