Menno Buijs: Rest in Peace
When I spoke with Menno just before the new year, he comforted me more than any words I could offer him. As I had told him, I am glad to call him my friend and…
Dennis Voytko: Rest in Peace
Once upon a time, when we were small, Dennis and I met at the end of our driveways. I will tell you that story. For now though, let me just say that we lived across…
Why does the US Government tax its US industries when it can apparently just “print” a near infinite amount of money with little or no apparent consequences?
Why does the US Government tax its US industries when it can apparently just “print” a near infinite amount of money with little or no apparent consequences? Four reasons. Even the Fed and its acolytes…
Stand Athwart History and Say STOP
In his great book Human Action, Mises demonstrates that societies don’t think: individuals within societies think. It bears repeating. Humans are not bees in a hive; nor are we ants in a colony. The…
Why don’t all of the world countries agree on a taxes system
Why don’t all of the world countries agree on a taxes system, in which big and long lasting corporations pay over 90% of their profit, and the more wealth that you make the higher taxes…
Is economics considered a science?
Is economics considered a science? If so why? Isn’t money and value merely an agreed upon idea? A paper dollar has value because we all believe it does. Even gold’s value is based on belief.…
COVID-19 Stay-at-home Policy Fail
Peer reviewed article, Stay-at-home policy is a case of exception fallacy: an internet-based ecological study”, in Nature: “In conclusion, using this methodology and current data, in ~ 98% of the comparisons using 87 different regions of the…
Justice for Ashli Babbitt
Will time show the killing of Ashli Babbitt to have more in common with the killings of the four students at Kent State, May 4, 1970 – unarmed, protesting injustice as they saw it, than…
Ludwig von Mises on Politics and Ideas
Ludwig von Mises spoke/wrote these words in 1958. He was optimistic that good ideas (loosely, free markets and free minds) would defeat bad ideas via good men and women standing up for and defending these…
Which is more important in life, what you know or what you don’t know?
If life were so simple. In the quest to know more you need to rely on what you do know while validating this prior knowledge all along. To answer this, I believe, it is best…
Is Social Security included in adjusted gross income?
In the United States, the term adjusted gross income has the smell of US Federal Tax Form 1040, and accordingly, yes; which is both a shame and a sham as the younger you are, the…
A Dancer Pauses
When I heard the news, my friend, I could think of nothing helpful to do or say. I wrote to you and offered my condolences but nothing but the word condolences came out of my…