Resisting Capitalism for Fun and Profit

It's a sign of strength for a man to admit his weaknesses, which is why I freely confess that I am economically retarded. I know nothing about economics. Sometimes it's even hard ...

Obama’s Republican Collaborators

The GOP swept to victory in November by declaring that this imperial presidency must be brought to heel, and President Obama’s illicit seizures of Congressional power must ...

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles

Ignorance Among Hollywood Conservatives

I could"€™ve written this column a week ago, before the National Geographic Channel's "€œKilling Jesus"€ had even aired, and still used the same opening sentence: ...

Georgetown, Washington D.C.

Identity Controls in D.C.

In the wake of Open Borders Day, Ryan Cooper of The Week laments that for all the talk of inclusiveness and tolerance, rich white folk won"€™t let the hoi polloi into their ...

Dr. Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer’s Immoral Arc

Of all the people I"€™ve tussled with in my professional life, Dr. Michael Shermer, bestselling author and professional "€œskeptic,"€ draws the least amount of sympathy ...

Black People Don”€™t Drink Coffee

Black people don"€™t drink coffee. There"€”I"€™ve said it. I"€™m generalizing, of course. Yes, I realize you have a black friend who drinks a lot of coffee. You"€™ve ...

Death and Taxes

"€œWhat is taxation but theft on a gigantic, unchecked, scale?"€ Murray Rothbard's question doesn"€™t have an answer. The coercive taking of money is theft. No exceptions. ...

The Importance of Being Guilty

Self-blame is no doubt salutary when one is truly blameworthy, but there is also a kind of self-blame that is exaggerated, insincere, grandiose, and exhibitionistic. It is also ...

Behind the Scenes at the Sharpton Shakedown

On Tuesday, the New York Post covered their front page with the headline "€œAll About the Money,"€ featuring Eric Garner's daughter rubbing her fingers together to define Al ...

Our Cute Little Protestant Friends

"€œMartin Luther toy becomes fastest selling Playmobil figurine of all time."€ Has anyone been keeping an eye on Germany lately? Because I think they"€™re getting even ...

Will the GOP Capitulate Again?

“Free trade results in giving our money, our manufactures, and our markets to other nations,” warned the Republican Senator from Ohio and future President William ...

Death, Taxes, and Anacondas

Whether looseness of language is a consequence or a cause of looseness of thought I cannot say. No doubt it is sometimes the one and sometimes the other. Perhaps"€”to indulge in ...

Central Park, New York

A Tale of Two Cities

The real estate market is back in the news, although, not surprisingly, it's now the mirror image of last decade's excesses. Ten years ago the prices of exurban tract homes in the ...

Skank Amateurs

I"€™m not sure if it's connected with the whole "€œgates of hell"€ thing, but you have to credit"€”if that's quite the right word"€”the Catholic church for ...

10 Things That Suck About Being Rich

As a serial entrepreneur, I"€™ve created and sold many companies over the years. From a media empire to an ad agency (we had quietly sold Rooster NY a year before it was shut ...

Dudley House, London

Hail the Conquerors

Thick snow is falling hard and heavy, muffling sounds and turning the village from picturesque into postcard-beautiful. I am lying in bed listening to a Mozart version of “Ave ...


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