Golfer Phil Mickelson is unhappy with the tax situation in California and the U.S.: I’m not sure what exactly, you know, I’m going to do yet. I’ll probably talk about it more in depth next week. I’m not going to jump the gun, but there are going… Read More
Archives for January 2013
I Am Too Reasonable to Read What My Opponents Are Saying
The other day I posted a reply to a thread discussing secession at the blog of Catholic writer Mark Shea. I noted that the reflexive assumptions made by people in the comments, and perhaps by Shea himself, sounded more like an unthinking regurgitation of mainstream political thought —… Read More
Great New Podcast
Stephan Kinsella, a really sharp guy — and he knows a lot more than just intellectual property, though that’s a central Kinsellan issue — is starting Kinsella on Liberty . Check it out. And incidentally, the last piece in the puzzle for my own podcast is a website,… Read More
Obama Supporters: You Expect Me to Make Sacrifices Against Climate Change?
Tom Elliott, producer of the Peter Schiff Show , went to the National Mall to interview Obama supporters at the inauguration. He wanted to know how they felt about green energy and climate change initiatives. All for them, of course. But what were they themselves doing, with their… Read More
Teacher Preaches War on Iran; Student Dissents
Here’s a video from a 12th-grade class. The teacher, somewhere in Pennsylvania, is a propagandist. At 3:50 a student says, “I think we should be noninterventionist.” (Thanks to Travis Holte.)
Markets Work: Free Credit Report Edition
Robert writes: I never really paid much attention to my credit score until buying my first house. I noticed it was very difficult to get access to your report and always required payment of a fee. The government has passed a law requiring credit scores… Read More
Major Human Rights Violation Rectified
In Denmark, the government now requires men’s and women’s haircuts to be the same price .
Al Roker Explains His Excited Yells to Obama and Biden
The other day while hosting the Peter Schiff Show I played clips of various news reporters trying desperately to get the President’s attention at the inaugural parade: just a nod or a handshake sent some of them into fits of ecstasy. Pretty cultish, if you ask me (which,… Read More
What One Person Can Do
What made me think of this post is this item in the New Mexico Telegram , which points out that a new nullification bill recently introduced into the New Mexico House is practically identical to a model bill available at the Tenth Amendment Center . In 2006, the Tenth Amendment Center was one person —… Read More
Anti-Ron Paul Club for Growth Caves on Debt Ceiling
No wonder they can’t stand Ron. The Club for Growth will not make the debt ceiling vote one of the “Key Votes” on its congressional scorecard, thereby giving congressional Republicans a free pass. “The Club for Growth will not oppose tomorrow’s vote on the debt ceiling,” said Club… Read More