5 Important Stories We’re Paying Attention To
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man Last week we started a new feature in Notes from the Field– a Friday roll-up of bizarre, often overlooked stories that my…
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How 1984 Turned Into an Instruction Manual
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man “Sometimes [two and two are four], Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of…
Mexico is Starting to Look Like Venezuela
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man Mexico is in the midst of a crisis again. And no, it doesn’t have anything to do with the border…
This Banking Scandal is Awful … Even for Wells Fargo
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man I guess none of this should surprise me anymore. Our old friends at Wells Fargo are involved in yet another…
How The Government Uses Its Giant Facial Recognition Database
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man In July 1996, flight TWA 800 exploded in mid-air, 12 minutes after taking off from JFK International Airport in New…
These International Borders Have Become “No Rights Zones”
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man On June 15, 1215, King John sat in a field in Runnymede, England, surrounded by angry nobles. His Barons—the big…
IRS to Revoke 362,000 Passports From US Citizens
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man About two and a half years ago, I told you about a particularly nasty piece of legislation that President Obama quietly…
Guess Which Bank Just Froze My Funds Over a Simple Transfer
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man Sourced from The Daily Bell What I’m about to tell you is a true story that highlights just how pathetic…