Category: Aggregated

Please don’t fall for tax reform. It’s a con, and a shell game. It’s a promise every presidential candidate makes, including Trump. But we ought to be suspicious of grandiose talk about Congress reforming anything. Tax reform proposals always evade and obscure the real issue, which is the total cost– financial, compliance, and human– taxes impose on society. The fundamental questions about war and entitlements and state power go unasked. We never consider whether Congress really needs to spend more than $4 trillion in 2018, or how it managed to double federal spending in only 15 years. Since those questions are never seriously raised, every proposal necessarily pits various … Continue reading →

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There are plenty of reasons flying is stressful, but one of the biggest headaches of modern air travel is the security procedures. Who knows what fresh nightmares the TSA will have cooked up for you by the time you hit the terminal? Well, there’s at least one hint you can use to determine whether or not you’ll be spending a little more time in the security area on your way to your gate, and it has nothing to do with that bottle of water you’re carrying. As both Refinery29 and Business Insider have reported, there’s a four-letter code at the bottom of your boarding pass that can tell … Continue reading →

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Everything You Were Taught about the Civil War Is Wrong, Ask a Southerner! – Lochlainn Seabrook How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America – Brion McClanahan Anatomy of the State – Murray Rothbard Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined America and the World – David Ray Griffin Lincoln Unmasked: What You’re Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe – Thomas J. Dilorenzo A Renegade History of the United States – Thaddeus Russell American Contempt for Liberty – Walter E. Williams  War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America’s Most Decorated Soldier – Smedley Darlington Butler Facts the Historians Leave Out: A Confederate Primer – John S. Tilley Lies My Teacher Told Me: … Continue reading →

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According to the latest FBI data, drug arrests in the United States increased from 2015 to 2016. Though the federal agency used to provide breakdowns on the details of these arrests in its annual “Crime in the United States” report — including which drugs were in question and whether the arrests were made over possession or sale — in its latest report, the FBI is withholding specifics. On Monday, Tom Angell, a contributor at Forbes, wrote about the increase in drug arrests across the country, noting that while in 2015 there were 1,488,707 drug arrests (“the highest number of arrests” out of all offenses, according to … Continue reading →

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I sometimes wonder if America’s greatest threat is the population’s hyper-patriotism. The bulk of the population is now at work shutting down the NFL players’ First Amendment rights, and none of the incensed censors are capable of understanding that it is they, and not the NFL players, who are attacking the U.S. Constitution. We have been through all this flag business before, and federal courts have ruled for the protesters who burnt flags, wore them on their clothes, whatever. Yet, here we go again. Hardwick Clothes CEO pulls the company’s advertising from NFL games. Insofar as advertising helps Hardwick’s shareholders, CEO … Continue reading →

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Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause – that it must be lived forward. – Soren Kierkegaard Allegedly the most powerful curse ever uttered is this: “may you live in interesting times; and may you attract the attention of those in power.” Historians identify previous periods in which such “interesting times” can be found, but the present tumult in which we find ourselves also qualifies. Unlike cousins from other species who depend upon an abundance of instincts to guide their behavior, we humans must rely upon our conscious and … Continue reading →

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