President Joe Biden has transformed America’s southern border into a humanitarian catastrophe and a national security nightmare. This bloody, deadly mess is a clear and present danger to this republic. But this also is a massive fiscal threat. Biden’s obliteration of the border is evaporating federal, state, and local coffers. Precise figures on anything illegal are, by definition, elusive. Nonetheless, the […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-458589839-scaled.jpg16682560Deroy Murdockhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDeroy Murdock2024-01-25 00:32:162024-01-23 12:09:28Millions of Illegal Aliens Are Costing Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions. Biden Couldn’t Care Less.
Recently The Prickly Pear ran an article by Oren Cass called Free Trade’s Origin Myth. Then we ran a rejoinder entitled On Comparative Advantage and International Capital Mobility by Donald Boudreaux, a staunch defender of free trade. As someone quite supportive of free markets, and free trade, we found reading both a bit disturbing. Furthermore, it […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/port.jpg339509Neland Nobelhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-01-25 00:30:542024-01-23 11:23:52Is Free Enterprise At Home More Important Than Free Trade Abroad?
In late December, after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen borrowed $90 billion in just one day, the federal government’s public debt eclipsed $34 trillion for the first time in history. The steady accumulation of public debt has become a mainstay in modern America, seemingly as inevitable as death and taxes. But something strange happened when the […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/rocketprices.jpg339509Jon Miltimorehttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJon Miltimore2024-01-24 00:30:252024-01-22 06:32:12Meet the Economist NPR Interviewed to Explain Why America’s $34 Trillion Debt Is Definitely Not a Problem
Editors Note: We recently ran an article by Oren Cass, questioning the validity of free trade. To balance that view, and provoke thinking, we offer this rejoinder. We will have our own take on this issue forthcoming. Two decades ago, economist Paul Craig Roberts joined forces with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to warn of […]
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The Iranian mullahs must be thrilled at the progress they are making in obtaining nuclear capability. It represents the realization of their millennia-old ambition to turn the world into an Islamic caliphate. The world should be thoroughly alarmed. The West seemingly insists on not paying much attention but observant Muslims, which is most of them, […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1200725692.jpg14142121Thomas C. Pattersonhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas C. Patterson2024-01-21 00:30:192024-01-20 20:17:45Biden Inexplicably Helps Iran To Achieve Nuclear Arms
Pretending it’s not happening will only make the consequences worse The Biden administration’s continuing effort to conceal or lie about the historic rates of immigration into the country is fast becoming a crisis in its own right—a socially-toxic version of The Emperor’s New Clothes. “It’s not unusual,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre casually remarked […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-615741676-scaled.jpg17072560Steven Camarotahttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngSteven Camarota2024-01-19 00:30:132024-01-17 06:56:32Unrestricted Immigration Is a Real Problem
At Harvard University in the late 1930s, the mathematician Stanislaw Ulam used to tease the economist and future Nobel Prize winner Paul Samuelson, “Name me one proposition in all of the social sciences which is both true and non-trivial.” It took Samuelson years but, eventually, an answer occurred to him: the Ricardian theory of comparative […]
Even prior to when Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) began fighting Hamas after their October 7th deadly slaughter of Israeli citizens, some who declined to help Israel focus on just one aspect of the hostilities. France’s President Emmanuel Macron, who falsely believes his shrinking country still has 21st-century relevance, along with arguably the world’s most anti-Semitic organization […]
Gold is the sole international banking asset that is not someone else’s liability. It is not a promise to pay from the US and it can’t be printed out of thin air. And you can hold it in your own vaults, outside of the weaponized international banking system. The world operated on a gold standard for centuries, so it is not unproven as are cryptocurrencies. It can’t get hacked or have accounts frozen. If you have it in possession, the holder controls the asset.
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1061353850_vault.jpg7681280Neland Nobelhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-01-17 00:30:162024-01-17 11:32:48Stealing Russia’s Assets to Pay for the War in Ukraine
Even as the Biden administration screeches about alleged MAGA “white supremacy” and “Islamophobia,” anti-Semitism is sharply on the rise in America. While the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which provided the data, is a radical leftist organization, it is at least one of the few producing statistics on anti-Semitism in America. Furthermore, I don’t need ADL to […]
Millions of Illegal Aliens Are Costing Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions. Biden Couldn’t Care Less.
