As we look back on the recent riots in France, we look even further back to the wisdom of another Frenchman, J. B. Say who understood something about economics and what makes a good society. Keynes claimed to “refute” Say’s Law when, in reality, he refuted nothing.

Since 9/11, the US surveillance state has grown exponentially. However, the state of US paranoia has grown even more than that. Maybe there is a connection.

We need more Laissez-Faire Libertarians who understand that society needs no top-down rule. No society in the world needs good government in order to be free; it needs sectors of society that government cannot touch.

Modern discussions of slavery often are built on the assumption that slavery was practiced only in the American South. The truth is that slavery was widespread not only across the US, but in Africa, Asia, and elsewhere.