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Protecting a Societal Cancer with a Web of Lies

16th December 2025 Patrick Barron 0

There is a deadly cancer that is eating away at Western society—Welfare. It is supported by a web of lies that are so pervasive that no one dare question them. Two of the most ingrained [more…]

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The Welfare State Prolongs Recessions

22nd February 2024 Patrick Barron 0

Many economic pundits predict that the US and much of the world either is in a recession or about to enter one, depending upon one’s definition of the term “recession”. This brief essay is not [more…]

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The Economic Chasm Confronting Us – A Layman’s Assessment

18th January 2021 Emile Woolf 0

The huge economic harm caused by Covid-19 is seen and experienced clearly and directly on a daily basis. Less obvious is the damage wrought in every welfare-driven democracy whose government finds itself in the dual-role [more…]

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We Are Presented With A Unique Opportunity

9th September 2019 Emile Woolf 0

There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a [more…]

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Family, Community, Identity

4th April 2018 Æthelberht 0

My Mum was born on 7th May 1945. My Nan (quite the socialite) used to complain that on the day of the biggest party ever she was stuck in a hospital with a new born [more…]

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