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April 21, 2026 Original Analysis

Impulse Control Fixes This

Regardless of your system of values, there is one meta-vice that is responsible for a massive share of your discontent with the world as you know it. This is not a vice that has characterized every age, but the last hundred years or so in the western world can be characterized as an increasing growth […]

March 24, 2026 Original Analysis

Eisenhower and the Threat of Military Overreach

In a timeless and ominously prophetic speech, Eisenhower left the nation after his eight years in office with a warning that no one at the time understood the significance of. Although Eisenhower had been at the very heart of America’s military might during World War II, he believed that what he and other American Americans […]

January 24, 2026 Original Analysis

Greenland and the Federal Urge for More

As if the Federal government is able to fully control all the land, people, and resources currently in its control, Trump has begun to aggressively demand US ownership of Greenland. Advocates of the plan justify it by claiming that the US needs Greenland for defense against China. The plan has fractured relationships with dozens of […]

October 24, 2025 Original Analysis

The Three Doomsday Horsemen of Public Education

Before this article begins, it must be remembered that American public education has allowed many children to receive great educations. Teachers who deeply care about their students are able to open their eyes to the vast expanse of the world and the knowledge in it, along with empowering them to live more successful lives as […]

July 1, 2021 Peter's Podcast

Peter Schiff: Government-Protected Monopolies Are the Ones to Fear

Earlier this week, a federal court threw out an antitrust case against Facebook. The lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission, along with 48 state governors, sought to force Facebook to divest itself of WhatsApp and Instagram, but the court said the FTC failed to prove that Facebook holds monopoly power. In his podcast, Peter […]