Day 1 Sioux Falls is bigger than I expected. Almost 200,000 people. Very nice downtown. Aside from a generally weird, smelly and unhelpful Walgreens clerk, the people are extremely friendly and welcoming. Economy is clearly booming here. Labor shortage is acute, post-Covid hysteria. Restaurants and shops have reduced hours and seating. A lot of very…
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It has been a while since I saw the movie The Good Son (1993) so please do pardon my fuzzy yet necessary and ultimately beneficial recollection of the plot. Essentially, a boy played by Macaulay Culkin has everyone tricked into believing him to be a good boy. He has all the airs of a good…
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There they are. Bill and Melinda Gates. You might wonder what has them so gleeful these days, you know, with the rest of the world languishing under anti-scientific lockdowns and the apparent triumph of totalitarian governments over the people while the elites bleat on about Trump being yet another “danger to our democracy”. Today, Macron…
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In two parts, audio recordings/lectures on the fascinating 1920s: Part I: Part II: mentioned and suggested readings and materials: ABC News, The Century Series: America’s Time, “Boom to Bust, 1920-1929“ David Kennedy et al., The American Pageant. Ludwig von Mises, Human Action. Murray Rothbard, The Progressive Era. Eric Sass, et al., The Mental Floss History…
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It is tense these days, inside the circle of the liberty movement, because crises require self-definition. Riots, unending wars, intense social isolation, COVid hysteria, and a hyperactive, sore-loser yet still emboldened left in the middle of a presidential election cycle–it’s a natural time to convey with conviction one’s identity. Let’s face it then–there is no…
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The Great Tom Woods is right in asserting “Woods’ Law”; namely, that in our lifetimes, no matter who we vote for at the national level–in Congress, for president–we always end up getting John McCain. No more John McCains! Trump was right to prefer our heroes to not have gotten caught, but let’s go further. Let’s…
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In case you thought my analysis of the Early American Republic was too “unique” even for me, listen here to historians Brad Birzer and Tom Woods present a very Richied-esque take on American history. Want more? You should check out their Liberty Classroom. If not, continue to be a dimwitted socialist–oops, sorry for being redundant.…
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Bryan Caplan misnamed his recent tour-de-force on the failures of the American education system. The Case Against Education should be entitled The Case Against Schooling, as the great Gene Epstein has pointed out. Still, Caplan’s research and arguments lead to the ultimate conclusions that Brett Veinotte at the SchoolSucks Project and Tom Woods among others have…
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