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 | Dec 5, 2017 | Ideas
by Chris Calton In the first episode of the new season of Historical Controversies, which will focus on the sectional crises that led to the Civil War, I gave a brief explanation of my problem with the “Tariff Thesis” for the cause of southern secession. My arguments...
by Rhett | Dec 4, 2017 | Ideas
Virtually every aspect of human life becomes more decentralized every day. Technology makes the old hub-and-spoke model of organizations obsolete; highly diffuse and ever-changing networks are the order of the day. So why is governance going in the other direction,...
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...
by Rhett | Nov 20, 2017 | Ideas
At LewRockwell.com Thomas DiLorenzo writes: Why Would Conservative, Religious People in Alabama Want to Remain in a Union with so many communistic, hedonistic, and atheistic leftists from New York, Chicago, L.A., etc. who look to the likes of the Clintons, Chuck...