Rice prices double in Japan as price inflation surges
Rice prices in Japan are a big deal. "One of the main sources of anger has been the surging cost of the
My 46 Years of Contempt of Congress
Although most political attention is focused on the US presidency, James Bovard pleads guilty to contempt of Congress. This is the Congress
Why Government Lands Burn
Progressives blame all the recent wildfires on "climate change," but the real culprit is government mismanagement of public forests and grasslands. The
Why Government Lands Burn
Progressives blame all the recent wildfires on “climate change,” but the real culprit is government mismanagement of public forests and grasslands. The
Bolivia Held Hostage: The Tyrant’s Return
When socialist Evo Morales was elected president of Bolivia, he received favorable press from the western media. Like most socialists, however, his
Bolivia Held Hostage: The Tyrant’s Return
When socialist Evo Morales was elected president of Bolivia, he received favorable press from the western media. Like most socialists, however, his
Price Inflation Rose in June to a Five Month High—But Don’t Blame Tariffs
Price inflation is moving up again, in spite of President Trump's repeated (and false) claims that prices are falling. Tariffs, though, are
The Guillotine and the Lyre: What Andrea Chénier Reveals about the French Revolution
The poet, the opera, and the Terror: when art dares to confront the violence of power. How one artist portrays the French
Robert Reich’s Blind Spots: The Elephant in the Progressive Left’s Room
Reich, Elizabeth Warren, and other leftists never address the root cause of what they correctly diagnose as excessive corporate power: the Federal