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The Fabric of Civilization

by Neera K. Badhwar January 24, 2022

The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World  by Virginia Postrel, Basic Books, 2021, 320 pages. Virginia Postrel’s Fabric of Civilization is a fascinating, deeply researched tale of the development of fabric. Starting with fiber to make string, it takes us through the development of thread, to natural fabric, and finally to synthetics. It tells of ...

Abolish the FBI. Now.

by Scott McPherson January 21, 2022

In late December, pollster Scott Rasmussen released an interesting report. A poll conducted earlier in the month of 1,000 likely voters uncovered a welcome development: Americans don't trust or like the FBI. Even more revealing is the wording used in the poll, which actually came in the form of a statement that read: “Roger Stone, an adviser to former President Donald ...

Cancel Culture’s War on Free Speech

by John W. Whitehead January 19, 2022

“Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners.” — George Carlin Cancel culture—political correctness amped up on steroids, the self-righteousness of a narcissistic age, and a mass-marketed pseudo-morality that is little more than fascism disguised as tolerance—has shifted us into an Age of Intolerance, policed by techno-censors, social media bullies, and government watchdogs. Everything is now fair game for censorship if ...

Boosting American Standing on the World Stage

by Laurence M. Vance January 18, 2022

What do a member of the left-leaning New York Times editorial board and a senior fellow at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute (AEI) have in common? Usually, not very much. But when it comes to how America can boost its standing on the world stage, they are in perfect agreement: The United States should give away more COVID-19 vaccines ...

A Great Opportunity to Restore the Republic

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 14, 2022

With the debacle in Afghanistan, the American people have been presented with one of the greatest opportunities in our lifetime — an opportunity to dismantle the national-security establishment and restore our founding system of a limited-government republic. Opportunities like this do not often present themselves. Now is time to seize the day, before the national-security establishment is able to ...

Inflation Nation

by Scott McPherson January 12, 2022

Almost a year ago, Larry Summers, a former treasury secretary, warned that pumping trillions of dollars into the U.S. economy could have terrible consequences. He told Democrats that they were taking “substantial risks” in passing the so-called American Rescue Plan (ARP), possibly creating “inflationary pressures of a kind we have not seen in a generation.” Summers was patronized and mocked ...

The Pilgrims Tried Socialism and It Failed

by Richard M. Ebeling January 11, 2022

With the Thanksgiving holiday in the rear view mirror, we can get past the carving of a turkey; the stuffing and sweet potatoes; and many slices of pumpkin pie that almost all of us happily consumed. But how many of us know or appreciate that Thanksgiving really celebrates the failure of socialism and the birth of private enterprise and ...

Despotism Is the New Normal

by John W. Whitehead January 10, 2022

Looking at the present, I see a more probable future: a new despotism creeping slowly across America. Faceless oligarchs sit at command posts of a corporate-government complex that has been slowly evolving over many decades. In efforts to enlarge their own powers and privileges, they are willing to have others suffer the intended or unintended consequences ...

Winning Freedom Requires Some Radical Solutions

by Richard M. Ebeling January 7, 2022

Suppose that there was a button in front of you that if you pushed, it would, in one instant, abolish all the governmental controls and regulations on the US economy. Would you push that button, and in so doing transform the United States into a society of free people? People who would associate with each other based on voluntary ...

Dear Conservatives: It’s Time to Separate School and State

by Scott McPherson January 6, 2022

For decades, so-called “progressives” and other leftists have claimed that elected local school boards give parents control over education. Everyone knows it's a lie, but few have had the courage to speak up. Still, the delusion persists. On the day after Christmas, Nikole Hannah-Jones, of the New York Times' fact-deficient 1619 Project, let the mask drop completely. “I don't really ...

My Two-Bit Political Awakening

by James Bovard January 5, 2022

Samuel Johnson may have been wrong when he declared, “There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.” But for young kids, collecting coins is a less pernicious pastime than becoming a pyromaniac or Tik-Tok star. My own experience collecting, buying, and selling coins vaccinated me against trusting politicians long before ...

Madness, Mayhem and Tyranny

by John W. Whitehead January 4, 2022

“Tyranny does not flourish because perpetuators are helpless and ignorant of their actions. It flourishes because they actively identify with those who promote vicious acts as virtuous.”—An academic study into pathocracy Disgruntled mobs. Martial law. A populace under house arrest. A techno-corporate state wielding its power to immobilize huge swaths of the country. A Constitution in tatters. Between ...