by Richard W. Rahn | Jul 7, 2020
There are a lucky few who take on the conventional wisdom of the time and then live long enough to see their skeptics and critics admit they were wrong. Most of the American Founders were so fortunate. F.A. Hayek, the great 20th century economist/philosopher, was...
by Richard W. Rahn | Jun 29, 2020
Who is funding the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and riots and why? As people go through life, most learn that many things are different from what they seem, and that the views and positions people have are rarely consistent with what they think is their...
by Richard W. Rahn | Jun 22, 2020
You are watching a football game, and at the first play after halftime, players on the losing team pepper-spray players of the other team, incapacitating them. All would be outraged because of the unfair and deplorable conduct. Everyone understands that whether it is...
by Richard W. Rahn | Jun 15, 2020
“Barbarians” are groups of people who engage in wanton destruction of civilized places and institutions. Barbarians are driven by a desire for others’ material goods, through theft (looting), and for power. Barbarism has a history as long as civilization. The Roman...
by Richard W. Rahn | Jun 9, 2020
Politicians, when they are running for office, claim they love and support small businesses — but many of them lie. Over the last three months, the political class has waged an intense war against those people who have risked their savings and countless time and...
