Economy

Living the Dream of the Neverlanding

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Most people spend their lives dreaming about freedom while signing another payment, another contract, another obligation. Then along comes Captain Steve and the Neverlanding—a homemade houseboat built from lumber, blue barrels, grit, and a stubborn refusal to accept that life must be lived according to someone else’s blueprint. Drifting across the Great Lakes with his dog and a floating front porch, Steve accidentally became a symbol of something modern society desperately misses: adventure, self-reliance, and the courage to untie the dock lines. The Neverlanding isn’t just a boat—it’s a reminder that sometimes the richest life isn’t found in what you own, but in what you’re willing to leave behind.

It’s Hard for Good Policy to Get Noticed in DC

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As I’m sure most of you have noticed? Our federal government is a titanic, monstrous mess.

In all of human history, there has almost certainly never been an entity this dysfunctional and disorganized.

And the fact we have allowed something this messed up – to get this huge? May be the most grievous error in human history.

Economic Development in South Dakota, Part 1

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Analysis from a constitutional conservative perspective Economic development has been a hot topic in South Dakota for years. At one extreme, there are those among the political class who push development on behalf of out-of-state interests constantly (and seemingly regardless of the impact on long-time residents). At the other end of the spectrum are those …

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The Lie We Tell Ourselves About Food—and the Chemical Trick Keeping Billions Alive

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We like to pretend food comes from virtue. Hard work, sunshine, maybe a red barn and a guy in overalls. Reality check: your dinner exists because of industrial chemistry, fossil fuels, and a process that forces atmospheric nitrogen to behave like it’s being interrogated in a back room. At the center of this quiet miracle—and quiet dependency—is the Haber-Bosch process. It doesn’t get headlines. It doesn’t trend. But it’s arguably one of the most important inventions in human history, because it broke the natural limits on how much food we can produce. Without it, the global population wouldn’t look anything like it does today.

The Curley Effect: Why Democrat-Run Cities Are Collapsing

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The Curley Effect: Why Democrat-Run Cities Are Collapsing

Boston’s Democrat Mayor Curley used wasteful, aggressive redistribution to his poor Irish constituents and incendiary rhetoric to encourage “richer” citizens to emigrate from Boston, thereby shaping the electorate in his favor. As a consequence, the city stagnated, but Curley kept winning elections.

Living Behind Enemy Lines In C.O.W., Tale #94: Is There No Limit To Democrats’ Insanity?

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Living Behind Enemy Lines In C.O.W., Tale #94: Is There No Limit To Democrats' Insanity?

After yet another asinine policy failed in San Francisco,^ Portland and Seattle want to implement it in their cities to hasten their collapses: A vacancy fee to punish commercial property owners for empty storefronts downtown, as well as fining residential landlords.