Why Positive Rights Are Not Rights

Why Positive Rights Are Not Rights There presently exists a great delusion regarding the subject of rights. The great strides regarding natural rights that have been achieved by the likes of Locke have now been cast aside, in a modern era of entitlement; in an era,...

Don’t Lose Sleep over Deflation

After hearing the dire warnings of deflation that have become the standard talking points of most economists, American investors may be reaching for a bottle of Prozac. I believe that their anxiety is misplaced. Unfortunately, modern economists don’t understand...

America, the Odd Man Out

At long last, a good portion of mainstream economists now concede that a ‘double dip’ recession is in the cards for the United States. To head off the pain, sixteen top economists addressed an open letter to the President urging him to...

Pakistan Continuing Support of the Taliban

“Pakistan appears to be playing a double game of astonishing magnitude in Afghanistan” – so says a new report from the London School of Economics, which documents how Pakistani military intelligence is not only aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan, but...

The Radicalness of Atlas Shrugged

With the 1957 publication of Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand became the most remarkable of individuals: a moral revolutionary. For anyone interested in ideas, it’s a book which deserves to be read and re-read.

A Precious Metals Bubble?

In the first few days of July, the prices of gold and silver appeared to break a five-month upward trend by drawing back about five per cent from the record June peaks. Despite many similar corrections that have occurred frequently during the long bull market in...

A Free Press: Run By The Government

Our only hope for saving America from accelerating tyranny is freedom of speech. In the light of that, it was frightening to read an opinion piece in the July 14th edition of the Wall St. Journal. Its author is Lee C. Bollinger, president of Columbia University, home...