Lew Rockwell
Posts by Lew Rockwell:
So the Economy Now Depends on Stocks Which Depend on Front-Running the Fed–And This Is Fine?
Is an economy based on the wealth effect generated by front-running the front-runners really that stable? So the entire economy depends on the stock market going up as punters front-run the Fed–and this is not only fine, it’s optimal, the best arrangement the world has ever seen. On which ethereal plane is this considered sane, much […]
Cicero’s Summum Bonum and the Greatest Commandment
Philosophy, ideally, brings our rational inquiry to a proper level of cultivation that allows us to accept the revelation in the Gospels. Praeparatio evangelica is a doctrine of the early Church, which maintains that God, prior to the fullness of revelation in His Son, already cultivated the soil, as it were, for the Incarnation, by developing a […]
The UK Is Getting Dangerously Close to Full-Scale War With Russia
Fresh reports confirm that a theory proposed last month is being put into practice: the British state, even more than United States neocons, wants to escalate to full-scale war with Russia and seems to be achieving its aim. This is something the entire world should be deeply concerned about. In a September 18 video analysis, The Duran reported that British […]
The Politics of Like
I can’t help thinking about my old days spent at that great bar, the Bombay Bicycle Club in San Antonio, TX. In particular, I had in mind a couple of the regular characters I met there. Bernie, The Jewish Cowboy Boots Salesman; while I believe he was, somewhat surprisingly from Texas, he had a New […]
What Does ChatGPT Know About Money?
Given the contentious topic of money and its influence on the world, I decided to see what ChatGPT “knows” about it. I was surprised by the breadth of its responses, as well as its information on free market positions, especially those of the Austrian school. Though my prompts (queries) were exactly as I present them […]
A Wilderness of Mirrors: The Hegemon’s Last War
Andrei Martyanov has carved for himself a unique, haloed place when it comes to deep critical thinking of all matters of war and peace. Andrei Martyanov has carved for himself a unique, haloed place when it comes to deep critical thinking of all matters of war and peace. In his previous books, in his blog Reminiscence […]
The US Empire Does Not Seek Peace; Its Existence Depends on Endless War
On Tuesday the dementia-addled meat puppet who is still officially the President of the United States told the UN that he is working to bring a “greater measure of peace and stability to the middle east,” even as the US government pumps weapons into Israel so that it can continue its bloody massacres in Lebanon and Gaza. […]