HOW CONGRESS CAN STOP IRS VIOLATIONS OF FREEDOM AND THE LAW
After last week's ruling wherein a federal court failed to permanently bar the Internal Revenue Service from targeting conservative groups, there can be no doubt that liberty and the IRS are...
View ArticleWHY ARE THERE SO MANY FAILED STATES NOW?
The greatest threat to global security is the rapidly increasing number of failed states. Even though there is no agreed-upon definition of a failed state, it is generally understood that when a...
View ArticleWHAT SHOULD MONEY BE?
What is money? The coin and currency that you have in your pocket? The balances you have in your checking, money market or savings account? How about the value of your stocks and bonds? The government...
View ArticleWHY ARE DEMOCRATS SADISTIC TOWARDS THE POOR?
On Sept. 29, Congress held a hearing on the rules proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that would likely destroy much of the small-dollar loan industry and drive many low-income...
View ArticleCOULD THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY BE MORE CLEAR?
There was good news for Argentina last week. It was expected that Daniel Scioli, the Peronist candidate and political heir of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, would win the presidential election. Much...
View ArticleA THANKSGIVING BOUNTY OF HUMAN PROGRESS
Your Thanksgiving dinner is going to be less expensive. This year the average person will need to work 2 hours, 21 minutes and 57 seconds to pay for all the items in a standard Thanksgiving dinner for...
View ArticleCHRISTMAS BRINGS PEACE TO THE WORLD
Why do billions of people, Christians and non-Christians alike, look forward to Christmas? It is a holiday that makes almost all children, and most adults, happy. Globally, it has evolved into a...
View ArticleRATIONAL GLOOM FOR 2016
The economist and philosopher F.A. Hayek warned us about the limits to knowledge and forecasting. What we do know, however, based on past behavior is that some future events have a much higher...
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THE ECONOMICS OF ALICE
What the world’s major central banks have been doing is not working. Rather than go back to the tried and true, they are now digging in deeper on policies that are bound to fail, such as the move to...
View ArticleFIGHT THE LEFT OR DIE
Last week, the nation’s largest coal company, Peabody Coal, declared bankruptcy, as have many other coal companies in the past few years. They were partly victims of the development of fracking...
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OFF WITH THE HEADS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAUCRACY
The Brexit vote is just the beginning of the revolt against unaccountable institutions and persons. The global political-economic class reacted with horror when a majority of British citizens said...
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THE END OF THE WORLD IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING NEAR
Is today the worst of times? This past week we had shootings of police and shootings by police. The world economy and political situation is a mess. It is a time of crisis without an apparent...
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PUTIN AND MRS. CLINTON
Did the Russians hack the emails of the Democrat National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton? The answer is almost certainly “yes,” but that does not mean that the DNC and other emails were released...
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DON’T JUST DO SOMETHING – STAND THERE!
[caption id="attachment_13588" align="alignright" width="192"] A Spotless Sun[/caption] Climate change projects spend enormous sums with no effect. They have not only been a waste of money, they have...
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THE BEST INVESTMENT APPLE COULD MAKE
[caption id="attachment_13727" align="alignright" width="300"] Apple CEO Tim Cook[/caption] Why would the Irish government argue against receiving $14.5 billion (yes that is a billion with a B) in...
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WHY WOULD PUTIN FAVOR TRUMP AFTER INVESTING IN HILLARY?
[Note: Please see Skye’s calculations below on how Putin’s investment in Hillary will make him $200 billion a year—JW] [caption id="attachment_14045" align="alignright" width="400"] Co-conspirators...
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LOOKING AHEAD TO 2024
Most new cars sold in 2024 will have self-driving capabilities so that the number of auto fatalities will be falling rapidly. That is an easy prediction, because the technologies have already been...
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THE BEST AND THE WORST STATES
If you were going to start a new business in the United States that was not location dependent, what state would choose? Countries, states and cities all compete to attract businesses — both large and...
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WE CANNOT AFFORD NOT TO CUT TAXES
The folks in Washington have a knack for almost always asking the wrong question, and then coming up with an answer that makes things worse. The current debate about tax reform is a prime example. Many...
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