The struggle over holidays oddly mirrors the intractable struggle between market and state, so that we have Labor Day, Presidents Day, and Memorial Day etc. for those who find their meaning in official civic celebrations. But for millions of others, a new calendar of sorts is starting to emerge that secedes entirely from the attempted
So the Times has stopped charging for most of its web content. The reason? “Many more readers started coming to the site from search engines and links on other sites instead of coming directly to NYTimes.com. These indirect readers, unable to get access to articles behind the pay wall and less likely to pay subscription fees than the more loyal
A reader who was captivated by Vera Galt, the daughter of Henry Galt from Garet Garrett’s The Driver , sent in this picture to Mises.org. In her dress and manner she attempted capture Vera’s intelligence, independence, modernity, and strength of mind. As readers know, the book is set early in the twentieth century, and explores the culture of
Look at this wonderful pamphlet from 1946, called One Year After , by Virgil Jordon: WAR, which we profess to fear or hate, is only one expression of the growth of the power of the State over men’s life and work, which in recent years so many have come to accept, encourage or support as progressive and desirable. Economic warfare, class and labor
The New York Times headline, which you can read in the archives , says “Warn I.W.W. Raiders: Officials Take Steps to Prevent March on North Dakota Town.” That headline appeared in 1921. Another from 1918 reads: “Reveals I.W.W. Plans: Proposed Amalgamation with Non-Partisan League in North Dakota.” What is this all about? For those who don’t know,
Skip Oliva is giving us regular updates on the writers’ guild strike, from an informed perspective. He points particularly to the police-state enforcement tactics of the union itself. Excellent
National Review —I can vaguely, hazily recall that this publication has some doubts about the merit of the crusading leviathan state—is throughly disgusted that Ron Paul raised $4.2 million in 24 hours online. It proves that we need not be “impressed by anybody able to gather cash over the net.” It only demonstrates “that lot of people will donate
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