Free-market economist Thomas Sowell released a viral video via his YouTube channel in which he debunks a popular Biden/Harris campaign ad in which Kamala Harris discusses basic Marxist economic principles. “So there’s a big difference between equality and equity. Equality suggests, “Oh, everybody should get the same amount”. The problem with that is not everybody…
It is all too clear that the greatest threat to the former structure of nations in geopolitics is China. Their continual aggression in Southeast Asia is legitimate cause for concern and demands presence to defend nations such as Taiwan, Japan, and Vietnam—especially after the loss of Hong Kong’s autonomy. However, their seemingly inevitable ascendency as…
The book Stone Soup is a Newberry Award winning book, and what many consider to be a story of virtue beyond reproach. I remember reading this story as part of a unit in Public School in the 3rd Grade. In fact, there was an in-class potluck based on the theme of this book to celebrate…
With the onset of coronavirus panic, many see this as proof of the “failings” of capitalism as bread shelves are finally empty in the midst of a global pandemic. Although it took this much to turn American stores into what is essentially just a Venezuelan Thursday, this means that it’s time to decry the weak…
I’m writing on the first Saturday of the Coronapocalpyse. I just returned from a shopping trip in town. The laundromat and dry cleaners are open. The UPS store is open. Target, Marshalls, McDonald’s, and the hardware stores are open. The farmers’ market is selling pies. Dunkin’ Donuts is doing a brisk business in coffee and…
Just yesterday, I was scrolling through Twitter and came across six separate tweets relating to the Libertarian perspective on government, particularly about what would be the “lack of funding” in a governmentless society. All six were criticizing the idea that our already failing infrastructure could be managed by anyone less than our current government system….
Much has been made in the media about the Surgeon General’s recent Twitter exhortation, “Seriously people – STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general [sic] public from catching Coronavirus.” But what is usually left out is the rest of his tweet, “…but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick…
In a recent article for National Review, Oren Cass introduced readers to a new organization dedicated to helping conservatives “recover” from “market fundamentalism.” This new venture is a solution in search of a problem. A commitment to bigger government is the prevailing orthodoxy in the halls of Congress and the premiere D.C. think tanks offer,…
In just a couple of weeks, 50 boys with learning disabilities will take to a stage in Vermont, one after the other, to recite the Gettysburg Address from memory. It’s a daring experiment undertaken each February at the Greenwood School and its population of boys who’ve struggled in public schools. Diagnosed with ADD, dyslexia, and…
My father loves to tell jokes. Most of them are horrendously stupid and not funny. To make matters worse, he loves to repeat them, much to my chagrin. Because of this, I became fond of the phrase, “don’t beat a dead horse”, to rebut any attempt he would make to retell these terrible jokes. This…