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Geniuses Macron and Scholz Make the Argument for Russia To Strike NATO Members

French genius Emmanuel Macron keeps pushing the button for World War Three, on this occasion while in Berlin this week to cajole Germany into self-destruct mode.

Macron has joined the chorus of other NATO figures who are calling for Ukraine to be permitted to use long-range weapons to strike deep into Russian territory.

It looks like Macron succeeded in seducing the Germans with his maniacal mission. Following their meeting, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has flipped from objecting to such strike...

Get Up, Stand Up, Don’t Give Up the Fight: Know Your Rights or You Will Lose Them

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”—Thomas Jefferson

If America’s schools are to impart principles of freedom and democracy to future generations, they must start by respecting the constitutional rights of their students

Take the case of Lucas Hudson.

With all the negative press being written about today’s young people, it’s refreshing to meet a young person who not only knows his rights but is prepared to stand u...

The $150,000 Housekeeper: Wage Inflation Kicks Into Second Gear

If we add up all these tidal forces, the conclusion is self-evident: labor “inflation” has just shifted into second gear.

One of the lesser known manifestations of the inflationary crisis in early-1920s Germany was rampant wage inflation. Bourgeois burghers complained bitterly about the high wages being demanded–and received–by tradespeople. This reversal of fortune–wage earners gaining some power over the upper-middle class and wealthy–was naturally upsetting to those accustomed to wielding pow...

Trumpenstein in a Virtue Signaling World

So we now learn that the corrupt New York authorities overseeing the latest in a series of ridiculous, politicized prosecutions of Donald Trump, would like to send him to Riker’s Island. Why not Sing Sing? Alcatraz is closed, except for tours. Maybe they can include the Giant Orange Man as an exhibit for tourists, like any other zoo.

We have really reached the limits of absurdity here. This latest “crime” of Trump’s, involves a payoff to porn star/stripper Stormy Daniels. It’s unclear if there e...

‘Deep State’s’ Origin, War & the CIA, Government, Gold & Eternal Life, Putin’s Thinking, Trump and the Illusion of Time

Hey Mark,

Yep, this is the best email addy. Was hoping to resurrect the old group. I know, fat chance.

Flattered you sometimes take time to read my stuff!

As far as the “Deep State,” A.K.A. the Administrative State — which, as an auditor, you were part of for awhile — that meme originally came to fame as a result of this article – – –

Essay: Anatomy of the Deep State | BillMoyers.com

It wants to live for itself (salaries, benefits, etc.) and mostly because of a very active “Capture Theory,” evo...

Why Economic Conservatives Must Stop the Donald at the 269-Vote Line

It looks increasingly like the causes of liberty, peace, free markets, fiscal rectitude, sound money and small government are getting a serendipitous last chance. That is to say, with Biden potentially going down in flames, we can now look to Robert F. Kennedy Jr and/or the 12th Amendment to the Constitution to assure that the Donald doesn’t get a reprise in the Oval Office, either.

At this point in the election season, it is already truly difficult to see how Biden can cross the finish line in ...

Time To Separate Piety and Politics

The First Amendment of the Constitution specifies, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” In Washington, the “free exercise thereof” perennially includes politicians exploiting religion to sanctify themselves and all their power grabs.

Piety with a side of eggs

One of the most brazen if not most shameless “free exercise thereof” examples is the annual National Prayer Breakfast. Politicians gather to silently pray that the L...

These People Frighten Me!

Some years ago I wrote a piece for LewRockwell.com with the title THESE PEOPLE FRIGHTEN ME!

Except for everything Ron Paul said, those were the most memorable words uttered in all the 2008 presidential debates.

You may remember the moment.  It was in the first Democrat debate of the 2008 cycle.  One of the candidates, former US senator from Alaska Mike Gravel, looked at the candidates preening their bellicosity on the stage around him, including the notorious warmongers Barack Obama and Hillary ...

Hyperinflation and the Destruction of Human Personality

The Link between Economic Calculation and Human Personality

Economists and historians have clearly shown that the destruction of the value and function of money by hyperinflation makes economic calculation impossible and leads to economic and social disintegration and widespread poverty. What is not so clearly understood, even by many economists, is that during periods of rapid inflation, the inability to economically calculate undermines the very nature of property and causes a withering of the...

From Mad (Social) Scientist to Mad Zionist

“First of all, don’t target civilians.”

~Murray Rothbard’s first principle of just war in his essay, “Just War”

Like Hans Hoppe I have been a friend of Walter Block’s for decades. I co-authored a book and an article with him, sponsored a guest lecture by him at my university; lectured twice at his invitation at Loyola University New Orleans; wrote dozens of online articles in his defense when he was libeled by the administrators of Loyola University Maryland for giving a world-class (but non-wok...