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If Political Candidates Advocated Liberty
IF POLITICAL CANDIDATES ADVOCATED LIBERTY In modern democracies, political cycles never end. As soon as one election is over, those in government office or aspiring to such an office are already running for the next election. Having recently attended a public forum of state-level candidates looking to the 2018 election, I wondered what a real […]
This Is What a True Liberty-Loving Politician Would Look Like
This Is What a True Liberty-Loving Politician Would Look Like What would a real friend of freedom say if he was offering himself for political office? In modern democracies, political cycles never end. As soon as one election is over, those seeking office are already running for the next election. Having recently attended a public […]
How The Elite Dominate The World – Part 4: They Buy Politicians, And Incumbents Almost Always Win
How The Elite Dominate The World – Part 4: They Buy Politicians, And Incumbents Almost Always Win Once we wake up to how the game is being played, then we will have a real shot at changing things. For decades, the elite have been pulling the strings behind the scenes in both major political parties. […]
Political Economics
Political Economics Who President Trump ultimately picks as the next Federal Reserve Chairman doesn’t really matter. Unless he goes really far afield to someone totally unexpected, whoever that person will be will be largely more of the same. It won’t be a categorical change, a different philosophical direction that is badly needed. Still, politically, it […]
Museletter #304: Energy and Authoritarianism
Museletter #304: Energy and Authoritarianism Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 148 KB) This is an extended version of the article. An edited version was delivered in the email Museletter. Could declining world energy result in a turn toward authoritarianism by governments around the world? As we will see, there is no simple answer that […]
How Oil Hijacked Alberta’s Politics: Behind the Curtain With Former Liberal Leader Kevin Taft
How Oil Hijacked Alberta’s Politics: Behind the Curtain With Former Liberal Leader Kevin Taft For decades, Kevin Taft has served as a thorn in the side of Alberta’s provincial government. In his new book, Taft, who served as a Liberal MLA between 2001 and 2012, and as leader of the Alberta Liberal Party — the province’s […]
Is Gold Still Relevant?
Is Gold Still Relevant? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, Gold rallies with each political event and then falls back when the event is over. It is not in a sustainable relentless bull market as was the case in the 70s. Almost every stock market has outperformed gold since 1980. This has made me wonder if something is […]
We Need A Social Revolution
wikimedia We Need A Social Revolution Our future depends on our willingness to fight for it In the conventional view, there are two kinds of revolutions: political and technological. Political revolutions may be peaceful or violent, and technological revolutions may transform civilizations gradually or rather abruptly—for example, revolutionary advances in the technology of warfare. In […]
When Whistleblowers Tell the Truth They’re Traitors. When Government Lies It’s Policitcs.
When Whistleblowers Tell the Truth They’re Traitors. When Government Lies It’s Policitcs. (ANTIMEDIA) Immediately after Wikileaks released thousands of documents revealing the extent of CIA surveillance and hacking practices, the government was calling for an investigation — not into why the CIA has amassed so much power, but rather, into who exposed their invasive policies. We’re revolutionizing the […]
Anti-Intellectualism, Terrorism, and Elections in Contemporary Education: a Discussion with Noam Chomsky
Anti-Intellectualism, Terrorism, and Elections in Contemporary Education: a Discussion with Noam Chomsky photo story | Shutterstock.com Washington DC based History Teacher Dan Falcone and New York City English Teacher Saul Isaacson sat down with Professor Noam Chomsky to discuss current issues in education and American domestic and foreign policy issues. They also discussed the place of the […]
Brad Friedman: Why To Be Suspicious Of Every Election
Brad Friedman: Why To Be Suspicious Of Every Election Electronic voting machines have opened up Pandora’s box Long an ‘exporter of democracy’ to the rest of the world, there is ample evidence that the United States lacks even the most rudimentary, basic protections necessary to preserve voting integrity within its own borders. Some of the […]
Politics in a full world
Politics in a full world When Scientific American published Herman Daly’s “Economics in a Full World” in September 2005, few people knew what lay ahead: oil climbing to $147 a barrel, the relentless rise in global temperatures due to greenhouse gas emissions, the food riots of 2008 sparked by rising food prices, the economic crash that followed, and the […]
Doug Casey Shines a Light on the Sociopaths in Politics
Doug Casey Shines a Light on the Sociopaths in Politics There are seven characteristics I can think of that define a sociopath, although I’m sure the list could be extended: Sociopaths completely lack a conscience or any capacity for real regret about hurting people. Although they pretend the opposite. Sociopaths put their own desires and wants on a […]
Do As You’re Told! – The Case For Social Engineering
Do As You’re Told! – The Case For Social Engineering Wherever we turn we are confronted with politicians, political pundits, television talking heads, and editorial page commentators, all of whom offer an array of plans, programs, and projects that will solve the problems of the world – if only government is given the power and […]
