Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser warns that scaling back the Fed’s balance sheet without causing further damage to the economy could be difficult: “If it doesn’t go smoothly, we may do more damage to the economy in terms of instability, or a rise in unemployment. I think those concerns are… Read More
Archives for January 2013
Duchess of Cambridge Has Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, has a rare illness of pregnancy called hyperemesis gravidarum. In our household, we hope the silver lining of her struggle is that research is done into the causes and alleviation of this awful thing. My wife has had it repeatedly. Here’s what happens to you .
Where Are Those Woods Resource Pages?
Sometimes I refer people in one of my YouTube videos to a special resource page I created to accompany the video and which contains resources for further study. Ever since, people have asked me to create a resource page for the resource pages. I did… Read More
The Nation: It Violates the Constitution Not to Vote for Sandy Relief
The Nation’s John Nichols pretends the general welfare clause was a positive grant of power. If you don’t vote to provide hurricane relief, you are violating this clause of the Constitution. Here I explain what the clause actually means .
Feds Don’t Have to Provide Legal Rationale for Targeted-Killing Program
The federal government is not required to provide the legal rationale behind its targeted killings of American citizens with drones, according to a district court opinion. From Wired.com : U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon of New York, ruling in lawsuits brought by the American Civil… Read More
Iowa GOP Remains in Paulian Hands; Old Guard Tries to Starve It of Cash
Congratulations to A.J. Spiker, Ron Paul’s former Iowa Co-Chairman, on being re-elected State Chairman for the Republican Party of Iowa. Congratulations, too, to David Fischer, also Ron Paul’s former Iowa Co-Chairman, on being elected Republican State Party Co-Chairman. I know both A.J. and David and… Read More
I Just Paid People Thousands of Dollars for Helping Me
At the beginning of the month we make our referral payments over at LibertyClassroom.com : $30 every time someone subscribes to our site via your referral link. The program works just like Amazon’s. You don’t need to be a member of the site to participate in the… Read More
The 10 Most (and Least) Stressful Careers of 2013
According to CareerCast.com , the most stressful are: 10. Police officer 9. Taxi driver 8. Newspaper reporter 7. Photojournalist 6. Senior corporate executive 5. Public relations manager 4. Commercial airline pilot 3. Firefighter 2. Military general 1. Enlisted military personnel The least stressful are: 10. Drill press operator… Read More
The Central Committee Has Handed Down Its Denunciation
Julie Borowski, who goes by Token Libertarian Girl on YouTube, makes some good videos and is a smart libertarian. The other day, though, she ran afoul of the Libertarian Thought Police, Humorless P.C. Automaton division. Julie made a video exploring why the libertarian movement attracts so few women.… Read More
What Advice Would You Give?
I receive inquiries like this a lot. I won’t take up much of your time, but I’m hoping to get a bit of advice from you. I am a long-time political activist, blogger, and former staffer for Ron Paul who is looking to continue to… Read More