Feb 19
Government claims about climate change seem to be closely linked to government claims about “campaign finance.” Every claim of campaign finance reformers is untrue. Election outcomes are barely correlated with campaign ad spending; and to the extent there is any correlation, it is likely that political success (or perceived likely success) CAUSES the spending rather …
Feb 19
The entire 1966 North Korean World Cup soccer squad were arrested and thrown into a concentration camp for failing to bring about national glory. See here. The British news site “THE SUN” documents the plight of ‘underperforming’ athletes in the socialist hellhole. Detainees who underperform at international sports competitions–and their coaches–face the prospect of lengthy …
Feb 13
The Soviet government took over productive prosperous farms and replaced the skilled, hard-working farmers with loyal government supporters. The government supporters proved to be horrible farmers, and millions of Russians died of starvation in the aftermath. The U.S. government Postal Service has a monopoly on the delivery of first-class mail. The government operation charges more …
Feb 07
The New York Times recently published an expose on the struggles of many mid-size “mainstream” newspapers. The headline: “A West Virginia Newspaper Won Journalism’s Top Award. Now It’s Filed for Bankruptcy.” The story details the struggles of the “Charleston Gazette-Mail,” a typical “mainstream” rag whose reporter Eric Eyre won the Pulitzer Prize last year for …
Feb 06
“Mainstream,” or government-supporting “news” outlets are dying. Readers and viewers won’t line up to listen to pro-government drivel. In investigation after investigation, many “mainstream” news media sources have been found to be secretly subsidized by government officials and agencies. Now there is further sad news for “Newsweek,” the news magazine which formerly had hundreds of …
Feb 05
The world’s government-funded colleges and universities produce and promote a steady stream of pro-government propaganda masquerading as “science” or “the humanities.” Last August Professor Peter Ridd said the unsayable — that we can no longer trust scientific institutions. “The basic problem is that we can no longer trust the scientific organisations like the Australian Institute …
Feb 04
If you save anything in modern America you are an utter fool. Near-zero interest rates, high taxation, central-banking-driven inflation and other government policies have robbed an entire generation of wealth in their later years. Social Security further robs the poor of their nest eggs, incentivising people to save less, invest less, and work fewer total …
Feb 02
It is an article of faith among hardline believers in apocalyptic-manmade-global-warming-by-CO2 that sea levels are increasing–and that this increase is ACCELERATING as the planet’s glaciers and polar ice caps melt. And it seems there is widespread agreement that sea levels have risen moderately over the past several centuries. But now there is a major study …
Jan 27
For those who think socialist ideologues are not dangerous, there is sobering news from Venezuela. Just 20 years ago Venezuelans were the wealthiest and healthiest people in Latin America. The country had a total wealth that was greater than that of China. Today, after 15 years of socialist central planning, the people spend most of …
Jan 27
Dr. Roy Spencer and John Christie pioneered the use of satellites to measure global temperatures. For 30 years, Dr. Spencer and Dr. Christie have led the satellite data program at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. Spencer and Christie are known skeptics of manmade-global-warming theory, and have frequently pointed out that their satellite data does not show …
