The Spirit of Frugality
Frugality is not a set of instructions; it is a mindset of buying only what you need, saving what is valuable, and throwing out only what is useless. It’s sport and delightful.
Trump’s Art of the Deal Collides with Modi’s ‘India First’ Policy
For the purposes of containing China’s influence and aggressive behaviour, there is no more important partner for the US than India. That strategic partnership is under threat from an explosive combination of American arrogance and unilateralism and Indian hubris and prickliness.
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Oxford Academic Says It’s Time to Start Paying People to Take Vaccines
It’s time to start paying people to take vaccines to boost take-up. That’s according to Dr. Raymond Duch, an Oxford academic writing in the Financial Times. This is the lesson he’s taken from the Covid pandemic, apparently.
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From Fiat Everything to Real Everything
The infrastructure is visible to those willing to see it. The systematic replacement of natural systems with artificial ones has reached into every domain—money, health, education, information. What began as isolated changes has revealed itself as a coordinated operation.
A Hidden Post-Pandemic Decline of Female Health
While male health seemed to bounce back, mortality and disabilities in women continue to rise above earlier trends and are not expected to solve themselves soon. This might cause a fundamental change in the dynamics of the gender mortality gap.
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The Boomer Mirage
While the specific figures combine data from multiple sources, the trend is undeniable: in 1950, over half of 30-year-olds were married homeowners. By 2025, some analysts project that number as low as 13%.
Tuberculosis: Romance and Vampires
As long as societies maintain a system of ordered liberty, and encourage economic growth and unlimited human potential, TB will remain kept at bay, much as M. tuberculosis is contained in the lungs by our TB-adapted immune system.
Why Organizations Die While Cities Live Forever
Why do organizations and companies die while cities seem to live on? Why did the Western Roman Empire end in 476 A.D while the Eastern counterpart lasted for almost another 1,000 years?
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Zohran Mamdani—Bastard Son Of 33 Liberty Street
Sure, Zohran Mamdani, surprise winner of the Dem primary for New York City mayor, is an ultra-left-wing wackadoo. But it occurs to us that this veritable assault on sanity deserves a more profound rebuke than the one the Donald fired off.
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Washington’s Fiscal Doomsday
If Washington does nothing except leave current tax, spending, and structural deficit policies in place, the publicly-held debt will grow by $102 trillion over the next three decades, reaching 154% of what would be $85 trillion of GDP by 2054.
The Invisible Leash
This isn’t just the completion of digital enslavement—it’s the creation of a reality where human agency becomes impossible. The invisible leash becomes the very categories through which you understand choice, identity, thought, resistance, and survival itself.
Negative-Sum Game Run Amok
I traveled to Connecticut to participate in a four-day writers’ retreat hosted by Jeffrey Tucker and the Brownstone Institute. It was amazing. Speakers presented on a topic or question for 15 minutes that was followed by a discussion for 15 minutes. Below are my remarks from the retreat.