William Spruance brownstone.org William Spruance is a practicing attorney and a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. The ideas expressed in the article are entirely his own and not necessarily those of his employer. War benefits Leviathan. Abstract opposition allows leaders to seize power amid the fear of the
Despite the incessant shrieking of the usual suspects, there’s little evidence that the Earth is in the grip of a “Sixth Mass Extinction”. There is, after all, no surer sign that an idea is completely and utterly discredited than Paul Ehrlich promoting it. But there may well be a
John Maunder Groundhog Day, February 2, is a popular tradition in the United States. It is also a legend that traverses many centuries, its origins clouded in the mists of time with ethnic cultures and animals awakening on specific dates. (parts of the following story are from my book “Fifteen
Anyone who uses the imported American phrase “First Nations” in an Australian context is not a person to be taken seriously. Yet, “First Nations” has, in the blink of an eye, become the de rigeur left-media descriptor for Australian Aborigines. Mostly because the Australian left-media are squawking parrots:
For some time now activists, probably incited by this Labour Government’s skewed ideology that social justice and equality for Maori can only be achieved by overriding the principles of democracy, have been, with increasing regularity and intensity, demanding that “Pakeha accept decolonisation”! To investigate decolonisation, we must first understand
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of Dr John Robinson’s new book Regaining A Nation; Equality and Democracy. On the 23rd of February, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an online
The 2019 biopic Tolkien was heavily criticised for almost completely omitting what was one of the central pillars of the author’s life: his Catholic faith. Trying to tell the story of Tolkien’s life without mentioning religion is like trying to tell the story of Hunter S Thompson without
It’s one of the most beloved stories in the mythology of the modern American left: the night a Native American princess appeared at the 1973 Academy Awards to decline the Best Actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando. The only problem is: “Native American princess” was a myth. A
Connor O’Keeffe Writer and Video Producer mises.org Connor O’Keeffe is a writer and video producer at the Mises Institute. He has a masters in economics and a bachelors in geology. Whether you like it or not, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are coming. That’s the message
Let’s face it: very few people who actually experience it like war. Even Patton, who thought that “Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavour shrink to insignificance,” almost shamefacedly concluded that, “God help me, I do love it so”. But to the average soldier or civilian caught
As recently reported, 536AD is regarded by some as the worst year in human history. All of Europe, the Middle East and even parts of Asia and the Americas were plunged into sudden cold and darkness. The sun gave no warmth and didn’t even cast shadows at noon. Crops
Australian scientist Ian Plimer has written that “we must be the first generation of humans to be afraid of a warming climate”. Plimer isn’t wrong: there’s a reason wealthy Europeans flocked to warmer climates, especially for their health. The study of history shows that cooling climates are invariably
You know, the world’s been going to end in the next ten years ever since I was a boy. If it wasn’t the nuclear war or the killer robots, it was overpopulation or the new Ice Age. Meteors, comets, pollution or the Wrath of God: if you’re
Communist China is the most rigorously atheist country in the world. Which should hardly be surprising: Communism is a jealous god, after all. As an ideology of total control, communism simply cannot tolerate rivals for the minds of its subject populations. The Soviet Union similarly crushed the churches. China still
JM White My father, who was a carpenter and never out of work from age 15 until he retired at age 65, drank to excess regularly, once or twice a week, and just as regularly had fits of alcohol-induced rage. Although I didn’t like my father, at least
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of Dr John Robinson’s new book Regaining A Nation; Equality and Democracy. On the 23rd of February, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an online
