Tuesday The enthusiasm with which our parliaments and their myriad departments produce regulations implies a belief that when a sufficient number have been enacted we will have a social and economic perfection. I am reminded of the saying ‘the road to hell is paved with good intentions.’ Yet they cannot cease their destructive impulses, for were they to do so, then it … [Read more...]
Migrants, Passports, Chaos and Gold
Tuesday Until WW1 (1914 - 1918 ), there were no passports. People could go wherever they wanted. All that they had to do was pack their bags and head off. History records no instances (that I could find) of Anglos or Europeans protesting the mass arrival of migrants. Apart from military invasions (and the Jewish people expelled from here, there and everywhere), there … [Read more...]