Robert Anton Wilson

Anyone in the United States today who isn’t paranoid must be crazy.
Robert Anton Wilson, The Illuminati Papers (1980).

Popular Posts (refresh for more)

Greener Pastures
SharingThere is climate change going on. And some of it …
Snowden Won?
Sharing“The phone records program” that Edward Snowden risked life, limb …
The Law of Unintended Trump Support
SharingLast week, when President Donald Trump abandoned his previous policy …
The Rank Reality of Math
SharingU.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R‑Maine) doesn’t like Ranked Choice Voting. Last …
They Aren’t Lying Now?
Sharing“You lie!” When U.S. Representative Joe Wilson (R‑SC) shouted this …

Today in Freedom

On September 6, 1843, Yves Guyot was born.

A journalist, economist, and political activist, he once endured a six-month prison term for his campaign against the prefecture of police. He served as minister of public works under the premiership of P.E. Tirard in 1889, retaining his portfolio in the cabinet of Charles de Freycinet until 1892. A free-trade liberal, he lost his seat in the election of 1893 owing to his militant attitude against socialism. His many books included The Principles of Social Economy (1892), The Tyranny of Socialism (1894), The Comedy of Protection (1906), Socialistic Fallacies (1910), and Where and Why Public Ownership Has Failed (1914). He served as editor of Journal des Économistes, following the Belgian economist Gustave de Molinari. Guyot died on February 22, 1928.

Illustration is a detail from a caricature by artist André Gill (1840 – 1885).