In Germany they came first for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me and by that time no one was left to speak up.
–ReverendMartin Niemoller [1946]
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November 6, 2023 The Drug War's Banking Blowback
At the end of the great 1988 movie Midnight Run, which stars Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, Grodin hands De Niro a small pouch containing $300,000. How could a small pouch contain so much money? Because it was filled with $1,000 bills. So, where are the $1,000 bills today? They are gone. The feds withdrew them from circulation. The reason? They felt...
Authoritarians Drunk on Power by John W. Whitehead
We have arrived at the dystopian future depicted in the 2005 film V for Vendetta, which is no future at all. Set in the year...
The Classical Economists: David Ricardo by Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the significance of the classical economist David Ricardo. Go ...
The Story of Sam Bird by Jacob G. Hornberger
In December 1966, Army Captain Sam Bird’s one-year tour of duty in Vietnam was coming to an end. He was set to be transferred ...
