If at First You Don’t Secede . . .
David Gordon explores how Abraham Lincoln's stated view on secession was fundamentally Hobbesian, cynical, and violent.
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Lincoln’s Main Target Was “Anarchy” and Secession, Not Slavery
Once the Southern states accepted the Thirteenth Amendment, Lincoln was entirely content for the old Southern elites to resume their positions of power and for many blacks to continue in a condition little better than bondage.
A Pyrrhic End to 130 Years of Vicious Bad Money and Banking Crises
The current banking crises have deep roots in US financial history. Monetary authorities have engaged in inflationary behavior for more than a hundred years.
Waco 30 Years Later: It Is Not an Atrocity if the Feds Do It
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Waco Massacre in which the media and the government self-congratulated each other in absolving the FBI of any crimes. Nothing has changed since then.
Peace is Breaking Out in the Middle East… and Washington is Not Happy!
To normal people the idea of peace breaking out in the Middle East is a wonderful thing. But Washington is anything but normal.
Do We Need a “National Divorce”? It’s Not a New Idea
We are hearing calls both from right and left for an amicable national divorce. In truth, the states were never "hitched" in the first place, at least not by any plausible definition of marriage.
The World War Boom and ‘46 Bust: Why War Does Not Keep Us Out of Recessions
Perhaps the most pernicious Keynesian myth is that a market economy needs wars in order to keep full employment. Wars don't stimulate the economy; they depress it.
If at First You Don’t Secede . . .
David Gordon explores how Abraham Lincoln's stated view on secession was fundamentally Hobbesian, cynical, and violent.
Role Reversal: The Collapse of the Dollar-Enforced Empire
A generation ago, the Berlin Wall fell and the USSR collapsed. Today, US monetary authorities are bringing down our own country.
Reparations Are a Statist Cudgel for Bludgeoning Property Owners
San Francisco, as well as the government of California, is calling for millions in "reparations" for black people in that state. Reparations, unfortunately, are fast becoming another anti-property-owner racket.
