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Tiffany’s and the Problem of Security

Aug 3rd, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
After Sept. 11, the American system of government became crazy obsessed with security. The implementation has not only been brutal and contrary to human liberty; it has completely lacked creativity. Instead of real security, we get what's called "security theater," and at the expense of the customer, who feels the ...read more

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Why You Should Quit Politics (And Embark On A Much More Productive Path To Liberty)

Aug 2nd, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
The political process as a means to liberty has been about as effective as socialism as a means to prosperity. If your goal is liberty, electoral politics is the last path you should consider. There is a far more exciting, fulfilling, enriching, and – most importantly – effective path to ...read more

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When They Come For Your Guns, You Will Turn Them Over

Aug 1st, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
"When they come for my gun, they will have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands," is a common refrain I often hear from the Neo-Cons when there is a threat, credible or otherwise, that the US government is going to take their firearms. And, when I hear this ...read more

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Own Guns, So I Don’t Have To

Jul 31st, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
While attending the Agora Financial Symposium in Vancouver, I became aware that Americans enjoy some rights that Canadians do not: among them, the limited ability to carry weapons. Even private security guards seem unable to be armed in Canada. This does not make me feel safer. Quite the reverse. Private people ...read more

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The Triumph of Politics

Jul 27th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
On August 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared that the United States would no longer honour its promise to exchange US dollars held by foreign central banks for gold at a fixed price of $35 an ounce. The innocuous term 'Nixon closed the gold window' that is now widely used ...read more

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Business Begging for Life

Jul 26th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
Even in this seemingly permanent recession, government is intensifying its regulation, taxation and harassment of regular business people. Business pages are filling up with pleas to government from real-life entrepreneurs. All these people are saying is give freedom a chance. An example is Seth Gordon, the co-founder and "TeaEO" of Honest ...read more

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Where Is the Line for Revolution?

Jul 19th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
The subject of revolution is a touchy one. It's not a word that should be thrown around lightly, and when it is uttered at all, it elicits a chaotic jumble of opinions and debates from know-it-alls the world over. The "R" word has been persona non grata for quite some ...read more

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Expat, Meet Obamacare

Jul 17th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
My wife and I had dinner last night at a small Asian-fusion restaurant here in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico with two lawyer friends visiting from the United States. One sat down and immediately began our evening's conversation with a story. "You won't believe this," he said, holding up his thumb, ...read more

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Slipping the Noose: Americans Are Learning to Resist the Feds Quietly

Jul 16th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Personal Liberties, Politics
Americans are learning how to beat the system, cheat the system, and outfox the system. As the bureaucrats tighten their many nooses, Americans are finding ways to slip the noose. An article in Forbes offers examples. They are everywhere. Businesses are just ignoring the rules. They hire lawyers to help them ...read more

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The Day Your Life Fell Apart

Jul 12th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
People tell me that I get overly worked up about small government regulations. But small matters. The building of civilization is revealed in small steps, tiny, bit-by-bit improvements in the things we have and do. In the same way, seemingly small government regulations can cause a reversal of the magnificent ...read more

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