Western Civilization has brought great advances in culture and economics, yet no one is more relentless in trying to destroy this civilization than western intellectuals. Ricardo Duchesne lays it out in his book, Greatness and Ruin.
Although Frank Meyer Frank was a National Review colleague of William F. Buckley, who loathed Murray Rothbard, Frank admired Rothbard and the two men often agreed on the current state of affairs. That is how Dr. David Gordon remembers him in today‘s Friday Philosophy.
America inherited the core institutional framework of Europe (especially Britain) but refined and amplified it through greater decentralization, lower taxation, and more expansive freedoms.
Some non-economic arguments made by pronatalists are very good. But when it comes to economics, pronatalists often get it very wrong.
America inherited the core institutional framework of Europe (especially Britain) but refined and amplified it through greater decentralization, lower taxation, and more expansive freedoms.
Although it may not have ultimately ended how they wished, the strikes on Iran demonstrated that neoconservatives are still a viable force within the GOP. But that shouldn’t discourage us. Ending endless wars isn’t easy, but it is worthwhile.
With the Iran bombing, the US Government is once again embarking on yet another act of war in support of the US empire. The eternal quest to expand the empire will not end well for Americans. Opposing the government‘s wars is a worthy endeavor.
Lenin and Trotsky have long been dead, but their efforts to erase history through revolutions live on. Today, the erasure is happening in Western Europe and the United States, as progressives carry on that the Bolsheviks started.
George Ford Smith joins Bob to discuss Thomas Paine’s transformative role in the American Revolution and his controversial legacy as a champion of liberty and reason.
Total war against civilians didn't begin with World War II. It was official policy of the Union during the Civil War to lay waste to southern cities, towns, and farms. Tactics northern generals used against civilians became the blueprint for armed forces in Europe and Japan 80 years later.
