Continental Telegraph

If This Doesn’t Scare The Hell Out Of You Then Nothing Will

Tim Worstall - January 21, 20217

Ms. Ursula Von Der Layen is making a pitch for the European Union to be the censor of social media. No, really, she is: Echoing...

Culture

Getting The Future Wrong

Dr. Madsen Pirie - January 21, 20214

When the first DeLorean rolled off the production line on January 21st, 1981, it looked gorgeous. With its gull-wing doors and brushed stainless steel...

philosophy

Dr. Madsen Pirie: When Others Interpret Our Inner Selves

Dr. Madsen Pirie - January 19, 202112

There is a very insightful and thought-provoking piece by Kit Wilson in CapX, making the point that “These days the worst left-wing ideas come...

Science

Sociologist Can’t Do Sociology

Tim Worstall - January 19, 20215

The list of things that sociologists are capable of doing is not long. But we would, sorta, maybe, hope that they'd be able to...

Aviation

Dr. Madsen Pirie: Airbus A380 – Not A Happy Birthday

Dr. Madsen Pirie - January 18, 20217

The first prototype of the Airbus A380 was revealed to the world at Toulouse 16 years ago on January 18th, 2005. It was a...

Healthcare

Lord Sumption’s Right Of Course, Even If Impolitic

Tim Worstall - January 18, 20219

The thing is, so is the cancer ridden biddy arguing with him right. It's just that they're both right in different logical realms: A former...

Politics

What Were the Chinese Thinking, Part 2?

Tim Worstall - January 18, 20218

From Esteban: Last April I wrote piece for CT wondering why the Chinese government lied about the Kung Flu, greatly increasing the damage to the...

Civil Liberty

Are We Going To Be On Flight 93, or Flight 77?

Alex Noble - January 17, 20211

On the day two aircraft were flown into the World Trade Centre, two other aircraft were also hijacked – Flight 93 was headed for...

Economy

Hasn’t Anyone Told Bryce Covert This Yet?

Tim Worstall - January 17, 20219

That the people who write Salon, or Vox, might not be all and entirely up to date with reality isn't that much of a...

Civil Liberty

Dr. Madsen Pirie: The Lesson of Prohibition

Dr. Madsen Pirie - January 17, 202110

The past can only teach us lessons if we are ready to learn from it. 101 years ago, on January 17th 1920, the Volstead...

BBC

Dr. Madsen Pirie: How The BBC Went Astray

Dr. Madsen Pirie - January 16, 202117

The BBC’s reputation as an impartial public service broadcaster has been undermined by what seems to many outsiders to be an internal culture of...

Business

People Who Don’t Understand Business

Tim Worstall - January 15, 20215

From our Swindon Correspondent: From the FT Yet there will be nerves at the top of government about how a shake-up of employment rights will be received...

Brexit

That EU Aid Hasn’t Arrived Yet

Tim Worstall - January 15, 20211

One of the things we've seen this past year is the inefficiency - the sheer unfitness for duty - of the European Union economic...

Finance

Doesn’t This Just Kill The CEOs Are Overpaid Argument

Tim Worstall - January 13, 202118

There are those who insist that CEOs are overpaid. What shareholders do with their own money is not, of course, something to be determined...

Europe

The Northern Ireland Running Out Of Food Story

Tim Worstall - January 13, 2021 8

OK, bits of paperwork, sand in the gears of trade: Bosses of the UK's largest supermarkets have warned "urgent intervention" is needed by the Government...

Economy

To Explain Why Quantitative Easing Will Be Reversed

Tim Worstall - January 12, 2021 11

The short answer is because inflation. The longer answer is because maybe inflation. Just so we're clear on that. As to why, it's all...

Politics

Larry Flynt Springs To Mind

Tim Worstall - January 11, 2021 18

From our Swindon Correspondent: From CNET Online commerce and payment services have stopped the flow of money to Trump-related accounts in light of Wednesday's insurrection at the...

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