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Switzerland: Still a bright beacon of freedom

2nd March 2023 Going Postal 0

Switzerland’s long-standing and well-deserved reputation as one of the last bastions of individual and financial liberty has been recently vindicated and reaffirmed. It was a much-needed boost of confidence for Swiss citizens like myself who [more…]

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Politics

PROOF – The Government is Your Enemy!

24th February 2021 James Dalton 0

Science is the shield of the politician. “We must follow ‘the Science’”. Perhaps it is the Oxbridge Etonian standards in education of UK leadership: the politics, the philosophy and the (Keynesian) economics that allow them [more…]

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The Swiss Legacy In Direct Democracy Is Exceptional

30th July 2019 Going Postal 0

Our readers probably realize by now, what a proud Swiss fellow I am, and how I take every possible opportunity to argue how Switzerland presents itself as a role model to achieve radical decentralization and [more…]

Politics

How They Rule Ya

8th July 2019 James Dalton 0

The only way to ‘Change Politics for Good’, is to acknowledge the magnitude of the problem and understand how easy it is to resolve. There are only two things you need – co-ordination and tens [more…]

America

Separating the Wheat from the Chaff

13th June 2019 James Dalton 0

Had I been the Starship Enterprise on Monday 3rd June 2019, Scotty would have said “…she can nae take n’more Captain!”. As it happens, warp factor 10 was not attained and the engines were switched [more…]

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