Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 259
October 29, 2024
On Living in Accordance With Reality
The French abbot and mystic, Bernard of Clairvaux, famously remarked that “A wise man is one who savors all things as they really are.”
I was reminded of this remark a few days ago in a conversation with my younger brother, who lamented how hard it is to find young skilled labor for his general contracting business on Maui.
“All of my skilled guys are now old,” he said. “My electrician is a Vietnam veteran. He loves his job and is very good at at it, but I can’t find anyone to replace him.”
“Wha...
When Evil Is Allowed in, Evil Stays
On two previous occasions Israel sent its vaunted army into southern Lebanon only to be driven out by the Arab militia, Hezbollah, operating without tanks, without an air force, without air defense. It appears that it has now happened again. Israel has been stopped cold on the ground, causing the Israeli defense minister to announce an end to the ground operations. The Israeli Army is only good at killing women and children from the air, as in Gaza.
Israel’s war against Hezbollah has been re...
How America Was Destroyed
“This sounds far-fetched, but it isn’t.”
Nothing is farfetched. There were two assassination attempts on Trump. The first one is amazing, not just for the facts of the crime but for the facts after. How can James Copenhaver, one of the people wounded, present a video like that, played on TV like endlessly, and almost nobody notices that the AGR building cannot be right next to the crowd? It’s in reality 150 meters or at least 120 meters away. Of course, all else is fake in that background.
...The Extreme Polarization in US Politics… and The Impact of Localism in Smaller Countries
International Man: Every four years, the US engages in an increasingly contentious process of electing its politicians. Republicans and Democrats both engage in mudslinging—each side taking cheap shots at the other.
Is this the nature of all politics and elections now?
Jeff Thomas: Well, that aspect of election campaigns is nothing new. In the US, perhaps the nastiest election was the 1800 election, between President John Adams and contender Thomas Jefferson, who ultimately won. The Democratic R...
The Abortion Lobby Wants Taxpayer-Funded Abortions
There’s a new ballot initiative in Colorado that shows what the “progressive” Left wants as the next step in abortion policy. Coloradans are now in the process of voting on Amendment 79 which paves the way for taxpayer-funded abortions and for protecting pro-abortion mandates on private insurance. The amendment would also create a legal right to an abortion in the state constitution.
For many years—especially during the 1980s and 1990s— the abortion lobby in America insisted that it only support...
Playing It Again—The Hitler Card
Here they go again. The Dem-wing of the UniParty is so bereft of reasons to deny the GOP-wing its turn in the Oval Office that it is once again desperately playing the Hitler Card. And it gets richer still. This time it’s on the word of disgruntled ex-employee who was subjected to the “you’re fired!” treatment by the Donald— and in real life for good reason, not just on a TV show for make-pretend entertainment.
General John Kelly now says that the Donald said something positive about Adolph Hitl...
Unjust Reparations Will Not Empower Justice
As Kamala Harris declares herself open to paying reparations for slavery in a desperate bid to win more black voters, the debate about redressing historical injustices has been once again reignited. California has passed a raft of new proposals “as part of a reparations legislative package” with policies on education, housing, and criminal justice for the benefit of black people. New York has created a commission to study the harms caused by slavery with a view to paying reparations. In Oklahoma...
About Natural Order and Its Destruction
I have touched upon quite a few different subjects in my intellectual work, but the central subject around which all of my work ultimately turned has been the subject of private property.
It has been my goal to demonstrate – not just to assert, to propose or to suggest – but to strictly, logically prove, that the institution of private property is (and always and everywhere has been) the foundation, or the necessary, indispensable requirement of peace (peaceful relations) among men (including wo...
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