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“Rent control is not only increasingly futile, but increasingly destructive the more severe it is, and the longer it remains in effect.” — Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson As the new mayor of New York City, one of the several, ill-conceived campaign promises Zohran Mamdani will try to fulfill is rent-control “for all tenants […]
There is so much negative news out there, including in-fighting among politicians that are supposedly “on the same side”. President Trump is, of course, the subject of much of the complaints and controversy. But, instead of going that direction myself, I decided to post a reminder of some positive things that Trump accomplished in 2025. […]
“There are reasons to question whether authorities are telling us the truth. Doing so does not make you a conspiracy theorist. But abandoning truth and reason does.” — O. Alan Noble, Dispatch Faith The Dispatch newsletters are, I admit, not exactly my favorites. I often disagree with their takes on socio-political matters, or at least […]
This is my second blogpost excerpting from Henry Hazlitt’s modern classic, Economics in One Lesson. The topic, which followed shortly after that which I cited last time, is one that should be familiar to anyone with at least a smattering of reading in, or a lecture on, basic economics, regardless of which school of thought […]
“If unguided evolution really can do its magic, this should not be too difficult. However, if the challenge cannot be met, Darwinists must be asked to explain why.” — Günter Bechly, paleo-entomologist (CSC) As I was scrolling through some notes the other day, I found that I had been holding onto the URL for an […]
“Many today claim that the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 (PCA) prohibits the use of the military in domestic affairs. But they completely misunderstand that law.” — Mackubin Thomas Owens, author and expert on national security affairs This past week I read a very good article by Mackubin Thomas Owens in Hillsdale’s Imprimis newsletter. I […]
“Henry Hazlitt’s explanation of how a price system works is a true classic: timeless, correct, painlessly instructive.” — Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences Economics in One Lesson is the title of a book by Henry Hazlitt, who some consider to be “arguably the greatest economic journalist of the 20th century.” Though largely self-taught, […]
Just to clarify up front, the titular “manual” is the Bible, and the excerpt below is from The Roman Catholic Controversy by James R. White. (My readers may remember that this book was among those listed in my recent “Five Non-Fiction Books I Enjoyed Reading in 2025” post.) The doctrine of justification is central to […]
Larry Arnn, author and president of Hillsdale College, delivered remarks at a reception at the college last November. The speech — or, at least, the adaptation printed in Imprimis — was titled “Today’s Firestorm and the Declaration”. The titular “firestorm” can be seen as resulting from contrary winds, the first being President Donald Trump and […]
“Personnel is policy [and] who a religious organization hires may go to the very character of its religious mission.” — Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals This just happened a few days ago, and it’s definitely worth noting. An appellate court has ruled that the government has no right to force church and ministry organizations to hire people […]
