The Free Market 16, no. 5 (May 1998) When the three top dogs of the U.S. global empire went to Ohio University, hoping to explain why we needed to drop bombs on Iraq, they were met with fierce resistance. This event, broadcast worldwide, caused the Clinton administration to rethink its bombs-away strategy. A war was averted and untold numbers of
The Free Market 16, no. 6 (June 1998) G.K. Chesterton called the family an anarchistic institution. He meant that it requires no act of the state to bring it about. Its existence flows from fixed realities in the nature of man, with its form refined by the development of sexual norms and the advance of civilization. This observation is consistent
Let’s say Clinton resigns or is impeached. The tragedy is that he’ll be replaced. A better idea: leave the office empty. Call off the 2000 election, and declare Clinton the last president. The presidency has become a drain on our economy, our culture, and our national life. We’d be better off without it. At this point, the very institution is
Politicos around the world are prattling about the glories of the “third way.” The idea, embraced by the heads of state in the U.S., Britain, and Germany, is to combine economic efficiency with “social justice” (meaning high taxes, welfarism, and oppressive regulations). In short, it’s just another name for the status quo. Ludwig von Mises
[speech delivered in February 1998, as the U.S. prepared to embark on another bombing campaign against Iraq.] Is the U.S. world empire decaying? At first glance, this may seem an odd time to be asking the question. The U.S. is prepared to embark on an openly political war with no basis in just war theory. It can only end in further massive
No political expert could have predicted that in one remarkable month, the speaker of the House would be forced out, the speaker-designate would resign, and the president would be impeached, despite his use of foreign aggression as prime agitprop in his personal war against the truth. As Democrat impeachment debaters warned, the system of
The Free Market 16, no. 6 (June 1998) El escritor, poeta y filósofo G.K. Chesterton dijo que la familia es una institución anarquista. Con esto quería decir que no es necesario ningún decreto del Estado para que exista. Su existencia fluye naturalmente de las realidades contenidas en la naturaleza del hombre, se forma siendo reforzada por el
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