Media and Culture

Have you ever wondered why the "tiny ship" famously tossed in the opening credits of Gilligan's Island was named the SS Minnow?

Jeffrey Tucker interviews Frank Daumann, professor for the Economics of Sports at the University of Jena, Germany. Recorded 28 February 2011.

Man the producer must have freedom, while man the predator puts limitations on freedom, writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966).

The characters are rugged individuals — ingenious in their ability to fend for themselves, under all manner of adverse conditions — and asking for

The characters are rugged individuals — ingenious in their ability to fend for themselves, under all manner of adverse conditions — and asking for help from nobody.

At least one reviewer was dismayed that everything had a price in the <i>True Grit</i> story. Indeed, Mattie Ross is constantly making economic calculations while trying to make the best deals she can.

For a comedy movie, The Other Guys is a shining example of the kind of problems that plague our current financial system. While it is doubtful that the writers meant to use the movie to display the kind of underhanded affairs big business has with the government, it is certainly a subject interwoven throughout the film.

The case of Terri Schiavo is almost as controversial as it is tragic.The controversy? Her husband is adamant that the doctors pull the plug on Terri, and her parents are just as determined to keep her alive.

In our times, a major reason, and perhaps the major reason, for the phenomenal progress of the ideas of liberty is the work of the Mises Institute.