Pat Buchanan asks , “What exactly have we gained from 30 years of interventions in the Middle East — that China lost out on by staying out?”
Archives for June 2012
I Get Letters, Part 552
Lew Rockwell is running my blog post from the other day. That means a lot more people are seeing it, including the end-the-Fed-so-government-can-print-the-money-directly, or Greenbacker, crowd. One person wrote to deny that Mises addressed the topic of interest, at least in his magnum opus. I explained… Read More
We Austrians Are Shills for the Bankers, Says Critic
So I’m minding my own business on Twitter — where you can follow me @ThomasEWoods , by the way — and some guy starts suggesting that the Austrian School economists are just shills and apologists for the bankers. I restrained myself from asking which Austrian books… Read More
Run!
(Thanks to the Bastiat Institute .)
Kasparov-Topalov, 1999
Some consider this one of the greatest games of all time. I’m not expert enough to say. But thanks to Ivan Jankovic, the only person who beat me in the Mises Institute’s chess tournament last year (I still went on to win, though!), for sending… Read More
War of 1812 Quiz
The War of 1812 began 200 years ago this week. Can you pass this BBC News quiz ? (Thanks to Chris S.)
The Problem of the Libertarian Moocher
One of the scourges of our time. Ask any event organizer, and you’ll hear stories.
The Myth of ‘Executive Privilege’
Historian Kevin Gutzman discusses “executive privilege.” A few snippets: The Executive Branch was intended by the Constitution’s authors and ratifiers to be precisely that – the executor of policies made by Congress, not a competing power center empowered to thwart Congress’s attempts to gain information. If the Executive… Read More
Ron Paul’s Task: Build Up the Remnant
My latest column . I talked about this in Oklahoma:
Help Me, and Earn Some Dough
You know how Amazon has an affiliate program, and whenever people order products via your link, you earn money? Like someone buys a $10 book and you get 70 cents? I’ve just launched a similar program for my LibertyClassroom.com . Except I give you $30 every… Read More