I smack down Mother Jones magazine.  (And here’s the resource page the video refers to.)

Please spread the word about this great event I’ll be speaking at this Saturday.  Great speakers, great music, and great camaraderie.  Be sure to get your ticket , and see you there!

I’ve just updated my Learn Austrian Economics resource page.

Peter Schiff has accused the National Inflation Association, which made the “College Conspiracy” documentary I linked to last week, of engaging in a “pump-and-dump” stock scam.  Bob Wenzel’s most recent post on the subject, which contains links to earlier posts and to statements by both sides, has the latest…
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I am beating a dead horse at this point, but thanks to Jeff Gough for pointing out this piece by Roderick Long , professor of philosophy at Auburn University.  Roderick’s anarcho-libertarian credentials are fairly solid, I think, and he here advances — with nods to Lysander Spooner and Herbert…
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We all welcome disagreement and discussion on matters of great importance, but I was surprised at the level of hostility among some people to my post about why you are not “consenting to the system” by voting.  I did not say voting would solve all our problems,…
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You’re going to be shocked to hear this, I know, but the president says he doesn’t need congressional authorization for the mission in Libya, since it is “limited.” Of course, he is wrong, as he is on everything.  See my piece “The Phony Case for Presidential War Powers.” Watch for Mark Levin, my…
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I made an argument the other day that voting, while obviously not morally obligatory, can be morally acceptable under some circumstances.  Not everyone agreed.  Christine Smith, who ran for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for president in 2008, takes me to task in this video.  (“Absurd” and “stupid” are…
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A reader writes, in the comments section of this post : Here’s the best way to understand Art. 1, Sec. 8, the “general welfare clause” and its abuses. Imagine that the parents of a 17 year old boy go out of town for a week, and they…
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