Media Freedom…if We Can Keep it!

Last week I had the pleasure to again appear on Tucker Carlson’s popular broadcast. Although the program appears on several different platforms, on X alone the episode has been seen by more than two and a half million people. That does not include the various clips and shorts that people made and posted themselves. It is incredible how the reach and influence of the independent media has grown over the past decade or so.

When Moderation Becomes Method: Scientism and the Prestige of Experts

Contemporary culture grants increasing prestige to the figure of the expert who avoids explicit commitments and presents himself as moderate, technical, and “non-ideological.” This posture is celebrated as a sign of intellectual maturity. In an environment saturated with open conflict, the refusal to choose appears prudent. Moderation becomes a public virtue.

Can We Go Back to the Gold Standard?

Gold and silver prices are reaching all-time highs. Gold and silver spot prices are roughly US $4,668.14 per ounce and $93.16 per ounce respectively. Do these higher prices mean these precious metals are reasserting their historical monetary role? Are we moving in the direction of a return to the gold standard? In this article I want to discuss whether we can go back to the gold standard, and if we do, then how? Higher gold prices reflect the weakening dollar.

Voter ID is Common Sense, But it Won’t Fix Anything

As panic builds within the GOP over the approaching midterm elections, Republicans have renewed a push for one of their most popular policy proposals: voter ID.

In the latest version of the so-called SAVE America Act—formerly just the SAVE Act—Congressional Republicans added a requirement for every voter in federal elections to provide poll workers with a valid government-issued photo ID if they’re voting in person or a copy of a valid photo ID if they’re voting by mail.