Greenland: Trump’s Folly

In recent weeks, President Trump has been getting more vocal about his intention to bring the semiautonomous Danish territory of Greenland under the control of the American federal government. A meeting was held last Wednesday between officials from the US, Greenland, and Denmark that, according to the Danish foreign minister, didn’t move the dispute any closer to a resolution.

Conservatives Are Incorrigible Drug Warriors

Forget everything that conservatives say about individual liberty, personal freedom, property rights, the Constitution, federalism, capitalism, limited government, the free market, and free enterprise. They don’t mean a word of it because they are such incorrigible drug warriors.

The reaction of conservatives to President Trump’s “lethal, kinetic strikes” by the U.S. military against “narco-terrorists” in boats in international waters who were supposedly transporting drugs to the United States is appalling.

President Trump: Peace is Popular

Over the weekend, as a US carrier strike group made its way toward Iran, President Trump told Politico, “It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran.” This pro “regime change” statement came just days after the US and Israel-led covert operation to overthrow the Iranian government was finally defeated by Iranian authorities.

New Entries in the History of Hyperinflation

I know that hyperinflation of the US dollar seems like a remote possibility, but alerting yourself to the possibility of a phenomena can improve your understanding of the phenomena and related issues, allow you to make cautionary considerations, and permit yourself to be psychologically toughened to the entire class of remote, but dangerous, events. During the actual occurrence of such phenomena fear and paralysis can occur. Therefore, prior rational thought, learning, and action can help displace such paralysis and make you better prepared to act in the real world.