by Richard W. Rahn | Jul 9, 2019
“The hell with it! There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do. It’s all part of the same thing. And some of the things folks do is nice, and some ain’t nice, but that’s as far as any man got a right to say.” — John Steinbeck “Grapes of...
by Richard W. Rahn | Jul 2, 2019
If the world as we know it is going to end in 12 years, should you pay your college loans back? When we were small children, before we had learned the laws of physics and economics, we thought everything was possible. Fantasyland could be real, so we thought. Twenty...
by Richard W. Rahn | Jun 25, 2019
Most people plod through life, having an impact on their family and friends, but not much on the rest of humanity. Rulers and despots can impact most everyone’s life, as can those who are responsible for great scientific or engineering breakthroughs. Some musicians...
by Richard W. Rahn | Jun 18, 2019
Mankind’s penchant for hoaxes goes back at least as far as recorded history. Some hoaxes are harmless and funny, but others do great damage, including causing massive loss of life. Among the harmless and funny was the “Naked Came the Stranger” hoax. Back in 1969, a...
by Richard W. Rahn | Jun 11, 2019
Never underestimate fear of financial loss as a motivator. Last week in this column, I argued that the threat to place tariffs on Mexican goods was a bad idea because there are less risky and destructive ways to deal with the immigration problem on the U.S. southern...