Monthly Archives: October 2022

Economy still sinking?

Got a future? Got a way to survive? To prosper? Really? Seems as though we are being told that “the end is near.” America is doomed. The world is doomed. Are the doomsayers right?

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Let’s talk about warhawks, chickenhawks, and pacifists

Joe Biden and a majority of congresscritturs and conscript parents (Senators) seem committed to these Fifty States having a war with evil, monstrous Russia over Ukraine. This has become a “progressive” cause and a neo-con cause. And who loses? The … Continue reading

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Hated ideas: The evils of democracy

Local, State, federal, world… today, and for a century-plus, we have been told that “democracy” is a good thing – and the only legitimate form of government. We are being treated (and threatened) with that today, both with the upcoming … Continue reading

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Lessons learned – or not: families and Chinese communism

A recent article published by AIER discusses a study of the Chinese Great Leap Forward of 1959-1962, entitled “When the family is abolished people starve.” It is of course condemning totalitarianism, communism, and mandatory human government in general. Read it, … Continue reading

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Winter is coming – to the entire planet

A lot of attention has been paid to Europe’s energy situation since Russia’s ‘special military operation’ began in February, eight months ago. Driven by both geopolitical needs (control of their perimeter) and the treatment of the linguistic/ethnic Russians by the … Continue reading

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Corruption unlimited – DOJ and FBI

Back in the 1980s, it took decades for the evils of J. Edgar Hoover to be revealed. And oddly enough (from the point of view of so-called conservatives and right-leaning libertarians (minarchists, at least), one of the least corrupt of … Continue reading

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Who is winning the American propaganda wars?

Americans and our States and societies are (so we are told) facing a large number of “crises” right now. Among them: What do YOU believe about these issues? What do government officials and politicians running for office tell you? What … Continue reading

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Perverting the truth

As the divisions in these Fifty States continue to be deepened and spread wider, every form of propaganda, intimidation, actual acts of violence, retribution, and more is seen. And seen more and more frequently. We’ve discussed propaganda especially as it … Continue reading

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Russia, Ukraine and liberty at home

With the Russian “special military operation” (war) in the Ukraine now seven months old, everyone seems to be upping the ante. Especially in the propaganda war. Propaganda is virtually always a tool of enemies of liberty. We see it clearly … Continue reading

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Band-Aids and public schools

In the past several months, especially after the horrific events in Uvalde, the concept of “school safety plans” has been raised and discussed a lot. As far as we can tell, virtually every school, public and private, from Preschool to … Continue reading

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