Sometimes truth is spoken just a little more candidly that is acceptable for broader social discourse. I’m very curious what public reaction will come from Pope Francis’s comments about the election of the U.S. president. Pope Francis says U.S. voters will have to choose “the lesser evil” in the coming presidential election, criticizing both candidates […]

And why does the answer illustrate the fallaciousness of the whole climate change movement? I’ll give you the weekend to comment on it before I pontificate. Mongolia fetes Vladmir Putin in violation of the ICC criminal warrant (which Mongolia is a party to). Russia Invades Ukraine China rams Philipine fishing boats in South China Sea. […]

I could only stomach the first hour; maybe more of you could hang until the end. Here are my thoughts for your comment and critique.  Even if Mr. Trump fixed some of this in the end, the reality is that many people only pay attention early—this was a missed opportunity. Trump clearly lost the debate. […]

Far too often, against the advice of my better angels, I stumble over to the Reddit forums and engage in my daily ritual of scrolling, squinting, and savoring all the wonders from the front page of the Internet. Reddit is at once a marvelous creation—bringing together multitudes of diverse communities over shared topics—and simultaneously the […]

Every one of these would deny it, yet it really is undeniable. Socialism is about the government owning the means of production and directing its use to the ends of the state rather than the ends of consumers. What our political class wants is not exactly that; I should have more accurately called it fascism, […]

Over at the far left Salon, Joe Tauke suggests Ms. Harris should focus on anything but the economy. In Tauke’s argument, despite all the evidence of a superior economy under Biden/Harris, voters simply don’t believe it: Yet when it comes to economic matters, all the momentum in the world apparently means nothing. Last month, the […]

Is over on National Review, you should check it out. I predict that no more than three of these questions (or the issues they represent) will be asked, and will not be pressed hard when the prevaricating begins. But the best one is this: Were any of Trump’s tariffs mistaken? Follow-up: Then why hasn’t your […]

The #1 issue this election is still “it’s the economy stupid.” And as we’ve noted since before the inflation really got going, this is one of the issues that can override the rationale ignorance of most voters. Neither spin, nor media deflection saying “you’re wrong, the economy is really great” is going to be effective. […]

I’m taking a break on political economy for a post today, since as I tell my students, you can have more impact on your communities if you are a small business owner than you can as a U.S. Congressman or Congresswoman. The reality is still that solutions to our world’s true problems are invariably micro, […]

Readers of BATG will of course recognize the name Milton Friedman and may also be familiar with the name John Bogle as well.  Friedman (1912-2006) was an American economist who spent most of his academic career at the University of Chicago.  He was a strong proponent of monetarism and was awarded the Nobel Prize in […]