No one likes to boss other people around more than environmentalists. Their wildly unrealistic policy agenda combined with an innate disdain for other humans makes them alarmingly aggressive about imposing their wills on others, regardless of any negative impacts these
Reprinted from LewRockwell.com One device of leadership is to control individual behavior by psychological means. Gustave Le Bon’s 1895 book “The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind” outlines this phenomenon. The leader uses events to short-circuit rational thought and regress people
Robespierre reputedly welcomed the bloody French Revolution with the chilling statement: “One can’t expect to make an omelet without breaking eggs.” Versions of the quote have also been attributed, perhaps apocryphally, to Joseph Stalin. In these cases, the phrase signifies
Here’s a question: why is economist Nouriel Roubini so popular again? The man is syndicated in the financial press. He has a number of best-selling books on the ebb and flow of the global economy. And he teaches at New
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Re: Fed’s Aid in 2008 Crisis Stretched Worldwide Dear Sirs: Your article about the Fed’s actions in 2008 to lend $580 billion in so-called “swap lines” to central banks internationally sounds a note of triumphalism that is completely unwarranted. The
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Dear Sirs: In your February 24th edition under “The Week” recap of significant news events you make the astounding statement that Ben Bernanke should be applauded for his massive money printing, interest rate pegging, socialist monetary planning maneuvers during and after
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Many statists keep repeating that unfettered capitalism and deregulation have caused the crisis we are currently living. Nothing could be farther from the truth; a crisis this big can only have one source, which is government intervention. With its immense
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Laws against the economic associates of prostitutes are likely to increase the abuse and death rates of the women. The best way – and, perhaps, the only sure way – to protect prostitutes is to decriminalize all aspects of the activity and allow them to access fully the legal rights that other women enjoy.
Help objectivists in Toronto bring Rituparna Basu—Healthcare specialist from the Ayn Rand Institute—to Toronto. You can find details on how to help here.
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Tuning in to Fox News the other day, I saw a segment in which Ann Coulter was discussing the proposed increase in the minimum wage. I generally think Ms. Coulter is a sharp and amusing commentator, so I stuck around
The Ontario Government’s war on drugs is entering a new and more dangerous phase that is bringing increasing violence to the most unexpected of places: the province’s pharmacies. One normally thinks of pharmacies as being places of peace and quietude.
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An op-ed page discussion of Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince is the last place to expect another bit of carping about present-day inequalities of wealth. But that’s what the Toronto Star presented its readers today in a mini-symposium commemorating the 500th anniversary of
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There has been a lot of talk about so-called Stand Your Ground laws due to a number of a high profile legal cases that have captured the attention of the media. I am not particularly interested in getting into the
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It’s a sad fact of the world today that there are people still enamored with the murderous rule of socialist tyrant Joseph Stalin. There are various groups around the world dedicated to washing the blood from his hands and transforming
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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9 Inner peace is a tough thing to come by. In between the rush hour-style of life that defines the modern economy, few moments are given to
Re: Abe grapples with mystery of missing J-curve Dear Sirs: Perhaps I can shed some light on Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s missing J-curve; i.e., why Japan’s trade deficit seems to be increasing rather than decreasing after massive monetary intervention to
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Mainstream media discussion of the macro economic picture goes something like this: “When there is a recession, the Fed should stimulate. We know from history the recovery comes about 12-18 months after stimulus. We stimulated, we printed a lot of
F. A. Hayek gave an historic address in 1975 that he later developed into his 1976 book Choice in Currency. In this slender book Hayek made one of the most succinct explanations for why central banking must come to an
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Imagine if everyone was the same. Imagine if traditional social roles were completely obliterated. Imagine if egalitarianism wasn’t a pipe dream but reality. And imagine if our very understanding of biology and nature was turned topsy-turvy. At a recent Atlantic
What are we going to do about those little monsters called children? They won’t be quiet, won’t sit still and won’t pay attention. They aren’t succeeding in school, and no matter how many drugs we pump into them, they don’t
