Economics
Fiat Money and Socialism
For some time now I have been mulling over the possible causes of what seems to be an increase in the desire for socialism among the young. For someone of my generation (an early post [more…]
Soviet Union
20th Century
Tyler Gatewood Kent
Those of you who have defied all tradition and read my ramblings about The Right Club may just remember the name Tyler Kent. He was the cipher clerk at the US Embassy who was passing [more…]
20th Century
Bollocks to Krauts! Malka and Shlomo in the Secret Shtetl
“Malka and Shlomo in the Secret Shtetl” was inspired by a story which circulated within dissidents circles when I was a student in Moscow in the early 1980s: several villages in Siberia were so remote [more…]
Authoritarianism
How I learned to despise the left and fear the bomb
It was during an English lesson during the late 1970s – English lessons were never about spelling, grammar, creative writing, etymology, poetry or literature, always, always politics – when a short term supply teacher told [more…]
Communism
The New Politics: Globalism Vs. Nationalism
The Old Politics There is a shift in politics. This has been apparent for some time now. Politics used to be run along the lines of Left against Right. This evolved from the French Revolution [more…]