Elon Musk Isn’t a Threat to Society’s Health. All Billionaires Are

Elon Musk Isn’t a Threat to Society’s Health. All Billionaires Are

The most dangerous thing about Elon Musk buying Twitter outright for $44 billion is the rapidly spreading notion that his controlling an influential social media platform is dangerous. It is, but not for any of the reasons his critics assert. The current furor is dangerously misguided for two reasons. First, it assumes that one billionaire…

Liberals Are Adopting an Old Soviet Tactic: Painting Dissent as Mentally Ill

Liberals Are Adopting an Old Soviet Tactic: Painting Dissent as Mentally Ill

Back in the dark days of the Soviet Union, dissidents risked being locked up – but not, officially at least, on the grounds that they had committed a political crime. In the Soviet regime’s imagination, treason and mental illness were often two sides of the same coin. Here’s a brief description from Wikipedia of the…

Censorship is the Last Gasp of the Liberal Class

Censorship is the Last Gasp of the Liberal Class

On November 8, 2021, Twitter locked my account for a period of one day for responding to corporate media darling and Russiagate fanatic Keith Olbermann’s slanderous reply to journalist Wyatt Reed’s coverage of the Nicaraguan election. The flagged tweet simply restated Olbermann’s question, replacing “whore for a dictator” with “whoring for the American oligarchy.” Twitter…

Pakistan’s Economic Woes Could Worsen if It Does Not Impose the EU’s Liberal World View

Pakistan’s Economic Woes Could Worsen if It Does Not Impose the EU’s Liberal World View

Citing Pakistan’s worsening human rights situation, particularly relating to the safety of minorities, women, and journalists, the European Union has raised concerns and put the country’s preferred trade status in question. Luis Garicano, a Spanish member of the European Parliament, recently visited Pakistan and met with top leaders and members of civil society. On November…