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This country’s future ‘economic citizenship’ program could be the best in the world

James Hickman November 30, 2023

When the international news agency AFP announced last week that libertarian outsider Javier Milei had won Argentina’s presidential election, the headline was absolutely hilarious. AFP claimed that the election of Milei– a self-described anarcho-capitalist, was “plunging the country into uncertainty in the midst of a crippling economic crisis.” Uncertainty? We’re talking about a

Some clear thinking about the riots in Ireland

James Hickman November 27, 2023

On Sunday March 10, 1793, in the village of Pin-en-Mauges in western France, a prominent local textile vendor named Jacques Cathelineau was peacefully enjoying his Sunday afternoon, when five men suddenly appeared to deliver urgent news. Cathelineau could probably read their faces and knew what happened before anyone said a word. By the

Leonardo DiCaprio is officially the dumb*$$ of the week

James Hickman November 21, 2023

When journalist Don Hoefler first coined the term “Silicon Valley” in the early 1970s, the San Francisco Bay and Santa Clara valley region had already been home to thriving tech companies for decades. Then future titans like Apple and Adobe joined the scene, and the region really started to take off. Today, Silicon

Sex, drugs, and booze is the least of their problems

James Hickman November 16, 2023

We’re going to talk about strip clubs and binge drinking today. Yet surprisingly this article is not about Hunter Biden. I’m actually talking about the FDIC… as in the organization that’s supposed to insure customer deposits in the US banking system. The FDIC isn’t typically an institution that’s associated with sex, drugs, and

Biden’s response to America’s latest downgrade really proves the point

James Hickman November 13, 2023

On the evening of June 18, 1815, in the Belgian hamlet of Mont-Saint-Jean, nearly 70,000 troops under the command of the Duke of Wellington, alongside 50,000 allied Prussian soldiers, fought against the French forces of Napoleon Bonaparte in the historic Battle of Waterloo. Waterloo was a bloody affair, with heavy casualties on both

This is how America won the first ‘War on Terror’

James Hickman October 30, 2023

It was late in morning on Friday October 25, 1793 when John Foss knew that his life was about to change. As a sailor working on board a commercial vessel en route to southern Spain, Foss was near the end of his three-month voyage, somewhere off the coast of Portugal. But some time

Six predictions from the last week’s horrific Treasury report

James Hickman October 23, 2023

By the time Philip II ascended to the throne of Spain in the year 1556, the empire he inherited from his father was already the most dominant superpower in the world. Spain had a formidable military, and its famous naval armada struck fear in the hearts of its adversaries. Spain also held vast

How to make 41% because Klaus Schwab is an idiot

James Hickman October 19, 2023

Our bizarre yet wonderful world today is full of ridiculous logic and false equivalencies. We’ve been told, for example, that “silence is violence”. Or that misgendering someone is “literal violence”. It’s almost funny how much the left loves to preach against violence. Yet these are the same people who have condoned the Hamas

Silicon Valley Bank part II starts tomorrow at 6:45am

James Hickman October 16, 2023

It’s been seven months now since Silicon Valley Bank went bust. And so much has happened in the world since then that SVB’s collapse almost feels like ancient history. But something is going to happen tomorrow– at precisely 6:45am Eastern time– that could rekindle anxiety in the banking system once again. And it’s

Some things just don’t add up…

James Hickman October 11, 2023

Like most people, I’ve been closely following what’s been going on in Israel and Gaza since Saturday’s attack. Most of our readers know that I’m a former intelligence officer; while it seems like a lifetime ago, those instincts never leave. And as I’m shaking my head in disgust at what’s happened, I also

AOC’s mortal enemy has passed away

James Hickman October 10, 2023

In light of so much chaos that has gripped the world lately, I wanted to change focus briefly and reflect on the passing of one of the most titanic, sovereign-minded human beings in modern history. Most people have never heard the name Chuck Feeney… and he worked very hard to keep it that

It’s time to separate legend from reality

James Hickman October 2, 2023

Byzas of Megara must have been positively dumbfounded when he first set foot on the banks of the Bosporus River. It was the year 667 BC, more than 2,700 years ago, and Byzas was on a mission from the Greek mainland to find new colonies. His fleet had just landed on the European

Here’s how the Green Energy fantasy collapses under 4th grade arithmetic

James Hickman September 27, 2023

There’s something pleasantly reassuring about mathematics: We shouldn’t have any doubts about the fact that 2 + 2 = 4. Yet over the past few years, we’ve started seeing the most absurd assaults on basic science and mathematics. The most hard-core fanatics now assert, with a straight face, that it’s racist to say

The benefits of tax residency in Uruguay in 2024

Andre Bothma September 21, 2023

Uruguay is widely known for its exceptionally frugal former president, José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, a farmer and former revolutionary who was in office from 2010 to 2015. What the country is not known for, however, is its tax incentives. Let’s get into the details below… Caveat Emptor: We are not professional tax advisors and

It will take nearly 7,000 years to achieve Greta Thunberg’s fantasy

James Hickman September 20, 2023

In 1958, Leonard E. Read wrote the book I, Pencil. As the book’s title suggests, this is the story about a pencil, told from the pencil’s perspective. The pencil traces his beginnings – from the cedar forests of Northern California and Oregon – to the mill in San Leandro, California, where specialized equipment