In its never-ending struggle with responsibility and logic, the U.S. government will soon breach its statutory debt limit. Departing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned President Obama that by the end of February, Congress will have to take action or
Writing about the expatriation of actor Gerard Depardieu, who fled his native France in response to newly-elected President Francois Hollande’s proposal of a 75 percent income tax for millionaires, Anne Applebaum asks: How much of any nation’s conversation about economics
Last December, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed a new standard that would force automobile manufactures to install “event data recorders†(typically known as black boxes) in all vehicles starting in September of 2014. Because Congress
For all their love of technology and science, people (mostly those comprising the middle class) have morbid fears that someday technology will make them obsolete and thus, jobless. It is one of those economic paradoxes which prevail in mainstream economics,
Dr. Alex Himelfarb is a sociologist and the Director of York University’s Glendon School of Public and International Affairs. He is not an economist (disclaimer: neither am I). In 2012, MacLean’s Magazine named him one of the 25 most important
Reprinted from the Middletown Press and Journal In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the usual cadre of politicians, pundits and commentators are hitting the airwaves and condemning believers of the “guns don’t kill” rationale. This exercise in demonization is
I pride myself on being an honest person. I don’t have too many close friends and have lost many acquaintances on Facebook over changes to my political beliefs. Thankfully, I have made a lot of liberty loving friends since I
In France, minister for women’s rights Najat Vallaud-Belkacem is demanding the social media network Twitter reform its operations to remove all hate speech that may emanate from the country. Statements deemed overly malevolent are already “prohibited by law†according to
In his latest display of cronyism, Stephen Harper announced on Friday that the federal government will continue to subsidize the Canadian auto industry. According to the Canadian Press: Ottawa is extending an auto sector fund the provides a $250-million pool
When one speaks of a concept it is important that it is properly qualified so as to be correctly understood. Failure to accomplish that makes impossible for either the problem to be identified or a desired solution to be found.
Reprinted from Institute for Energy Research David Frum, one-time speechwriter for George W. Bush who has now been embraced by progressives for his willingness to throw former comrades under the bus, recently came out with a CNN article arguing the
In a recent LRC article, economist William Anderson dissects the leftist progressive mindset within the modern-day academic community. University professors, along with their colleagues of sophisticated thinking in the press, display an affinity for state power in their reasoning. In
Reprinted from EconomicReason.com The implications of the US debt crisis is not well understood in most circles, and it is not widely spoken about in the media and in important political debates. The irony is that the US debt is
When I posted my views on the issue of First Nations on my Facebook wall last week, I received mixed feedback from my friends. Those on the left accused me of being racist and those on the right said harsh
In the weeks following the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy, the usual cadre of intellectuals spilled their insight on the opinion pages and television cameras across the nation and shared what they thought were meaningful solutions. The most inane of these
John C. Calhoun divided the citizenry of a country into tax payers and tax consumers. Ludwig con Mises concluded that the anti-capitalist society (socialist and interventionist) is one of everyone against everyone, since as a result of the lack of
Canadian journalism doesn’t typically consist of stories one would read in a mainstream newspaper, or hear on a CRTC-controlled television station. Of course, there are “journalists” reporting on events and other happenings across the nation, but there is very little
Reprinted from The American Interest Paul Krugman says in this Guardian piece that he “grew up wanting to be Hari Seldon, using my understanding of the mathematics of human behaviour to save civilisation.†For those of you who have read
The sure sign of a halfwit is someone who believes a politician’s promise. They can be observed at candidate rallies with their faces beaming and their hands grasping tightly to a cardboard sign. In bars and restaurants they speak endlessly
Reprinted from LewRockwell.com The Canadian MacLeans Magazine (equivalent to Time or Newsweek in the U.S.) ran a long 4-page article entitled “End of the U.S. empire? After years of foreign wars and interventions, a new mood of isolationism is sweeping
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