Austerity And Mass Migration

"... austerity and mass migration make voters turn to the political right. Even if they are initiated by the right...Under political systems as we once knew them, you’d expect people to turn left instead of right, but there is no left left to vote for."

  • Aug 1, 2018 5:00 AM

Buchanan: Will Tribalism Trump Democracy?

"What makes this clash of significance is that it is another battle in the clash that might fairly be called the issue of our age...The struggle is between the claims of tribe, ethnicity, peoples and nations, against the commands of liberal democracy."

  • Jul 31, 2018 11:05 PM

The Plastic Straw Ban: Enforced With Violence

"Progressives hate hearing that taxation is theft, that government is force, and that every rule and regulation implies violence for noncompliance. It offends them on a visceral level, because their entire worldview hangs on the myth of social contract."

  • Jul 31, 2018 7:05 PM

The Minimum Wage Doesn't Do What You Think It Does

"...the transformation of the minimum wage from a policy originally intended to keep minorities out of the labor force to one aimed at protecting marginalized workers has been a stunning political magic trick."

  • Jul 30, 2018 1:33 PM

Australia: A Model For Curbing Immigration

"Europeans think it's easy in Australia to control our borders, but they're just making up excuses for doing nothing themselves." - Major General (Ret.) Jim Molan, co-author of Australia's asylum policy.

  • Jul 29, 2018 10:37 AM