Yesterday, it was announced that the former Government Chief Scientific Adviser (2018-2023), Sir Patrick Vallance has been appointed as Minister of Science in Keir Starmer’s new government. He will serve as a Minister of State (Minister for Science) in the …
NIH’s Latest Desperate Attempt to Incite Fear
The response to the Covid-19 pandemic revealed many concerning aspects of how government functions and how committed individuals and institutions are to maintaining their preferred narratives.
Truth, data, science, evidence…apparently none of those matter relative to the importance of ensuring …
Will Debt Sink the American Empire?
Will Debt Sink the American Empire?
So asks the Wall Street Journal, in an uncharacteristically gloomy article for the bull market’s paper of record.
They kick off with the problem: America is “cruising” into an uncharted sea of federal debt, …
The French Right: Defeat Snatched from the Jaws of Victory
So, what happened in the French legislative elections last weekend? How did Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, the big winner in the first round of elections the previous weekend, having obtained nearly one-third of all the votes cast, end up …
The Pandemic Response Was the Turning Point
The Republican convention made for great television, both entertaining and exciting, and infused with incredible energy after Trump’s miraculous survival of the assassination attempt. In the backdrop has been the astounding upheaval among Democrats: the drive to push Biden aside …
A Historical View of Today’s Political Theater
A few weeks ago, we woke to various bloviating regarding last night’s first presidential debate. Depending on which side you hold, your preferred candidate won. They may have had a disappointing performance, but the other candidate is a liar. One …
A Historical View of Today’s Political Theater
A few weeks ago, we woke to various bloviating regarding last night’s first presidential debate. Depending on which side you hold, your preferred candidate won. They may have had a disappointing performance, but the other candidate is a liar. One …
Anatomy of Money and the State
A couple of weeks ago, a slim brown paper-wrapped package arrived in my rural postbox. Clearly, a small paperback had been sent to me unsolicited by the Mises Institute. Title? “What Has Government Done to Our Money?” by the genius …
The Censorship Boomerang
Madness is rare in individuals; but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.
Friedrich NietzscheThey fooled themselves. The censorship meant to keep regular people in the dark instead blinded the pseudo-elite censors and their friends.
The …
Voters Take Vengeance on the Tories
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the rise of the New Right and its challenge to the liberal consensus on social, economic, and environmental policies; the displacement of the old left-right ideological divide by that between the inner city managerial-technocratic …
Voters Take Vengeance on the Tories
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the rise of the New Right and its challenge to the liberal consensus on social, economic, and environmental policies; the displacement of the old left-right ideological divide by that between the inner city managerial-technocratic …
SCOTUS Delivers a Victory for the People
The past few years, our Independence Day has taken on even more importance. Our way of life, the American way, is under attack. It’s constant. It’s on all levels – social, economic, religious, medical, legal…Anyone who doesn’t think there are …
Are We Already in Recession?
Have we already entered a recession? Worse, have we been in a recession for years now?
Recently I joined Jeff Tucker of Brownstone Institute on an article about the Herculean task of trying to figure out what’s actually happening in …
Administrative State Power Suffers Major Blow
In a major blow to US Federal Administrative State power, the US Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference precedent by a 6 to 3 vote. Chevron deference is an administrative law principle that compels federal courts to defer to a …
Censors Everywhere We Look
It is intolerable to us that an erroneous thought should exist anywhere in the world, however secret and powerless it may be.
O’Brien, Officer of the Inner Party1984, by George Orwell, Berkley/Penguin p. 225
We’re letting you know that …