Archive for August, 2008

Sarah Palin, paleocon?

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Sarah Palin? Outside Alaska, we do not know much about her as yet. Internet rumor (which this blog now irresponsibly repeats) has it that she might actually be a paleoconservative disciple of The Economic Nationalist’s hero Pat Buchanan. (more…)

The Democratic party in Denver

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

The Democratic party on display in Denver is a shambles and a disgrace, a tattered shadow of the once great party of Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy. Look at it. What has it to offer normal Americans except mere opposition to the Republicans? (more…)

Democratic narcissism at the convention

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

I am listening to live audio of the Democratic convention. What a party of narcissists, peddling little but phony despair. (Rush Limbaugh ought to have fun with this audio tomorrow.) —HJH—

Joe Biden, a solid choice

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Well, well. The fun months are upon us. Here come the conventions, Labor Day and the real general election campaign.

Have you been reading the general reaction in the Republican-leaning press to Joe Biden’s presumptive Democratic vice-presidential nomination? Wow. If you find the reaction overheated, then I think as you do.

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Debate at Cafe Hayek

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

For the past year it has seemed that The Economic Nationalist were more interested in immigration than economics. Undoubtedly the blog must soon return to an immigration focus, but for the moment it does seem to be on an economic roll.

Yours truly has become enmeshed in a nice little debate with the smart but lovably misguided free-trade crowd over at Cafe Hayek. If you ever cared to see if the writer could bear up the honorable banner of economic nationalism under sustained libertarian fire, click and read. You can be the judge.

Howard

Shield #1: the price mechanism

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Here is the first article in a planned short series on basic concepts of economic theory, introduced here. (more…)