Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 402

A Few Good Men

Last weekend, I moved my freshman daughter out of her dorm. It’s quite an endeavor—and a mother lode of landfill waste— but this being my third freshman move-out, I knew how to salvage and recycle the disheveled remains of unwanted supplies and decor. I also knew to soak in the moment on her behalf, because she’ll eventually miss the rubbery stairwell scent, the click-slam of the residence hall’s entry door, and her own window overlooking the freshman quad. In two decades, she’ll treasure the do...

When Your Rulers Ignore Voters But Are Terrified of Protesters, That Tells You Something

Politico reports that the DNC is planning to move the Chicago convention partially online in order to “tamp down demonstrators” against Biden’s genocide in Gaza. The Democratic Party’s apathy toward this election is almost as blatant as its support for police crackdowns on political dissent.

When nobody in power will lift a finger to earn your vote but they’re falling all over themselves trying to stomp out a robust protest movement, that tells you what the powerful are actually afraid of and wh...

Israel, the Protests, and the Title VI Two-Step Part I

“Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right…
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.”
— Steeler Wheels

Before I delve into what I think is really going on with the Anti-Israeli protests on college campuses I want to make one thing very, very clear:

I don’t agree AT ALL with what Israel has done in response to the October, 7th attack. I don’t agree with what Hamas did as well. Wholesale slaughter of civilians, by they Muslim, Jewish, Ukrainian, Russian, etc. is morally repulsive.

No “Ifs.” No...

Russia’s Lavrov Says the West Has Decided To Prolong the War in Ukraine

Obviously, the West doesn’t want the war in Ukraine to end. Acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that Russia is ready to finish on the battlefield what could have been solved diplomatically.

The veteran diplomat was speaking to members of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament as part of the process of his reappointment after a government reshuffle. The assessment he offered is that Western nations have no desire for a negotiated end to the hostilities, according to ...

We Should All Be Stoics Now

Sail away. Be Stoic. The complete antidote to the current insanity.

If resonant flutes would spring up from olive trees, certainly you would not doubt that olive trees are aware of the Art of the Flute

– Zeno of Citium

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane

– Marcus Aurelius

You are sailing in the Gulf of Morbihan (“Little Sea”, in Breton language) in Bretagne, France, NATOstan, occasionally negotiating the second most...

Gaza Protests and the Legend of the Tiananmen Square Massacre

The Israel/Gaza conflict is now well into its eighth month as the slaughter and starvation of Palestinians continues unabated, with many tens of thousands of helpless civilians already dead.

Despite occasional bleats of feeble disapproval by members of the Biden Administration, America’s government has continued to fully support that massacre, providing all the necessary money and munitions that enable it. Although as far back as January, the jurists of the International Court of Justice had iss...

George Washington Warned Against a ‘Passionate Attachment’ to Israel

As war rages in Gaza, the intensifying debate over the US-Israel relationship spotlights a glaring political paradox: Those Americans who view George Washington with deepest reverence — that is, would-be “conservatives” — are often the ones who most zealously violate the central tenet of his foreign policy philosophy.

Specifically, their fierce devotion to the State of Israel defies Washington’s admonition against “passionate attachments” to other countries — attachments that, he said, inevitabl...

Lies About Unhampered Capitalism Scare the Public

Bad ideas are sometimes the hardest to de-throne.  Its probably accurate to say most people think of money as the paper currency printed by governments.  And it is money in the sense that it functions as a medium of exchange, but is it sound, is it vulnerable to inflation?  Its very existence is evidence that it is, so why are so many people reluctant to switch to a money that isn’t?

There any many myths surrounding hard money currencies, and one of them is that money, both its nature and supply...

Will the Fed Lose Control?

According to new reports from the Social Security and Medicare trustees, Social Security and a Medicare fund that pays for hospital expenses will both begin running deficits in 2035 and 2036. Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, Congress was too preoccupied spending billions more on military aid for foreign countries and banning TikTok to pay attention to the looming bankruptcy of the two largest federal entitlement programs.

Many in Congress no doubt believe they can ignore the impending bank...

9 Most Dangerous Cities in the US

This article was created for educational purposes and I suggest you take these tips and information with a good heart because it can help you prevent an unpleasant situation!

It’s difficult to believe that a little over 100 years ago not only did people rarely if ever lock their doors in the United States many houses didn’t even have locks on the doors. In today’s world, filled with atrocious headlines and daily murders, that thought is as strange a concept as not having to pay federal taxes. Es...