WORLD
Hatred of Western Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America
The late Dr. John Lewis read this statement to his class on September 12, 2001 — the day after America was attacked by Islamic Jihadists. His words are all the more relevant today.
Cuba’s Eternal Revolution Through the Prism of Insurgency, Socialism, and Espionage
Cuba’s Eternal Revolution Through the Prism of Insurgency, Socialism, and Espionage relates much about Cuba’s history that needs to be known, and disabuses readers of the carefully cultivated idea that Cuba has turned into a tropical paradise due to socialism.
Renaming ESG Won’t Make It Go Away
So although ESG backlash has resulted in even the likes of Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, no longer referring to the contentious acronym, ESG won’t be going away.
Anti-Americanism and Anti-Capitalism in Europe and Beyond
Why do anti-Americanism and anti-capitalism go hand in hand?
While Time Remains & Freedom in America: A Conversation with North Korean Defector Yeonmi Park
A Conversation with North Korean Defector Yeonmi Park.
Russia’s War in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is about justice and the future of the West.
MARKETS
Celebrating Work
Let’s celebrate the important value of work on Labor Day—and demand that our governments stop killing jobs through their taxes, climate action plans and regulations and let people invest, trade, and work freely.
Why Business Must Embrace Individual Rights
A stronger argument to defend capitalism and business against government coercion is needed. It comes from morality.
Maui Needs Speculators
Proposals for a moratorium on land sales risk making the restoration a lengthier and more wasteful affair.
What Innovations Will Be Lost Thanks To FTC’s Merger Meddling
I for one would be devastated if my cordless Dyson was never given the chance, and I wonder what other innovations or advancements may now be lost thanks to a true monopoly obstructing competition in the marketplace – the FTC.
Maximizers and Monopolies, A Benefit to Society
Consumers will choose the best options, or only options, according to their interests and perceptions of value – and companies can either cater to existing needs and wants or create new ones. That is why capitalism is such a beautiful thing, and why the only time monopoly concerns should arise is when government cronyism is involved.
The Charge to Change Capitalism and Why the Profit Motive Must be Preserved
On the growing coalition countering capitalism for the “common good.”
LAW
A Tremendous Victory for Free Speech
The White House, the FBI, and the CDC violated the First Amendment by encouraging and coercing social media companies to suppress free speech.
Legalization of Cocaine: Respectfully Disagreeing With George Will on the Drug War
Ending the war on drugs would significantly shrink the scope of law-enforcement officers’ incentives and abilities to violate the civil and property rights of Americans – even, indeed chiefly, of Americans who do not and would never use hard drugs, be these legal or illegal.
Maui Wildfires: Hawaii Governor Adds Insult to Injury
Preventing some individuals from making bad decisions also prevents individuals from making good decisions.
The Self-Interest of Self-Regulation
Honest businessmen, who are well aware of the importance of customer goodwill, try to insure that their businesses are not harmed by the unscrupulous actions of others. Many of them have formed voluntary associations to provide self-regulation in their industries.
The Political Cleverness of Envy-Driven Housing Policies
If the supply of new housing is restricted by the government’s monopoly power to initiate physical force against housing producers, the market price of housing will be higher.
The Supreme Court’s ‘303 Creative’ Decision – Right Result but Not for the Best Reasons
“No unit of government shall enact any law or regulation that compels any citizen to enter into a contract, forbids any citizen to enter into a contract, or dictates any term of a contract between citizens.”
SCI-TECH
Hawaii Invests in Renewable Energy Rather Than Wildfire Prevention
Instead of spending millions of dollars on fire prevention as was recommended, Hawaii’s Public Utility Commission spent that money and more on complying with a state law that insists by 2045, the state will be 100 percent renewable energy.
Climate Science and the Crisis of Pseudoscience
“I can confidently say there is no real climate crisis” – John Clauser,
‘Caught-Red-Handed’: Scientists Call for Full Retraction of Nature’s Proximal Origin SARS-CoV-2 Paper, as Fraud Accusations Mount
“[The] main thing still in my mind is that the lab escape version of this is so friggin’ likely to have happened because they were already doing this type of work and the molecular data is fully consistent with that scenario,” Andersen said to his colleagues, according to a report from Public, which published a series of Slack messages between the authors.
How To Answer Loaded Climate Questions
Answers to: “Do you believe in climate change?” “Are you a climate denier?” “Will you listen to the scientists on climate change?” And more!
“Green Energy” is Neither Energy nor Green
“Green energy” has 2 problems: 1) It’s not really energy: It doesn’t provide reliable energy. 2) It’s not really green: It has a huge “environmental impact.”
The Earth and Civilization Have Been Saved By Fossil Fuels
In his 2022 book Fossil Future, Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress argues that fossil fuels are one of the greatest benefits to human civilization ever and that no viable substitutes exist, at least for now.
POLITICS
Hatred of Western Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America
The late Dr. John Lewis read this statement to his class on September 12, 2001 — the day after America was attacked by Islamic Jihadists. His words are all the more relevant today.
How to Advocate for Freedom and Capitalism
A reader asked what one can do to defend capitalism given the ongoing threats to freedom and when one lacks a platform. Here are some ideas, based on my own experience and advice from communication experts.
Ayn Rand’s Devastating Critique of ‘Liberals’
Ayn Rand’s assessment of modern “liberals” differs radically from the criticisms leveled by conservatives, a group she is often wrongly lumped in with.
The Great Cloud of Disrepute
The top players who made the pandemic response happen are gradually being taken out of power and being replaced by people who believe the exact same things as their predecessors. And they have every stated intention of doing it all again, under whatever pretext. The great calamity is now the template for the future.
July Fourth Celebrates America’s and the West’s Core Values
Reason, Rights, and Science Are What Made America Great
Universal Health Care Freedom on the Fourth of July
It is precisely because our health care is so important to each of us that we need to be especially careful to preserve and protect the rights of physicians and other health care providers.
CULTURE
Parental Rights in Education: The Fundamental Issue of Our Time
Do parents have an unalienable right to determine how, in what, and by whom their children will be educated, or should the government have that right?
After Covid: Twelve Challenges for a Shattered World
The pandemic response enabled new government powers of surveillance, enforcement, and hegemony, resulting in the ultimate and global experiment in social management under the guise of science.
Cuba’s Eternal Revolution Through the Prism of Insurgency, Socialism, and Espionage
Cuba’s Eternal Revolution Through the Prism of Insurgency, Socialism, and Espionage relates much about Cuba’s history that needs to be known, and disabuses readers of the carefully cultivated idea that Cuba has turned into a tropical paradise due to socialism.
Schools Should be Accountable to Parents and Students
Expanding the government’s education monopoly will not achieve that goal. Expanding freedom of choice will. Freedom of choice will empower parents and students to hold schools accountable.
This Labor Day Celebrate The Human Mind
On Labor Day, let us honor the true root of production and wealth: the human mind.
Self-Sacrifice Is Evil, Self-Interest Is Good
Rational self-interest is good, including when used to help others whom you value, but true altruism (as opposed to helping valued others) works against human life and happiness.