A Tale of Four Crises
“Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.” ~ Adolf Hitler
Economy
A Strong Economy Doesn’t Have a Citizenry That Is $18.8 Trillion in Debt
Starting in the 1970s, the United States government began STUPIDLY helping their Big Business cronies force convert US into a 70% consumption economy. Which now means: For every $10 of US economic activity? $7 is spending money.
Ordinary Men Created America and Ordinary Men Will Preserve It
When Benjamin Franklin was asked what type of government had been created during that hot Philadelphia summer he replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” Franklin wasn’t predicting the demise of our republic, he was observing that the baton was being passed to the self-governed. Our founders created the greatest republic the world has ever known, and then it became our duty to preserve it.
The Enemy Within
Nikita Krushchev may be gone, but his progeny live on…and they are still wreaking havoc.
Globalism is a Leftist Scheme
For the past 30 years, the conversation about globalism has taken hold, often forcing it into the mainstream narrative. It has been sold as an answer to the world’s problems. But what is the reality?
Alabama and Team USA defeat Canada; “Out Of Nowhere Canada Became Poorer Than Alabama. How Is That Possible?”
This was not a good weekend for those in Canada who suffer TDS. They made Sunday’s hockey match with Team USA all about politics and Canadian pride. The trash-talking turned to trash-eating.
SCOTUS, the Tariffs, and You
The reciprocal and fentanyl tariffs have been overturned, and the Trump administration is responding. How should the individual business respond to this latest disruption?
Babel with a Budget: Why Big Systems Always Eat Themselves
So we keep building Towers of Babel—just with better branding, larger budgets, and more acronyms. Corporations, governments, military bureaucracies, international institutions—all convinced that if we just add one more layer, one more committee, one more compliance office, the tower will finally reach heaven.
Warm Collectivism Burns It Again
York City needs more affordable housing for its residents. Pushing private owners out will only make matters worse
Lithium. It’s Not The End Of The World As We Know It
Oil was a critical resource we were running out of, until we were not running out. Same with Lithium.
From Scorched Earth to Empty Shelves: How Some Wars Are Fought Without Firing a Shot
Future wars won’t thunder across borders on tanks or scream overhead in fighter jets. That’s old-fashioned, noisy, and—worst of all—obvious. The next wars will arrive quietly, wearing lab coats, carrying clipboards, and insisting it’s “just a naturally occurring disruption.” No explosions. No declarations. Just empty shelves, euthanized livestock, and a government spokesperson calmly reminding you that there is no evidence of foul play at this time.
Please, leave the government out of trying to ‘fix’ the ‘affordable housing’ problem
As people yell about the lack of “affordable housing” I see an interesting difference between my good friend — OK, OK, I’ve never actually met him in real life! — Architectolder, who posts a lot of pictures concerning houses interiors and exteriors, and Alicia, the Courtyard Urbanist, whom I have previously mentioned. Each have differing …
Simo Häyhä: The White Death and His Mastery of Northern Warfare
Whether or not President Trump is able to acquire Greenland, there is the possibility of a conflict between China-Russia on one side, and the U.S. on the other, in order to control scarce resources. Today, Dave Cloft examines what that might look like from the eyes of a Winter Warfare Legend.
The Chinese Supply Chain Conundrum; Defeating China’s supply chain strategy
The realization of US dependency on China for critical supply chains has been slow in coming. And US free trade policies with China over the last 50+ years have made the US vulnerable to the interruption of supply chains
The progressive ‘urbanists’ just don’t quite understand things
I will admit to being something of a very amateur architecture aficionado; I love great looking homes, even though I’m in no position to afford one for our family. I follow people like Coby — “Working on creating better, more beautiful places to live in. Developer, Writer, Urbanist, Professor, Optimist. Check out my writing below!” …
The Political Agenda Behind Year-End ‘Economic Collapse’ Stories
The news stories at the end of the calendar year are different from the news stories the rest of the year. From mid-December through mid-January, there’s a different kind of article that fills the newspapers and floods our websites: the year-end summary.
Things I Voted For Volume I
As I look around at the end of 2025 and beginning of 2026, I gotta say I’m enjoying a lot. Of course the fact El Presidente de life Maduro is currently in federal prison awaiting trial for multiple charges is pleasing.
Inflation and Gen-Z
A few weeks ago, I asked a young woman in Leelanau County whether she and her husband planned to buy a home. She laughed bitterly: “Between interest rates and property taxes, we’ll never afford it.” When I suggested she was still young, she replied: “I’m 37. You boomers took all the money and slammed the door behind you on your way out.”
Some Final Screwed Up Posts From 2025
As a great year closes out, the last week brings some really strange views from our liberal friends.
Economic Illiteracy…On Full Display, by Dylan Allman
Wealth is created through entrepreneurial coordination under uncertainty, not hoarded as a static pile waiting to be reassigned. Social Security’s problem is not a shortage of billionaires to harvest but a political design that ignores time preference, demographics, and capital accumulation.