I am hopelessly behind on email once again, so I’m sitting down to start hacking away at it for a little while. As I do so, I have this video on in the background. Someone caught the entire Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull) show (minus… Read More
Archives for November 2012
Official Left and Right Agree: Shut Up About Nullification and Secession
A writer in the conservative weekly Human Events, founded in 1944, scolds us for talking about nullification and secession, about which he proceeds to repeat every misconception under the sun. In my latest column, I reply. I begin: These days there has been a lot of talk of… Read More
Fun with Forbidden Opinions
In this interview I cover the nonaggression principle, nullification, secession, Ron Paul, the Wild West, and more.
Austrian Economics Petition
Please sign this petition to reinstate Patrick Barron ‘s Austrian economics course at the University of Iowa.
What’s the Best Strategy With a Biased Professor?
This morning I posted a ridiculous assignment given to students in U.S. History to 1877 at the Ammerman Campus of Suffolk Community College in Selden, New York. A student in that class wrote to ask me for help, so I posted his situation and invited comments. I… Read More
Professor Propaganda
A reader writes: I have just been assigned a paper for American History at my college in which I must: “1. Explain how checks and balances (Federal and State) provided for in the Constitution limit the government’s ability to respond to the impending climate crisis.… Read More
The Woods Family Secret to Moist, Delicious Turkey
We all want moist turkey, but we rarely get it. Some people even think turkey is naturally dry, and is inedible without gravy. You have had poorly prepared turkey, my friends. Here is how my wife makes the most moist, delicious turkey I have ever had, and she… Read More
Live Q&A Tonight
Blogging is light right now because I’m facing a Friday deadline on a difficult project. I noted in the comments that I’m also recuperating from a procedure I had done on Monday (nothing to worry about) that involved general anesthesia and pain medication, and I… Read More
DiLorenzo on the New Lincoln Movie
Tom DiLorenzo, author of The Real Lincoln and Lincoln Unmasked , will be speaking in Orlando this Saturday afternoon on the Hollywood Lincoln vs. the real thing. The event will be live-streamed for people who can’t be in attendance, and archived for later viewing as well. For details, click here… Read More