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Adolf Hitler, Dorothy Thompson, and Tucker Carlson’s Controversial Interview With Vladimir Putin
In December 1931, the American journalist Dorothy Thompson arrived at the Kaiserhof Hotel in Berlin to interview Adolf Hitler. When Thompson stepped into Hitler’s salon that day, she was convinced she was meeting “the future…
The Origins of Valentine’s Day and Some Reflections on the Holiday
Where does Valentine’s Day come from? A greeting card company or a candy company? Neither, but I’m sure it’s one of their favorite holidays. Or was it Al Capone? He’s the likely culprit responsible for the infamous…
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Rises 0.52 Percent in January 2024
"The January 2024 CPI report highlights the challenges of returning inflation to the Fed’s target range and suggests a bumpy road ahead." ~Peter C. Earle
Was Jesus a Friend to Big Business?
The New Testament contains some of the harshest statements about wealth and the rich. “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” (Luke 18:24) “ has filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he has sent…
The Biden, Schumer, Romney Foreign Aid Budget Buster
President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and a handful of left-leaning Republicans (led by Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, of course) have just agreed to a near $100 billion foreign aid bill for Israel and Ukraine. Is…
The Economics of Taylor Swift’s Trip to Super Bowl LVIII
Understanding economics helps us make choices in our everyday lives—and the same is true for famous superstars! Even if one’s pocketbooks are deep like Taylor Swift’s, she still deals with scarcity and the opportunity cost of…
The FBI’s Lawless Raid on U.S. Private Vaults Shows Why the Founders Created the Fourth Amendment
A squad of FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration agents in March 2021 raided the Beverly Hills location of a company, U.S. Private Vaults, suspected of criminal activity. Over several days, agents wearing masks photographed…
Why Doesn’t Every Office Building Have A Microschool?
In 1967, the Philadelphia Public Schools launched the Parkway Program, widely known as the “school without walls,” that enabled young people to have greater freedom and flexibility over what and where they learned. Various…
Biden’s War Against the Internet
It's a miracle of private sector innovation and the magic of the free enterprise system that technologies that were only the playthings of the super-rich a generation ago are now available and affordable to almost all…
The Housing Crisis Explained—with Mini Fridges
In a household of four guys, fridge space is what you might call prime real estate. I know this because I happen to live in one such household. For months we tried sharing the one fridge in the house. It was not pleasant.
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