Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Economic Illiteracy, Government Thuggery, trade on Jan 6th, 2017
Should the likes of Donald Trump and his economic ilk ever choose to be intellectually consistent, particularly with their view that trading with human beings who happen to reside in other countries is bad for human beings who happen to reside within the borders of the United States, then surely they should ban the following: […]
Posted in Central Planning, Government Thuggery, History, If I Really Hated the Poor ... on Dec 21st, 2016
See this gate? … Well, every night trucks stacked with bodies came back here and dumped them in a heap. They’d already been shot in the back of the head – you bleed less that way … They stacked the bodies in old wooden ammunition crates. The workers stoked up the underground ovens – right […]
Posted in Disingenuous, Economic Illiteracy, Government Thuggery, labor markets, Voluntary Society on Apr 6th, 2016
So, the SEIU showed up on campus a few weeks ago and they are trying to organize … ME. Here are some U of R kids showing support: For the record: The SEIU will not answer my questions about who they are trying to organize and how they obtained information about those faculty. Of course, […]
Posted in Classical Liberalism, Economic Illiteracy, ethical foundations, Extended Order, Government Thuggery, History, Immigration, Inequality, Institutions, media, Politics on Nov 24th, 2015
Of course, I will not share my thoughts at Thanksgiving … but here goes (start at 1:14 if you don’t like stories. One reason I love folk music is the stories): Please do NOT interpret this to suggest that I think this is an open and shut issue, or that there are not legitimate questions […]
Posted in Government Thuggery on Jul 20th, 2015
From an incredible biography about one of the people I genuinely admire and call a hero: On May 6, 1942, a new Federal agency opened for business. The War Manpower Commission had to balance the competing labor needs of agriculture, industry and the armed forces. It was a tricky business because all were vital, all […]
Posted in Central Planning, Government Thuggery, Socialism on Jul 17th, 2015
The joy of reading things like a history of Apples often comes in the surprising twists and turns and the connections between seemingly unrelated other things you may be reading. I had in fact just finished reading a biography of Stalin (classy guy I tell ya) and serendipitously my book on apples contains a chapter […]
Posted in Education, Government Thuggery on Jun 2nd, 2015
Before reading the following passage, note that I probably should retitle this post and change “government” to just about “anyone.” My children go to Catholic schools and there are piles of things they learn there that are either misinformed, plain wrong, questionable, etc. I like that they are exposed to things that I think are […]
Posted in Economic Illiteracy, Government Thuggery on May 28th, 2015
An incident that took place just forty miles west of Chicago provoked the Tribune’s editors to indulge in an orgy of coverage that in its frequency, its prominence, and its amplitude suggested that Armageddon was at hand. In the town of Aurora, local officers handed the Tribune (and the dozens of papers nationwide that glommed on the episode) a […]
Posted in Classical Liberalism, Government Gone Wild, Government Thuggery, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Inequality, Special Privilege on Dec 6th, 2014
As we’ve said here many times, we are NOT permitted to speak freely and honestly about race and the current state of affairs in America, But please allow me the following: Will the guilt-ridden and angry people of all stripes please spell out for me what someone like me is supposed to do. I am told […]
Posted in Government Gone Wild, Government Thuggery, If I Really Hated the Poor ... on Nov 14th, 2014
The food experts opine: But there is something the president can do now, on his own, to break that deadlock, much as he has done with climate change. In the next State of the Union address, he should announce an executive order establishing a national policy for food, health and well-being. By officially acknowledging the […]
