The State of Economic Freedom
The great news for humanity: Economic freedom around the world is on the rise. This means liberation for millions and billions of people. What …
Rachel Carson and the Bed Bugs
A month ago, a family I know returned from a trip in which they stayed in an ordinary hotel off the interstate in Virginia. …
Give the Gift of Liberty
You know the cliches: It’s a small world after all We are the world. Globalism rules Earth is our neighborhood now and every citizen …
To Build a Better Can Opener
“How the heck does this thing work?” I struggled with the new can opener for 20 minutes before giving up. This thing doesn’t work. …
The Truth Behind the Romney “Gaffe”
Cover the kids’ ears! Hide their eyes! Shuffle the weak and frail from the room! A politician running for president has uttered a heresy …
Five Deadly Effects of QE3
In announcing QE3, Ben Bernanke’s words betrayed not the slightest doubt that this is the right thing. More Fed bond purchases, combined with three …
Gadget Mania: May It Never End
What kind of events are worth reporting on in real time, with updates every few seconds? Such events have to be pretty dramatic. Well, …
Who Knows the Future?
The instant the Fed announced QE3, an unlimited program of bond buying with fake money until the end of time, the speculation about what …
Drop the Freon and Come out With Your Hands Up
“All the profits of drug trafficking and none of the risk.” That’s how the prosecutor in a federal criminal case described Carlos Garcia’s smuggling …
Don’t Think about Elephants
The movie Inception (2010) directed by Christopher Nolan, is one of the few films I’ve seen that takes the idea of ideas themselves seriously. …