/in Culture War, Economy, Election Integrity, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, National Debt, National Security/by Deroy MurdockPresident Joe Biden has transformed America’s southern border into a humanitarian catastrophe and a national security nightmare. This bloody, deadly mess is a clear and present danger to this republic. But this also is a massive fiscal threat. Biden’s obliteration of the border is evaporating federal, state, and local coffers. Precise figures on anything illegal are, by definition, elusive. Nonetheless, the […]
Is Free Enterprise At Home More Important Than Free Trade Abroad?
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Neland NobelRecently The Prickly Pear ran an article by Oren Cass called Free Trade’s Origin Myth. Then we ran a rejoinder entitled On Comparative Advantage and International Capital Mobility by Donald Boudreaux, a staunch defender of free trade. As someone quite supportive of free markets, and free trade, we found reading both a bit disturbing. Furthermore, it […]
Meet the Economist NPR Interviewed to Explain Why America’s $34 Trillion Debt Is Definitely Not a Problem
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, National Debt, National Security, Politics/by Jon MiltimoreIn late December, after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen borrowed $90 billion in just one day, the federal government’s public debt eclipsed $34 trillion for the first time in history. The steady accumulation of public debt has become a mainstay in modern America, seemingly as inevitable as death and taxes. But something strange happened when the […]
On Comparative Advantage and International Capital Mobility
/in Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Donald J. BoudreauxEditors Note: We recently ran an article by Oren Cass, questioning the validity of free trade. To balance that view, and provoke thinking, we offer this rejoinder. We will have our own take on this issue forthcoming. Two decades ago, economist Paul Craig Roberts joined forces with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to warn of […]
Biden Inexplicably Helps Iran To Achieve Nuclear Arms
/in Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, National Security, Politics/by Thomas C. PattersonThe Iranian mullahs must be thrilled at the progress they are making in obtaining nuclear capability. It represents the realization of their millennia-old ambition to turn the world into an Islamic caliphate. The world should be thoroughly alarmed. The West seemingly insists on not paying much attention but observant Muslims, which is most of them, […]
Unrestricted Immigration Is a Real Problem
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Election Integrity, Featured, Foreign Policy, Healthcare, Latest News, National Security, Politics/by Steven CamarotaPretending it’s not happening will only make the consequences worse The Biden administration’s continuing effort to conceal or lie about the historic rates of immigration into the country is fast becoming a crisis in its own right—a socially-toxic version of The Emperor’s New Clothes. “It’s not unusual,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre casually remarked […]
Weekend Read: Free Trade’s Origin Myth
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Oren CassAt Harvard University in the late 1930s, the mathematician Stanislaw Ulam used to tease the economist and future Nobel Prize winner Paul Samuelson, “Name me one proposition in all of the social sciences which is both true and non-trivial.” It took Samuelson years but, eventually, an answer occurred to him: the Ricardian theory of comparative […]
Hamas Should Surrender
/in Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyEven prior to when Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) began fighting Hamas after their October 7th deadly slaughter of Israeli citizens, some who declined to help Israel focus on just one aspect of the hostilities. France’s President Emmanuel Macron, who falsely believes his shrinking country still has 21st-century relevance, along with arguably the world’s most anti-Semitic organization […]
Stealing Russia’s Assets to Pay for the War in Ukraine
/in Economy, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Debt, National Security, Personal Finance, Politics/by Neland NobelGold is the sole international banking asset that is not someone else’s liability. It is not a promise to pay from the US and it can’t be printed out of thin air. And you can hold it in your own vaults, outside of the weaponized international banking system. The world operated on a gold standard for centuries, so it is not unproven as are cryptocurrencies. It can’t get hacked or have accounts frozen. If you have it in possession, the holder controls the asset.
Anti-Semitic Incidents Triple as Biden Decries ‘White Supremacy,’ ‘Islamophobia’
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Catherine SalgadoEven as the Biden administration screeches about alleged MAGA “white supremacy” and “Islamophobia,” anti-Semitism is sharply on the rise in America. While the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which provided the data, is a radical leftist organization, it is at least one of the few producing statistics on anti-Semitism in America. Furthermore, I don’t need ADL to […]