History
Freedom Is Like Inflation: You Lose 2-3% Every Year.
Perhaps even more important is turning back the clock on regulations… and going back to an era where you didn’t need to ask permission to be productive.
Purim and the Ongoing Fight
Am Yisrael Chai – not just as a slogan, but as a truth. The people of Israel live, and they will continue to live, no matter how many Hamans rise to challenge them.
Of Scorched Earth Disease Control
Nongqawuse dreamed a dream and most of her tribe died. ‘Net Zero’ is today’s apocalyptic dream articulated by Al Gore and his loyal Australian disciple, Chris Bowen. Their impossible dream is to power the modern world with green energy. How many people need to die before they are content?
When Reformist Regimes Act Too Slow
There is a long history of reformist governments failing to act fast enough to quell public demand for change.
Tokyo Firebombing Survivors Ask for Recognition
Japan’s culture of forgetting neglects even its own.
You Cannot Stop People From Asking Questions
What Dame Anne is engaging in is what the philosopher Harry Frankfurt calls ‘bullshit’. This is where intellectuals and policy makers, who have no good answers to valid questions from regular people, essentially resort to using jargon to sidestep the matter.
What Coolidge’s Inauguration Can Teach Us Now
Calvin Coolidge was only president who actually shrank the government.
Is This Trump’s Glasnost?
USSR concepts with a USA twist. The American way of life – from the economy to its borders – has been under siege. There is a desperate need to right the ship.
Asbestos: How Did We Get Here?
An estimated 4000 people still die from asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma each year. What exactly is it and how did it end up in one in three Aussie homes?
When Principles Sink In Legalism
Most reasonable people would have no difficulty deciding that Mrs Hawkins’ entitlement to compensation for harm and wrongdoing far outweighs that of her daughter’s murderer, but that’s not how the system works.
The Destruction of the Great Library
All too often important effects are in the hands of people who have no appreciation for the potential importance of what they control.