There is widespread belief that many countries are on an irreversible path to arbitrary governmental power.  No single “can’t-miss save-the-country” magic bullet exists, people might think, to save us from this fate. But fortunately, there is one, and it has a name.  That name is “mechanics.” Our questioning mind, which separates us from all other creatures, led […]

Benjamin Franklin was a prodigious inventor. He created devices to fulfill a need or desire. We find nothing strange about this today, it is a classic description of how the marketplace operates. We forget that in Europe, before and during colonial times, there was an upper class and commoners. The upper class was made of