• Economics

    The Case for Ending Public Welfare Now

    Three reasons why state funded welfare is impossible and private charity is not One: The impossibility of knowledge: In a previous post, Answering an Unanswerable Question, I pointed out that it is impossible for “the [more...]
  • 20th Century

    The not so special relationship

    In February 1944 Winston Churchill first used the term “special relationship”. He was describing the relationship between the USA and the UK. I have long wondered how special this relationship really is. Our initial relationship [more...]
  • Fiction

    Némésis – Ch 10

    A gentle reminder that this is fiction. I don’t make moral judgements on fictional characters, especially those operating in a morally ambiguous setting. If you find it upsetting, read the comments instead, although I know [more...]

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