The story of Anne Frank is tragic. If not for the words that she wrote in her diary, she would be a digit of history. Her diary is relatable, and the thoughts that collected inside her being during a horrible time in history gives the reader an idea of who she was. She is immortalized because of the little things that she wrote, not because of any great deeds recorded by others. As a victim of tyranny she is remembered as an innocent murdered. She is a story found inside the numbers. Thanks to her diary, we have a human figure to know and mourn, despite the mechanized bureaucratic...
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Episode 384: Comparing Past Military Empires to America’s w/ Danny Sjursen
80 Minutes Suitable For All Ages Pete invited retired Army Major Danny Sjursen to return to the show. Danny is a veteran of both the Iraq and Afghan "Surges" but also taught American History at West Point and is a Military History fanatic. Pete asked Danny to come on the show and talk about a few historic military empires and how they mirror America's. Danny details the Roman, British, Prussian and Soviet empires but puts great detail into the Prussian which you will see most closely resembles America's modern military. Patriotic Dissent Ghost Riders of Baghdad Danny's Articles at...
Two Sentences that Capture the Essential Difference Between Libertarians and Statists
Why are there so few liberty-oriented societies compared to the number of places with statist governments? And why does it seem like the size and scope of government keeps expanding around the world? If I’m feeling optimistic, I’ll disagree with the tone of those questions. There are reasons to be cheerful, after all. the Soviet Empire collapsed and there’s solid data that global economic liberty has increased over the past few decades. And for those who care about evidence, there’s a slam-dunk argument that smaller government means more prosperity. But if I’m feeling pessimistic, I’ll...