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Joel Salatin and Alfie Oakes, America’s Food Kings

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I have been a follower of Joel Salatin for nearly two decades and own all Joel’s indispensable books. I’ve often written about Salatin (see here and here) and his unique perspective of the food industry. He and Alfie Oakes, are America’s food kings. Everyone can learn something from their view of food and agriculture. See how […]

The Destructive Former Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams

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On his Substack blog, The Dossier, Jordan Schachtel raises the alarm over former Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, and his jump “into the Perpetual Pandemic industry.” Schachtel writes: The runaway train disaster that was the original White House Coronavirus Task Force had quite a few utterly comical figures that we’ve reported on extensively in The […]

Biden Reaches Milestone: Fastest Inflation in Forty Years

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After the Carter-era’s high inflation was finally quelled by Paul Volcker, many in America thought the country had seen the last of price increases that fast. Now, inflation has reached speeds not seen since 1981. Gabriel T. Rubin reports for The Wall Street Journal: U.S. consumer inflation accelerated to 9.1% in June, a pace not seen in […]

Hillsdale College: What College Is Meant to Be

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“Hillsdale College doesn’t take any student loans from the federal government, that’s because the government can then come in and tell you what you can and cannot teach.” – Dr. Gary Wolfram, William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Director of Economics, Professor of Political Economy. Listen to Dr. Gary Wolfram’s podcast below. The […]

Ukraine Falling Apart Fast and Expensively

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Jordan Schachtel of The Dossier tells us how the the war in Ukraine may come to an end sooner than expected. He writes (abridged): What was once the Current Thing has become a massive liability. Europe is staring down the potential for a continental “Dark Winter,” and as each month passes, fewer countries aligned with […]

Jon Rappoport Breaking New Ground at 84

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Jon Rappoport of LewRockwell.com tells us how he’s taking on the whole phony culture in which we live. He writes (abridged): At age 84, I’m not running across fields and valleys and hills at top speed anymore. I’m not playing in parks from dawn to dusk with my friends…but I’m writing more than I EVER have. That […]

“Biden’s Descent Was Obvious Six Years Ago”

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On his Substack, Matt Taibbi tells us with censorship soaring and real reporting all but taboo, the major dailies have just one important function left: being a political signaling system. He writes (abridged): On Monday, the New York Times ran a story pegged to a new poll, showing Joe Biden dragging a sub-Trumpish 33% approval rating into the midterms. […]

Alex Berenson “Twitter Banned” for Covid Disclosures

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Did the U.S. government pressure Twitter to ban a former NY Times reporter for his work? Alex Berenson was banned from Twitter for his Covid disclosures, and former congressman and presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul, notes that not long after Berenson’s disclosures got him banned, they were admitted to be true by the CDC Director. […]

Meet Me at Freddy’s June 2022

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Updated July 7th, 2022 We unfortunately didn’t bump into New Zealander Drew Harre or American Juan Sanchez at this summer’s “layover“ at Freddy’s (Left Bank, Rue de Seine, Paris). I first met the business partners for what is now the better part of a decade ago. Neither is French, but they make Freddy’s, along with […]

About Realism and Policy

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I like this write up about Michael F. Duggan and his website, Realism and Policy. Its purpose is to provide a modest outlet to promulgate a perspective of moderate realism: Michael F. Duggan holds a doctorate from Georgetown University with a major in American History, a minor in Modern Europe, and a collateral concentration in Western […]