In their book Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery, Robert W. Fogel and Stanley L. Engermen analyzed various elements of the slave economy including the role of slave traders from New England in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the profitability of slave labor, and material conditions on Southern plantations including the health, diet, […]
In a decision June 20 in Bruno v. Mills, R.I. Superior Court Judge Richard Licht affirmed a verdict in favor of plaintiff, whose 15-year-old son Nathan committed suicide as a result of an investigation at school. The investigation started with the son’s prank calls to a teacher (Mr. Moniz) and then led into an attempt […]
The government argues that restoring state control protects Mexicoâs r Read More Article from Mises Institute
The losers in all this unseemly business are the European public. They are being screwed by U.S.-led militarism and European elites who are pimping their civilian economies. Mark Rutte, the civilian figurehead chief of the NATO alliance, sparked viral headlines and memes this week after he referred to U.S. President Donald Trump as âdaddyâ. Even […]
This summer, Hollywood is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its sum Read More Article from Mises Institute
It is generally believed that American voters elected Donald Trump president at least in part due to their embracing his lies that he was a peacemaker who would not involve the United States in the pointless wars that have proliferated since 9/11. Trumpâs predecessor the hapless Genocide Joe Biden had entangled the US deep in […]
My new article, The Supreme Court, Education, and the KKK in the 1920s, is about to be published in Western Legal History. The abstract is below, you can download the article here. Meyer v. Nebraska and Pierce v. Society of Sisters present historians with a puzzle. The Court had refused previous opportunities to initiate a […]
From Doe v. Buckley, filed last week in Contra Costa County (California) Superior Court: Plaintiff and Defendant were close friends in high school and the beginning of college, but had a fallout in July of 2023. During their friendship, they frequently exchanged video and text messages through âĤ Snapchat âĤ. In December of 2021, during […]
As June comes to an end, so does the pagan festival of debauchery known as âPride Month.â  It has become an annual annoyance to find troupes of dancing gay men â usually semi-naked and engaging in various forms of erotic foreplay â overtaking public streets as the first warm days of summer return.  It would be nice […]
One of the final cases the U.S. Supreme Court decided at the end of its term last week was Mahmoud v. Taylor, in which a majority recognized the right of parents to opt out of lessons contrary to families’ religious beliefs. In some circles, the decision is being portrayed as a setback for the treatment of […]