You guys know I’m a bit behind in blogging because of the work I’m doing on the Ron Paul homeschool curriculum, work which will ease up by the end of next month, but better late than never: here’s radio host Steve Deace, to whom I… Read More
Archives for July 2013
Ron Paul Talks About His Ron Paul Channel
Yesterday Ron Paul unveiled his Ron Paul Channel , a project that has been kept under wraps for several months now. When I found out last night that I was going to be hosting the Peter Schiff Show today, I shot him a quick email and was able… Read More
Talking to Ron Paul Tomorrow
Ron Paul will be among my guests when I fill in for Peter tomorrow (Monday) on the Peter Schiff Show . We’ll talk about his just-announced Ron Paul Channel , among other things. The show runs from 10am-12pm ET; listen live (no subscription necessary) at SchiffRadio.com .
An Overlooked Outrage of 2013
Syd Barrett, who helped found Pink Floyd, died on this day in 2006. It is an outrage that this 90-second video, which sets his solo song “Effervescing Elephant” to animation and was made by a fan, has barely 1000 views.
Are They Actually Violating the Third Amendment Now?
That’s the amendment that prevents the quartering of troops in private homes. There’s actually a Third Amendment case pending in Nevada. (It would spoil the fun to note that its success requires the incorporation doctrine.) Police arrested homeowners for refusing to allow their home to be used as… Read More
Iowa Republicans: Libertarians in Party Will Wreck Our Chances
For loot and plunder, maybe. With an open U.S. Senate seat now available in Iowa thanks to the retirement of Democrat Tom Harkin, Republicans there are scrambling to replace him with a business-as-usual, platitude-repeating, treat-us-like-we’re-7 neocon automaton. They are afraid, however, that the Ron Paul folks in charge of… Read More
‘An Evening with Tom Woods’ — What Should I Do?
At this year’s Mises University summer program, the week-long event of the Mises Institute, I have the honor of delivering the opening talk. But I’m also doing my “Evening with Tom Woods” that I’ve been doing for the past few years. Two years ago I… Read More
Hamiltonians Didn’t Celebrate the Fourth
Writes Kevin Gutzman: “In the Founders’ day, the 4th of July was a partisan holiday. It was celebrated in the 1790s and 1800s by Jeffersonian Republicans desirous of showing their devotion to Jeffersonian, rather than Hamiltonian, political philosophy. If you were a Federalist in the 1790s,… Read More
Technology Is ‘Destroying Jobs’
According to a professor at MIT . Check it out, but the implication is that we could create more jobs by ditching computers and automobiles, carrying things on our backs instead of on freight trains, etc. If aliens came to earth and brought us an inexpensive array of goods,… Read More