Henry David Thoreau was one of America’s most eloquent and incisive philosophers. His derision of unjust laws in his essay on “Civil Disobedience” is still catnip 175 years later. His summons to individuals to march to the beat of their own drum is a message that will continue to resonate as long as drums and dissonance exist. Thoreau vividly debunked the folly of people squandering their lives stockpiling unnecessary possessions.
“Government at its core is the negation of freedom. Hence it wants to silence those who expose its errors and rid itself of those who challenge it.”
If you’re not familiar with David M. Hart’s online library of texts from classical liberals and libertarians, be sure to check it out here. In many cases, Hart’s site contains some of the only English translations (that I know of) of texts from radical French theorists.
Many Americans today mistakenly believe that slavery was invented by America or that it existed only in the context of the transatlantic slave trade. This narrow view—often echoed in modern demands for reparations—paints white societies as uniquely responsible for slavery’s horrors. Yet long before European ships reached Africa’s coasts, Africans were capturing, owning, and exploiting slaves in systems that were brutal and widespread.
The dire state of the budget deficit is a cause for concern, and the reforms proposed by the Labor Party are unlikely to bring about a significant improvement in the plight of both patients and doctors. Soon, the British will soon have to treat themselves at their own expense.
The president was angry at the press, claiming that journalists were spreading “poisonous propaganda” about him. Using the Federal Communications Commission as a political weapon, he threatened the licenses of broadcast firms that employed people critical of him.
Tariff advocates John Carney and Alex Marlow wrote a Breitbart Business Digest article, citing various statements from the Federal Reserve’s August Beige Book to support their argument that heightened consumer price-sensitivity is forcing American businesses to absorb tariff costs:
