In 1994, Murray Rothbard released what was, in my opinion, one of his best articles of all time: Tobacco Smokers: America’s Most Persecuted Minority . A serious read of it shows that his concern is not just regarding the loss of tobacco smoking – for that matter, he was not even a smoker - but rather a rise of left wing neo-puritanism. Rothbard
When Mises wrote that the fascists had “saved European civilization,” he could have been describing Francisco Franco of Spain, who kept Spain from becoming a communist dictatorship. Original Article: “What Mises Really Thought about
The latest round of wildfires in Canada has brought out the usual statist demands that we ban fossil fuels, but in the real world fossil fuels protect people from climate-related disasters. Original Article: “ Fossil Fuels Enable Us to Better Fight Fires and Other Environmental Disasters
Some conservatives are upset because the new best-selling beer is owned by the same company that owns the beleaguered Bud Lite. Actually, they should have no problem with that. Original Article: “ Do Boycotts Really Work? Another Look at the Bud Light Situation
On this episode of Radio Rothbard , Tho Bishop is joined by Mises Research Fellow Connor Mortell to talk about Connor’s research project on energy policy. Tho and Connor push back against common narratives—even some promoted by libertarians—of fossil fuels and green energy and the necessity of keeping a human focus on energy policy. The Radio
Do we have a right to sunlight? How do we assert those rights? Murray Rothbard provides some answers. Original Article: “ How Should We Regulate the Sun (Since Our Government Regulates Nearly Everything Else)?
Durante las últimas diez semanas, los conservadores americanos han estado boicoteando Bud Light en respuesta a una lata de cerveza en la que aparecía la figura transgénero Dylan Mulvaney. Desde entonces, las ventas de la cerveza han caído en picado . Sin embargo, esta semana se ha superado un nuevo hito: Bud Light, de Anheuser-Busch InBev, ya no
Murray Rothbard propuso una vez: Rápido: ¿Cuál es la minoría más perseguida de América? No, se equivoca. . . . Muy bien, consideren esto: ¿Qué grupo ha sido cada vez más ilegalizado, avergonzado y denigrado primero por el establishment y luego, siguiendo su ejemplo, por la sociedad en general? ¿Qué grupo, lejos de salir del «armario», se ha visto
En su reciente discurso, el Presidente Joe Biden afirmó que «la energía eólica y solar ya son significativamente más baratas que el carbón y el petróleo». Esto es rotundamente falso. Se pueden esgrimir muchos argumentos en favor de la afirmación de Biden. Sin embargo, no sólo se pueden refutar todos, sino que ya se han refutado todos. Alex
Esta semana hemos asistido en Nueva York a un fenómeno ambiental sin precedentes. Los incendios forestales canadienses han provocado la peor calidad del aire que Nueva York ha tenido nunca, y la peor calidad del aire en cualquier parte del mundo en estos momentos. El aire ha adquirido un tinte sepia, y la ciudad parece el escenario de una
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