An article was written recently that, as an economist who has dedicated practically all of his professional life to economics, finance, truth, and reality, I cannot let go unanswered. I found the article to be misleading and sadly was believed by many who consumed it. Of further concern, however, was the comments section that displayed a woefully inadequate understanding of economics among an unacceptably high percentage of ROK's readership. And so to address the original article, as well as give ROK readers a basic, overarching (harsh truth) lesson in economics, I present this response. However, understand this is not a sleight Read More

The mainstream media is infested with far left sycophants who care not about truth and justice but pushing their delusional narrative upon us all. Here are 15 individuals who used the massive hoax of the UVA gang rape as an opportunity to spread their mytical “rape culture” views. Dena Takruri – Presenter and producer for Al Jazeera Ben Adler – Journalist for Grist Taylor Dobbs – Reporter for Vermont Public Radio Nicole Beemsterboer – Senior producer at NPR Paul Glader – Contributor to Forbes, Business Week, and the New Yorker Kaelyn Forde – Reporter for Al Jazeera America Mark Moford – Columnist for SF Chronicle Jena Friedman – Read More

I attribute cold showers to many of my successes in life. The uncomfortable act of forcing your body to withstand the freezing cold temperature of the water gushing out of your shower as the faucet is turned as far to the ‘cold' side as possible is not only invigorating, but also provides many health and well-being benefits for men. A few years ago the only time I'd experienced the uncomfortable feeling of a cold shower was when our hot water system was not functioning, however today it is a habit I perform daily. After you finish reading this post I challenge you Read More

The Hunt is a Twilight Zone episode from 1963. It is about an old man named Hyder Simpson and his old hound dog, Rip. The episode opens up with Hyder Simpson returning home to his wife, Rachel. They live in the uncharted wilds of 18th century America. He comes in for dinner, with his wife having made some sort of stew for them to eat. Hyder brings Rip in the house with him. Rachel clearly has a level of rueful disdain for the old hound. She tolerates him letting Rip sit beside them at at the supper table. As Rachel feeds some stew Read More

There weren't many positive attributes of the Soviet Union—in fact, just about the only one was their science program. Although most of it was inspired by military needs, there were quite a bit of spillover discoveries. The sprawling state machinery, although inefficient to run a nation, was able to allocate stupid amounts of time, money, and resources to backwater projects that would never get a green light in the west. Back in the 50s the Soviets tried to tame and develop wolves into domestic animals they could use in the military. The wolf has a bite far stronger than any domestic Read More