Victor Davis Hanson surveys the condition of the world and concludes that it is regressing to a previous condition. He sees that as a good thing, believing that the institutions, customs and traditions that held sway then will return. While I generally find it difficult to disagree with Mr. Hanson, [...]

Bill Bonner provides his usual sparkling commentary. Here is a concise explanation of the intentions and history of government: 09/07/10 London, England – “I think Marx was basically right. History is largely a class struggle,” said another friend last night. “Back in the 18th century, people wondered how society could function [...]

Cyclic views of history are generally deterministic, simplistic and wrong. The nonsense spouted by Karl Marx is probably the most famous example. History is created by people, not external or mysterious forces. Individual behavior, not some pre-ordained script, creates history. As expressed in Lawrence of Arabia by T. E. Lawrence: [...]

The milk of American politics may be money, but the fuel for American socialism is Keynesian economics. Keynesianism’s inherent bias toward bigger government has made it the indispensable tool for statists around the globe. Politicians’ natural wont to spend and control benefited immensely when John Maynard Keynes published the General [...]

An outstanding article from American Thinker: Hard Endings: Rome, China and the Modern West By Jack Curtis Roman government broke the economy; the people abandoned their myths and outreach became an inward collapse. China went from wealth, developing technology and trade to stagnation and decline at the hands of an ossified [...]

I don’t present this as the greatest speech of Reagan’s career, only a good one; one that is relevant for our times. The mindset that the country faces today is not unique. Reagan warned about it 46 years ago! The Greatest Speech Of Ronald Reagan’s Career (1964 VIDEO) How Did [...]

Remember this guy? Remember how they attempted to paint him as out of touch? Dumb? Disinterested? Doesn’t seem that way to me. Oh that we had such common sense guiding us today! Reagan on FreedomObama as the New Reagan

Another example of our school system. Andrew Klavan provides a humorous history lesson for today’s young. When you realize that many of our high school graduates do not understand much of this, I suppose it is not so humorous. The Corrupt Political ClassOur Only Asset is FreedomPity This Objection was [...]

Friedrich Hayek warned about the dangers of socialism in The Road to Serfdom. It was a dispassionate attempt to describe how, when you relax the constraints on government, the results are unintended. His chapter on “Why the Worst Get to The Top” should frighten anyone, even the well-meaning, misguided persons [...]

Obama’s election was supposed to transform America, at least in his mind. This country’s first Socialist President strode into office confident he would remake this country. Unfortunately for him and fortunately for the country, the timing of his election was twenty if not fifty years too late. Socialism failed in [...]

Rocky Vega opines on the Daily Reckoning about the similarities of Washington and Rome. How Washington is Far Worse off Than Rome by Rocky Vega While there have been many comparisons of how the US’ current descent from its solitary superpower status bears an uncanny resemblance to the crumbling Roman [...]

Two immediate responses on the previous post regarding Rome are worthy of special attention. The first by Charles Anderson from whose excellent website The Objectivist Individualist most of the material was obtained. [Correction: The original material was from 20smoney.com ]  Mr. Anderson replied: Few Americans know enough history to be [...]

Most know my negative views on what is happening in this country. I thought the following article from 20smoney.com put things into proper perspective. The point is that we are going through our lives just as usual. Sure, a neighbor or two might be out of work but everything else [...]

Our incoherent foreign policy is nowhere better illustrated than the Middle East. Current dithering and confusion virtually guarantees a war, a war for Israel’s very survival. Alexander Maistrovoy, in an excellent article, provides this dismal conclusion: The next Holocaust will cease to be an abstraction and become a reality. Israel [...]

The following video is exceptionally done. While directed primarily at President Obama, it should be directed at government in general. Regardless of how the November elections and 2012 election turns out, the attitudes expressed below are required for all government at all times. Whether your team be Dem or GOP, [...]

Walter Williams is amongst my favorite commentators (and economists). He has a knack for identifying the critical aspects of complex issues and simplifying them for layman. In a recent piece, published on Townhall, Dr. Williams argued against the presumed economic successes of FDR during the Great Depression. Political myths apparently [...]

Here is an explanation as to why so many Yahoos get elected to public office. Also, note the last interviewee and his correct answers. You can almost track the deterioration of the U.S. educational system by the age of the people interviewed. So very sad for the country and its [...]

An email, author unknown, produced a lot of information of what it was like to live 100 years ago. It shows just how far we have come. Amazing!! Just as amazing is to think that our government today believes it is responsible for everything and everyone. It might be interesting, [...]

This column, from Star Parker, is about one year old. I recently was reminded of it and thought it had pertinence regarding the current direction of our country. Ms. Parker has seen both sides, i.e., dependence and independence. She knows that Socialism promotes the former and Capitalism and Freedom the [...]

For those who have never read Hayek’s Road to Serfdom, I encourage you to do so. It truly is one of the classics. Some believe it may have been the single most important book in turning the tide against the rush to socialism that prevailed after WWII. It is just as [...]

Read A Surreal Presidency by David Solway. It describes the absurdity surrounding the Obama Presidency. Solway concludes: The long and the short of it is that Obama’s tenure in the White House will be remembered as a national aberration, a piece of avant-garde theatre and a surreal installment in the [...]

As many of you are aware, getting the inflation-deflation argument correct is probably the most important element in protecting yourself and your family as we go through the next decade. An article by Chris Pavese entitled Inflation and Monetary Regimes may be helpful in that regard. It appeared on Zerohedge [...]

Amazing WWII footage of VJ day in Hawaii. Go to the website below for more. VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 from Richard Sullivan on Vimeo.

George Will has a column entitled The limits of the welfare state. His column contrasts the philosophy of James Madison with that of Woodrow Wilson. It presents a stark contrast between the two philosophies – one that was the foundation of the beginnings of this country and the other the dominant [...]