by Rhett | Dec 29, 2017 | News
Jeff Deist writes: Dr. Robert Murphy and I enjoyed a robust discussion of the current political landscape this past weekend at the University of Central Florida. A significant percentage of attendees, maybe half, agreed with the proposition that the US is past the...
by Rhett | Dec 28, 2017 | News
Recently the Mises Institute held a seminar in Orlando titled “The Uncertain Prospects for Liberty” with Jeff Deist and Robert Murphy. Here is Murphy’s lecture on culture wars. https://mises.org/system/tdf/02_Murphy_Orlando_20171209.mp3 Source:...
by Rhett | Dec 8, 2017 | News
by Walter Williams Officials in Catalonia, Spain’s richest and most highly industrialized region, whose capital is Barcelona, recently held a referendum in which there was a 92 percent vote in favor of independence from Spain. The Spanish authorities opposed the...
by Rhett | Dec 6, 2017 | News
by Jeff Thomas Recently, the people of two of Italy’s most prosperous regions voted in a referendum, on whether they wished to have greater autonomy from Rome. The referendum is non-binding, but that’s not what’s most significant in the results. What is significant is...
by Rhett | Nov 23, 2017 | News
Which one is yours? In his fourth book, “American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures in North America,” award-winning author Colin Woodard identifies 11 distinct cultures that have historically divided the US. “The country has...
by Rhett | Nov 21, 2017 | News
As the European Union struggles under the reality and threat of countries or regions leaving it (as discussed in “Humpty Dumpty in slow motion”), it might be thought that the United States of America represents a haven of stability. But the Southern...
