Sovereign Man

Veronica Perez was skeptical when city workers found her under the Los Angeles highway overpass she called home. They presented her with an opportunity to move into a private room—a converted hotel room, part of a state initiative where some units were renovated at costs approaching $400,000 each. Before long,... Read more

Billionaire Peter Thiel has one. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has one. Actress Kirsten Dunst has one. Singer Ricky Martin has one. Frankly the list of American celebrities, billionaires, and famous business moguls who have second passports is incredibly lengthy… and those are just the ones that we know about.... Read more

It’s barely six months into the US government’s ‘fiscal year’ (which started on October 1, 2023) and the federal budget deficit is already $1.1 trillion. This number is utterly astonishing. Of course, anyone paying attention to the rapidly dwindling US financial condition knows that the national debt is now hovering... Read more

When the barbarian king Rugila died in the year 434 AD, Roman Emperor Theodosius II likely rejoiced that his mortal enemy was no more. Rugila (and his father Uldin) had been invading and terrorizing Roman territory for decades; but the Empire was so weak at that point that Theodosius was... Read more

There’s no limit to how much Inspired Idiots around the world hate oil companies. It seems like almost every day there’s a story about protestors who superglue themselves to the pavement in order to block traffic. Or deface an art museum. Or interrupt a public sporting event. Recently they even... Read more

[Note from James: The first thing I did this morning when I saw the US government’s latest inflation numbers was to call my friend and partner Peter Schiff to enjoy a good rant about how the Fed has completely lost the war with inflation. Peter’s thoughts are below, and I... Read more

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase, did not open his annual shareholder letter with rosy language about the state of the world, or even enthusiasm about his bank’s record profits. Instead, he describes “yet another year of significant challenges” including the war in Ukraine, war in the Middle... Read more

Did you hear about the newest vehicle safety feature that Congress wants to mandate? It’s not some AI sensor system, or even a newfangled airbag. Nope. In the minds of literally several hundred lawmakers (from both parties!) the most essential safety feature that should be in your vehicle is… AM... Read more

Did you hear about the new streamlined tourist visa to Saudi Arabia? I’m sure you’re standing in line for it already. No? Me neither. I was actually stationed in Saudi Arabia for a while when I was in the Army… and, the most unique ‘tourist’ attraction, at least for non-Muslims,... Read more

You probably heard the news: the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized new vehicle emissions regulations that essentially force Americans into buying electric vehicles. The actual published regulation is 1,181 pages long… because, that’s what the US economy needs– a thousand more pages added to the 200,000+ existing pages in... Read more

Rejoice, America, the federal government is FINALLY going to step in and fix the biggest problem of our time. Naturally I’m not talking about the border. Or inflation. Or the national debt. Or America’s waning geopolitical power. Or the looming insolvency of Social Security. Or rising crime. Or the broken... Read more

On June 5, 1947, US Secretary of State George Marshall gave the commencement speech at Harvard University. This was just two years after the end of World War II, and in this speech, he first proposed giving $12 billion (approximately $170 billion in 2024 dollars) in economic assistance to help... Read more