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‘From crispy pancakes to fish fingers and potato waffles, freezer food definitely has an image problem. Besides viewing it as unhealthy, proud home cooks often sniff at the idea of rummaging in the freezer for […]
‘English schools face a budget cut of an estimated 10% in real terms during the next parliament if the Conservatives win the election after David Cameron conceded that his party could not promise to inflation-proof […]
‘Police forces in England and Wales have uploaded up to 18 million ‘mugshots’ to a facial recognition database – despite a court ruling it could be unlawful. They include photos of people never charged, or […]
‘Plans to transfer the medical records of all NHS patients in England from GP surgeries to a central database accessible to drug companies as well as academics have been criticised by a major inquiry into […]
‘The US Department of Justice has decided not to prosecute Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp or its sister firm Twenty-First Century Fox after completing a probe into phone hacking and the bribing of public officials in […]
‘Margaret Thatcher was adamant officials should not publicly name Sir Peter Hayman, a senior diplomat connected to a paedophile scandal, even after she had been fully briefed on his activities, examination of formerly secret papers […]
Most of us carry surveillance devices with us at all times. The East German Stasi could not have dreamed of a better system of surveillance than cell phones. Your phone probably knows more about you than you know about yourself. You need a tin foil hat for your phone. Your location and movements can be tracked by triangulating the signal from your phone with multiple cell towers. The GPS capabilities of your phone allows even more precise tracking. The same is true of the wifi signals that reach your phone. Police drive around picking up info from cell phones in … Continue reading →
Midwest –(Ammoland.com)- Like any other sport or hobby, shooting can be done on the cheap, if you want. And I’ve run across plenty of shooters who take pride in shooting on the cheap, even when they don’t have to. While cheap plinking is certainly possible, frugality is not always the best policy when it comes to the shooting sports. I have learned, many times over, the truth and wisdom of the old saying “You get what you pay for.” If you’re serious about shooting, then it is probably better to “cry only once” when you buy, and lay down some … Continue reading →
The recent 2015 measles outbreak in Disneyland has sparked an outcry against parents who choose not to vaccinate their children. Over 60 people have been diagnosed with measles in this latest outbreak. The hysteria surrounding this outbreak is beyond me. I have seen the articles stating that parents who choose not to vaccinate should be prosecuted. Parents who choose not vaccinate have been accused of child abuse. I say everyone needs to chill out—easy for me to write that in the midst of a foot of snow falling. Measles is a highly infectious disease. It is very common throughout the … Continue reading →
Ben Franklin noted that he showed skill for statism in his early years saying that he was often allowed to “govern” and to be a “leader” when doing things with other boys. To demonstrate this innate ability, he described an occasion which he related because it showed what he described as “an early projecting public spirit.” This incident, showing Ben’s ability at statecraft, involved an occasion when he and his gang had trampled down the edge of a private mill pond turning it into a quagmire. He marshalled the boys directing them to steal all the stones that had been … Continue reading →
“But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.” – Matthew 27:20-21 In the year following the Bush administration’s illegal and unjust war in Iraq, debate raged among media elites and the country at large regarding a biblical film depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ broke box office records and remains the highest grossing R rated film in history. The movie was released nearly two … Continue reading →
In my article on “Civilization and the Faculty Lounge,” I told the story of how New York University’s economics department treated Mises with contempt. The economics department of the University of Chicago did the same with F. A. Hayek, a soft-core version of Mises. NYU was a third-tier school. Mises was a greater economist than Hayek. The disparity today is obvious. The idea that the long-forgotten drones at NYU thought of Mises as a dinosaur is indicative of just how third-tier NYU was. Mises died in October 1973. In the late spring of 1974, a week-long meeting was held at … Continue reading →
New York’s schools are the most segregated in the nation, and the state needs remedies right away. That was Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch’s message to New York’s governor and Legislature. She said that minority children are disproportionately trapped in schools that lack teaching talent, course offerings and resources needed to prepare them for college and success. Simply calling for more school resources will produce disappointing results. There are several minimum requirements that must be met for any child to do well in school. Someone must make the youngster do his homework, ensure that he gets eight to nine hours of … Continue reading →