A year ago July, I sent my girlfriend some flowers. I picked up the phone, called a florist, and, for about thirty dollars, she received one dozen roses. Seven months later, for Valentine’s Day, I called the same florist and again ordered one dozen roses for my girlfriend. This time, however, they would cost one hundred twenty dollars. I was
On Earth Day, environmentalists again made appearances on the news, predicting that global warming will mean the end of life as we know it. As more Americans become aware that anthropogenic ( caused or produced by humans ) global warming is a hoax, the people who make their incomes from scaring us must increase their efforts. For those readers
Our war on terror begins with Al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated. –President George W. Bush in his speech to America on Sept. 20, 2001 For several years now, I have been watching one particular terrorist group launch attacks in this country
I told my mother that I do not support military action in Afghanistan and that I absolutely do not support the idea of the draft being reestablished. My mother paused and said, “That disappoints me . . . I thought I had raised a patriot.” Hold it right there. I love my country, and if it were to be invaded by a foreign power, I would be the
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.