I know this is a popular talking point that commentators reflexively agree with, but is it actually true? The most famous French novel, Les Miserables, is about a guy who goes to prison for stealing bread. In the most famous Charles Dickens story, A Christmas Carol, the main character literally thinks if people don’t want to starve to death they should just wOrK hArDeR (libertarian moment). The moral of that story is rich people will only pay their employees properly if they’re threatened with burning in hell forever. And remember, Dickens was writing when Britain had the largest empire to ever exist.

Charlie Kirk was not my favorite person, but bottom line he was a “Debate me, bro” and now he’s been shot dead. The lesson here is that one side fights with words and the other fights with bullets. The American left-wing faction has decided they can just murder people who disagree with them. But the … Read more

The Ukraine conflict definitely is of huge global significance. If it ends in anything that could be even slightly construed as a Russian victory it will be the most significant change in the world order since 1991. For the past three decades the US has been the undisputed lone superpower, the leader of the rules … Read more