How Inflation Leads to Moral Decay
How Inflation Leads to Moral Decay
Across the world, people are struggling under the specter of inflation. In Venezuela, the inflation rate is 360 percent. In Argentina, it’s 160 percent. In Turkey, inflation is about 50 percent, about 10 percent higher than its neighbor Iran. In Europe, inflation of the euro has finally cooled to about 3 percent, down from more...
By Jonathan Miltimore
A Marxist Economist Explains Why Socialism Could Never Create a PS5
A Marxist Economist Explains Why Socialism Could Never Create a PS5
My family got a PlayStation 5 a few years ago. It’s a decision I sometimes regret because my youngest son, who is 7, likes to play it too much. (And that’s when it gets unplugged and stashed away.) But it’s easy to forget what a modern marvel the PS5 is. When I started playing video...
By Jonathan Miltimore
The Federal Phase-Out of Gasoline Cars Has Begun
The Federal Phase-Out of Gasoline Cars Has Begun
The Biden administration recently rolled out new emissions regulations that the New York Times said will “transform the American automobile market.” In what the paper called “one of the most significant climate regulations in the nation’s history,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is mandating that a majority of new passenger vehicles sold in America be...
By Jonathan Miltimore
Rand Paul Exposes the ‘Great Covid Cover-up’
Rand Paul Exposes the ‘Great Covid Cover-up’
In an explosive new op-ed, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) claimed that at least 15 separate federal agencies knew that attempts to create a COVID-19-like coronavirus were being undertaken at the Wuhan Institute of Virology as early as January 2018. Yet, heads of these agencies did not reveal this information to the public; for years, they...
By Jonathan Miltimore
Why Julian Assange Must Be Freed
Why Julian Assange Must Be Freed
John Joseph Mearsheimer recently summed up in a single sentence why Julian Assange should go free. “Journalists don’t go to jail for publishing classified information in the United States,” Mr. Mearsheimer, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, said in a recent video. There has been endless ink spilled on Mr. Assange, whose lawyers...
By Jonathan Miltimore
‘Laissez-Faire’ Sweden Had the Lowest Mortality in Europe From 2020–2022, New Analysis Shows
‘Laissez-Faire’ Sweden Had the Lowest Mortality in Europe From 2020–2022, New Analysis Shows
Gore Vidal once said “I told you so” are the four most beautiful words in the English language. Perhaps this is why it’s difficult to resist sharing new data that show how Sweden’s much-maligned pandemic response was right after all. For those who’ve forgotten, Sweden was excoriated by corporate media and US politicians for its...
By Jonathan Miltimore
Why Painting Without a License Could Soon Be Illegal in Minnesota
Why Painting Without a License Could Soon Be Illegal in Minnesota
For years, my daughter, who is 12, has asked to have a room in the basement. My wife finally relented, and the two of them recently gave a fresh paint job to what will be her new room on the lowest level. I’m relieved they got the job done quickly, because a new bill (SF...
By Jonathan Miltimore
New Jersey’s Plastic Bag Ban Backfire, Explained
New Jersey’s Plastic Bag Ban Backfire, Explained
There’s a famous scene in Seinfeld in which George passes on a TV pilot deal with NBC, only to later accept for less money than originally offered. “In other words, you held out for less money,” Jerry says after George tells him the deal. “You know the basic idea of negotiation, as I understand it,...
By Jonathan Miltimore
Javier Milei Delivers Argentina’s First Surplus in Over a Decade — and US Media Is Silent
Javier Milei Delivers Argentina’s First Surplus in Over a Decade — and US Media Is Silent
Argentines witnessed something amazing earlier this month: the government’s first budget surplus in nearly a dozen years. The Economy Ministry announced the figures Friday, Feb. 23, and the government was $589 million in the black. Argentina’s surplus comes on the heels of ambitious cuts in federal spending pushed by newly-elected President Javier Milei that included...
By Jonathan Miltimore
Is the US Dollar ‘Finished’?
Is the US Dollar ‘Finished’?
In August 2005, a little-known financial analyst named Richard Bove issued an eight-page report for Punk, Ziegel, and Company, a boutique investment bank based in New York City. The report, titled “This Powder Keg Is Going to Blow,” noted that federal mortgage policies, including agencies like the Federal Housing Administration that “guaranteed the banks against...
By Jonathan Miltimore
What Seinfeld Can Teach You about the Government’s Senseless War on Appliances
What Seinfeld Can Teach You about the Government’s Senseless War on Appliances
The Biden administration took a major action in 2022 to show it meant business in a war that had quietly raged for years. The action was not related to the war in Afghanistan, which had just ended, or the conflict in Ukraine, which was about to begin. The administration’s action related to a battle of...
By Jonathan Miltimore
Is NPR ‘State-Affiliated Media’? Their Coverage of the Federal Debt Certainly Suggests as Much
Is NPR ‘State-Affiliated Media’? Their Coverage of the Federal Debt Certainly Suggests as Much
In late December, after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen borrowed $90 billion in just one day, the federal government’s public debt eclipsed $34 trillion for the first time in history. The steady accumulation of public debt has become a mainstay in modern America, seemingly as inevitable as death and taxes. But something strange happened when...
By Jonathan Miltimore
What Nixon’s Ghost Can Teach Americans about Using Price Controls to Curb Inflation
What Nixon’s Ghost Can Teach Americans about Using Price Controls to Curb Inflation
For the last 2 1/2 years, price inflation has been eating away the paychecks and savings of the public. Consumer prices are up roughly 20% since 2020, according to consumer price index data, and recent polls show the public believes inflation is the single biggest problem facing the country. Unfortunately, many are so concerned about...
By Jonathan Miltimore
A Scientist Who Helped Fauci Discredit the Lab Leak Theory Says He Can’t Sleep at Night—and Is Now Speaking Out
A Scientist Who Helped Fauci Discredit the Lab Leak Theory Says He Can’t Sleep at Night—and Is Now Speaking Out
In March 2020, Dr. Robert Kadlec addressed a House committee to confirm his role and responsibilities as the federal government’s top preparedness official coordinating the government’s COVID-19 response. As assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the Department of Health and Human Services , Kadlec offered a lengthy statement to lawmakers on the “four principal...
By Jonathan Miltimore