Attention Span: Our National Education Crisis, Part Two
Read Part One Here II. Attention Span and Freedom Of course, attention span by itself is not enough to guarantee education or freedom, but a person lacking attention span must either develop it or he will not become educated, and a nation without attention span must either gain it or lose its freedoms. If I […]
Does Anybody Understand This Stuff?: Part 7, Radical Economics – A Thumbnail Sketch of 4,000 Years of Economics
Read Part One Here Read Part Two Here Read Part Three Here Read Part Four Here Read Part Five Here Read Part Six Here Read Part Eight Here Key Economic Points The beginning of the 20th century saw an explosion of violent and radical application of various economic principles. First let’s lay out a couple of economic […]
My Experience at the Utah State Legislature: Week One, Initiatives
My first week at the Legislature was enlightening and eventful. Mind you, I am not a novice to the process (at least on paper) and I have been teaching law making, Roberts Rules, participating and running nearly a 100 simulations, etc. for years, but I have never actually been in the trenches day after day, so […]
Does Anybody Understand This Stuff?: Part 6, Classical Liberal Economics – A Thumbnail Sketch of 4,000 Years of Economics
Read Part One Here Read Part Two Here Read Part Three Here Read Part Four Here Read Part Five Here Political Economy Before we move on to classical liberal economics, I want to touch on the term “political economy.” Sourcing Wikipedia, originally, political economy meant the study of the conditions under which production or consumption within limited […]
Does Anybody Understand This Stuff?: Part 5, Mercantilism and The Physiocrats – A Thumbnail Sketch of 4,000 Years of Economics
Read Part One Here Read Part Two Here Read Part Three Here Read Part Four Here Read Part Six Here Mercantilism and the Physiocrats (1500-1800AD) Mercantilism A later development of the feudal system, mercantile economics’ primary goal was to develop national and oligarchical wealth through policies that favored minimal imports and maximum exports. This system […]
Does Anybody Understand This Stuff?: Part 4, Medieval Economics – A Thumbnail Sketch of 4,000 Years of Economics
Read Part One Here Read Part Two Here Read Part Three Here Read Part Five Here Medieval Economics (500-1200 A.D.) Medieval European economics are generally divided into 4 parts: Early Medieval Economics The Influence of Aquinas Late Medieval Economics The Influence of Bodin Early Medieval Economics There are five major expressions of Early Medieval economics: […]
The Reality of Truth
Do you want to know the truth of things? Or are you happy with the prevailing status quo? Do you want to know the truth of things, even if it goes against the status quo or proves you wrong? This can be a real dilemma of conscience —to be unafraid to discover that we have […]
National Defense Authorization Act: Is This The Line In The Sand?
Posse Comitatus… Due Process… Habeas Corpus… What do these all have in common? Suspension and death, if the National Defense Authorization Act is not vetoed by the President of the United States. U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-01) said it this way, “Today, I voted against H.R. 1540, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 because I firmly […]
Attention Span: Our National Education Crisis, Part One
Click Here For Part Two I have a number of different topics to cover over the next couple of months. I will post most of these in the form of series. Sometimes, as these series can be multi-parts (as many as ten), I will introduce a new series before a given series is completed. […]
Does Anybody Understand This Stuff?: Part 3, Greek and Roman Economics – A Thumbnail Sketch of 4,000 Years of Economics
Read Part One Here Read Part Two Here Read Part Four Here Greek and Roman Economics (700B.C.-400A.D.) Although modern economics are generally discussed from four polarizing positions; Radical, Keynesian, Neo-Liberal, and Austrian (all of which we will cover later), virtually all aspects of our modern discussion of economics were first articulated by the Greeks, including […]