Scotland’s goal: Out of the frying pan and into the fire!
Re: Alex Salmond says Scotland could join the EU in 18 months Why in the world would Scotland want to jump from one socialist union to an even bigger socialist union? Independence from the UK is...
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Natural Beauty Held Back by Poor Rule of Law
Albania is a beautiful country. It made it in The Guardian’s list of 20 best bargain beach holidays in 2013 and Land Rover chose its rough and rugged Accursed Mountains to display the prowess of their...
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Gender Quotas: To What End?
With the continuing refrain of the “War on Women” still ringing loudly out across the land, we are hearing more and more calls for government to intervene and help out these poor gals who just can’t...
View ArticleGermany takes a stand against Keynesian stimulus
Re: US urges EU to do more to stimulate its economy At the recent meeting of the G20 US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew led the majority of the industrial world’s finance ministers and central bankers to...
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Dependency and Farming
In his work Prejudices, H.L. Mencken wrote plenty of scathing criticisms about American social life. His arch-nemesis received the most scorn: the average farmer. The farmer, he wrote, is “a tedious...
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A Letter to the City of Oshawa
Mr. Major and all Council members of the City of Oshawa 50 Centre Street South Oshawa, Ontario L1H3Z7 Dear Madams/Sirs: I would like to comment on the ban the city of Oshawa is considering on sale of...
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Civil Society and Order
This past summer was anything but good for limited government supporters. We saw yet another killing of an unarmed black teenager by a white cop, followed by a military-style occupation by police of a...
View ArticleIs New York City’s Proposed Ban on the Use of Supplemental Nutrition...
In 2011, New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed a ban on using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (commonly known as food stamps) for the purchase of sugar-sweetened...
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A Lapse in State Security
The recent break-in at the White House by a crazed man has predictably sparked a debate over national security. The intruder, 42-year-old Army veteran Omar Gonzalez, hopped the surrounding fence and...
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Engineers and Planners
[This article is excerpted from The Counter-Revolution of Science, pp. 94–102.] Reprinted from Mises.org The Engineer The ideal of conscious control of social phenomena has made its greatest influence...
View ArticleVenezuela’s Biggest Shortage
Venezuela’s socialist government has beset the population with all sorts of terrible travesties, from high inflation to shortages of toilet paper. Now the country’s poor citizens have one more shortage...
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If Something Can’t Go on Forever, It Won’t
Reprinted from the Pembroke Daily Observer There is an old saying that if you owe the bank ten thousand dollars and can’t pay, you are in trouble, but if you owe the bank ten million dollars and can’t...
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Crony Phony Drug War
Reprinted from the Freeman The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the FedEx Corp. pleaded not guilty in a San Francisco federal court “on 15 charges related to transporting painkillers and...
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Ebola Won’t Wait for the FDA
Just as fear of Ebola gaining a foothold in the United States in Dallas seemed to be passing, a new case has appeared in New York City. Even if we are so fortunate that no further cases result from...
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The Hero of Parliament Hill Was an Armed Man
Officer: Mam, do you have any weapons in your car? Lady: Yes, I have four guns. Officer: Four guns! What are you afraid of? Lady: Not a damn thing, officer. The downtown area of Ottawa was in a...
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Modified: GMO Labels that Work
Originally posted in edited form at Law & Liberty Fascism is the political triumph of fashion-sense; etymologically, the words even share a distant ancestor. The reason is this: when the “in”...
View ArticleThe EU’s anti-competitive tax policy
From today’s Open Europe new summary: Following the release of thousands of secret documents detailing how Luxembourg helped companies avoid paying taxes, an FT leader argues, “For the sake of his own...
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National Security: The New State Religion
Reprinted from Casey Research Salt Lake City is a religious town. The awe-inspiring Mormon Temple dominates a SLC skyline framed by the majestic Wasatch Mountains. Virtually all of downtown is owned by...
View ArticleTax Avoidance is NOT Tax Evasion
From today’s Open Europe news summary: The Telegraph reports that David Cameron is expected to use the G20 gathering of world leaders this weekend to press for greater sharing of tax information to...
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The Case Against Rent Control
Reprinted from The Freeman To someone ignorant of economic reasoning, rent control seems like a great policy. It appears instantly to provide “affordable housing” to poor tenants, while the only...
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