America
Crossing the Atlantic, Departure
Over the years I have read many books regarding the Battle of the Atlantic and the role of the U-boat. This was largely due to a guy I once worked with suggesting I read a [more…]
Blog
Conservatives
Tory Bad Boys – Part 01 Ernest Marples
I have chosen to start this with a piece on Ernest Marples. I remember him as Minister for Transport opening the first motorway section of the M1 in 1959 when I was 8, technically it [more…]
Economics
What Is Inflation?
“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.”–Milton Friedman “Inflation” is an increase in the money supply. Higher overall prices are the result of an increase in the money supply. To say that higher prices [more…]
Communism
Hans-Hermann Hoppe: “The State is the greatest parasite in history”
I have long admired Hans-Hermann Hoppe and closely followed his work for over a decade, as in my view, his is one of the most uncompromising, intellectually courageous and rigorous voices in the Austrian tradition. [more…]
Communism
Questionable Ethics, Philosophical Guidelines, and the Art of Profiting from Instability (Part 2)
To trace every milestone in the storied career of George Soros would be a Sisyphean task, yet certain pivotal moments demand illumination — moments that forged the path to his vast fortune, a wealth that, [more…]
18th Century
John Walker: The Man Who Gave the World a Light
In 1826 a Stockton chemist scraped a dirty stirring stick across a rough hearth and invented the friction match. He sold fire by the tin for a shilling, refused to patent the idea and told [more…]
Elections
A bandwagon minus its wheels
The wheels are coming off the Bodybags bandwagon already; they may actually be off already and if not, probably will be by the time this gets published. In a mere couple of weeks our Andeh [more…]
Fiction
Némésis, Ch 1 – Prologue
In this work of fiction I have used the term The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) rather than the more familiar Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The term Daesh (al-Dawlah [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Forty
Monday Good morning, my happy readers. It’s the start of another week of madness in Westminster and lots of tales from your ageing cat reporter. It was a little chilly overnight. I woke up in [more…]