The UK is on it’s way just as F.A. Hayek warned. This is from an editoral, again warning the British people: FEW industries could be more competitive than retailing. The drive to better their rivals is what pushes the major … Continue reading
At the suggestion of Tirno I performed a test on Microsoft’s Copilot: How does the LLM do if you ask it to produce 1,000, 2,500 or 5,000 words, plus proper citations, on the subject of why socialism is a crime … Continue reading
Quote of the Day If I could wave a wand and make guns disappear, the brutal communist Chinese dictatorship would make new ones. And the Italians (Beretta), Brazilians (Taurus), Russians (AK-47), Austrians (Glock)—all armed nations would be in business making … Continue reading
Actors are good at acting, at pretending to be what they are not. They earn their living in a fantasy world, and I fear that many of them lose touch with reality. Their talent does not include any particular wisdom; … Continue reading
Statists invariably have talented people drawn to politics because they believe in power. And they’re very effective at defending government control of the economy in our lives. Ted Cruz(Then candidate for) U.S. SenatorOctober 17, 2011 Issue of National Review[H/T to … Continue reading
Over the weekend I read The Communist Manifesto for the first time. I expected some sort of almost magical power to draw me into embracing the evil. I was surprised, disappointed, and finally I had a sinking feeling of emptiness … Continue reading
This has exposed the abusive, arbitrary and autocratic nature of Chavez’s Government, a government that fears free thought, that fears opinion and fears criticism. Marcel GranierChief of RCTV, the country’s oldest broadcasterMay 28, 2007Venezuelan TV channel shut down[Chavez is just … Continue reading
Via Phil at Random Nuclear Strikes comes this story from the U.K. about another small step toward a police state: Thousands of council staff are being trained to police the smoking ban in bars, restaurants and shops in England. Ministers have … Continue reading
Socialism is for the good of the people, right? It’s not right for the rich industrialists to own the means to production. So the enlightened thing to do is for the people to own it. At least that is the … Continue reading
This started out to be a comment to Steve’s post and his question, “What on earth is going on back home?” It grew in size and scope to the point it needed to be its own post which I now … Continue reading
Now, it is somewhat difficult to think of Germany and Italy, or of Russia, not as different worlds but as products of a development of thought in which we have shared; it is, at least so far as our enemies … Continue reading
Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels. Albert Einstein[This is one of the major claims of F. A. Hayek’s book The Road to … Continue reading
I just ran across this headline as I was scanning the news: Leading doctor says free NHS is unsustainable. LONDON (Reuters) – The National Health Service is unsustainable and needs to be reformed, one of the country’s most senior doctors … Continue reading
By now the British have fairly written into law the position that a personally owned firearm may only be acceptable for “sporting purposes.” Teddy Kennedy used this idea in the 1968 gun law, despite the fact that we in America … Continue reading
Over at the Belmont Club there is a better response than mine to the article So what do you do when your home is burgled? He quotes a passage from George Orwell’s 1984 and notes the similarities. Another book is applicable here … Continue reading
From the BBC News — Blunkett plans tougher terror law Home Secretary David Blunkett wants new anti-terrorism laws to make it easier to convict British terror suspects. He has discussed lowering the standard of proof required by a court and … Continue reading