by Rhett | Aug 31, 2017 | News
From Bloomberg For separatist politicians in Catalonia, acting like an independent state may be a lot easier than becoming one. The authorities in Barcelona grabbed the limelight as the semi-autonomous Spanish region responded to last week’s terror attacks. Setting...
by Rhett | Aug 30, 2017 | Ideas
by Ryan McMaken The battle over sanctuary cities is not just a matter of pitting some cities against federal policy. The conflict is also pitting cities against state governments. More than 30 states have moved with varying degrees of success to rein in so-called...
by Rhett | Aug 18, 2017 | Ideas
by Doug Casey Mankind has, so far, gone through three main stages of political organization since Day One, say 200,000 years ago, when anatomically modern men started appearing. We can call them Tribes, Kingdoms, and Nation-States. Karl Marx had a lot of things wrong,...
by Rhett | Aug 15, 2017 | News
San Sebastian (Spain) (AFP) – Hundreds of Basques turned out on the streets Saturday in support of Catalonia and its planned referendum on independence from Madrid, an ambition long fought for by Basque separatists. The demonstration was symbolic, in a region...
