Posting these for the heck of it. A slightly heavier Tom Woods visits Van Wie Natural Foods in 2004. Here I am with Richard Van Wie. Now it’s just me and the beef.
Archives for January 2011
Big Media: Beware Meanie Tom Woods
The media unloaded on nullification and on me the other day, naturally trying to portray me as a sinister figure with bad intentions. Following a ludicrous summary of my career and views, the AP called me simply a “Kansas-based author,” not thinking it relevant, I… Read More
Events Coming Soon
My site has just been given a face lift, and the last thing to be done is my Events page. For now, I’ll just remind people that I’m speaking tonight at the University of Wisconsin, Madison . The rest of the events will be back up soon.
Nullification, the Media, and Idaho
Don’t Listen to Jefferson
I don’t know who Paul Zummo is, but I know he wrote this . It’s the usual arguments against nullification, as if no replies to them existed. He tries to claim, first, that James Madison, in the Virginia Resolutions of 1798, wasn’t calling for nullification; he was… Read More
Murphy Replies to Krugman
A preview of the Great Debate ? See Bob’s fantastic piece .
Vatican Bank Chief Recommends Austrian Economics
Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, the head of the Vatican’s bank, has denounced the Keynesian economic policies that are wreaking havoc on the Western world, and recommends the book Where Keynes Went Wrong by Austrian School economist Hunter Lewis. Doesn’t he know it’s heresy to believe in the time preference theory of interest… Read More
People Who Deserve to Be Better Known
Given the nitwits we must endure on our TV networks and in the rest of the media, it’s doubly outrageous when genuinely talented and smart people do not receive the recognition and exposure they deserve. And say what you will about left-liberals and neoconservatives, but… Read More
And the Dumbest Guy in the World Is…
…Ian Millhiser of the hilariously misnamed ThinkProgress, who says, “The Constitution expressly states that Acts of Congress ‘shall be the supreme law of the land…anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding,’ so our founding document specifically denies the states… Read More
See You at CPAC
I’ll be speaking at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) again this year, this time about my book Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse , which will be released on February 7. My talk takes place at 2pm on Thursday, February 10, and I’ll be signing books at 4:30pm. From 6:30-8:00pm I’ll… Read More