Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
In 1945, economist F. A. Hayek wrote what turned out to be a classic paper on how decentralized knowledge is made available to the public by means of the free market. He argued that most knowledge is decentralized, and the free market allows people who own such knowledge to reap profits from this ownership. There [...]
Continue reading →“I want Snowden here by noon. Have Lester cover the CIA hearings. And give the White House to Doris.” This bit of dialogue in Network, the black comedy written by Paddy Chayefsky, appears about 9 minutes and 45 seconds into the movie. This introduces us to the working day of a news team of a [...]
Continue reading →Edward Snowden is now the talk of the town — and the world. His story on the NSA’s PRISM spying system has given exposure to a story that NSA expert James Bamford had exposed in 2008, but which no one in the mainstream media bothered to promote. Snowden went to the Washington Post first, but [...]
Continue reading →Now that he is leaving the Tonight Show, Jay Leno is showing his colors. This was choice. President Obama says he’s renewing his efforts to close Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo Bay? How about closing the IRS? Why don’t we do that? [Thunderous applause] How about shipping the IRS to Guantanamo Bay? That’s what we, yes! That’s [...]
Continue reading →Roger Aisles heads Fox News. Here is an extract from his letter. “The recent news about the FBI’s seizure of the phone and email records of Fox News employees, including James Rosen, calls into question whether the federal government is meeting its constitutional obligation to preserve and protect a free press in the United States. [...]
Continue reading →Immigrants are rioting in Sweden. Where are they from? Shhhh. They are “youths.” Can you be more specific? Shhhh. What are they rioting about? Shhhh. Does this have anything to do with religion? Shhhh. This is like flash mobs in urban America, where the rioters are described as “teenagers.” Yes, they surely are. Can you [...]
Continue reading →On Sunday morning, the CEO of the Associated Press called the Justice Department’s collecting of phone records of AP reporters “unconstitutional.” That it was unconstitutional is obvious. That Obama remains mute on this incident is not unconstitutional. It is political. What is significant is this: the CEO speaks for the entire media industry. They do [...]
Continue reading →I did a Google search for these three words: abortionist blackout media. I got 54,000 hits. They were stories about the convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell, who has wisely decided not to appeal his case in exchange for a life sentence rather than the death penalty. There is no question that the pro-abortion media dropped this story [...]
Continue reading →Rex Reed has outdone himself. He is known for hatchet job reviews, but what he did to The Great Gatsby will become the stuff of legend. I have seen two TV “trailers” — why are previews called trailers? — of this movie, and I concluded: “Stinker.” But Reed’s review persuaded me that I had underestimated [...]
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