The social and political circumstances of the time are certainly of considerable significance, but their importance for the weal or woe of the individual has been boundlessly overestimated in so far as they are taken for the sole...
Politics
The ways we organize our world.
The Bonfire Plot – Who Is Guy Fawkes?
Guy Fawkes: Also known as John Johnson,or as Guido Fawkes apprehended on Nov 5th 1605, under the Houses of Parliamnent with hundreds of pounds of gunpowder and a handful of matches. Percy's man, 34 years old. Son of Edward Fawkes, proctor and advocate in the...
Out of Africa an entrepreneurial society emerges.
So whoever wins the presidential election should recognize that sub-Saharan Africa’s more than one billion people represent markets for American goods, Ichikowitz said. Positive outreach to Africa would also provide opportunities to bring African and African-American entrepreneurs together, given their common history of oppression. That would be true win-win-win.
The World Economy. One Graph.
Rape Facts and Falsehoods
Rape Facts and Falsehoods By James D. Agresti Abstract In this era of #MeToo and rampant sexual assault allegations, many media outlets, politicians, and scholars are misleading people about the prevalence of rape. They accomplish this by publicizing...
Rejecting carbon colonialism
African Development Bank breaks with anti-fossil fuel banks to fund coal power, prosperity Paul Driessen and David Wojick We recently explained how Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) use manmade climate change alarmism to justify lending policies that reject...
Little Pink House- A film with warnings, it triggered me!
LITTLE PINK HOUSE stars two-time Academy Award nominee Catherine Keener (Get Out, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Emmy nominee Jeanne Tripplehorn (Big Love, Basic Instinct). It’s based on Susette Kelo’s historic fight to save her home and blue-collar neighborhood from...
The double standards industry
Concerns over impacts from energy projects disappear where “green” energy is involved Paul Driessen It’s a good thing environmentalists have double standards – or they wouldn’t have any standards at all. Empire State legislators worry that anything above the current...
6 Quotes: William F. Buckley, Jr. on collectivism, freedom, and power.
Today is the tenth anniversary of the death of William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of National Review and the father of postwar American conservatism. In his honor, here are six quotes by the inimitable writer on collectivism, freedom, and power. On government power (I):...
How Often Do Citizens Use Guns to Stop Violence?
By James D. Agresti In a New York Times column entitled “How to Reduce Shootings,” Nicholas Kristof writes, “It is true that guns are occasionally used to stop violence. But contrary to what the National Rifle Association suggests, this is rare. One study by...
Climate alarmism is still bizarre, dogmatic, intolerant
Claims defy parody, as alarmists become more tyrannical and their policies wreak havoc Paul Driessen Climate alarmism dominated the Obama era and run-up to Paris. But it’s at least as bizarre, dogmatic and intolerant now that: President Trump pulled the United...