Are your progressive friends correct to say the US Constitution is not a limited government document after all? Bill Watkins joins me to discuss both the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation, and what the light of history can tell us about each. About the… Read More
Archives for November 2016
Ep. 786 Why the Electoral College Is Great, and No One Should Even Think About Abolishing It
Ever since the election of Donald Trump, the electoral college has been in the left’s crosshairs. Why, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote! She should be the winner! Kevin Gutzman, Brion McClanahan, and I discuss what’s so dreadfully wrong with this conventional way of thinking.… Read More
Ep. 785 Trump: His Election and His Direction, with Lew Rockwell
Lew Rockwell returns to the show to discuss the election of Trump, the left’s reaction, early indications of where he might go, and dangers to watch out for. About the Guest Lew Rockwell is publisher of LewRockwell.com , and founder and chairman of the Mises Institute . Free… Read More
Ep. 784 The Road to Serfdom — What Kids and Adults Can Learn from It
Connor Boyack, creator of the Tuttle Twins children’s books series, has just today released the latest title in the series, based on F.A. Hayek’s classic book The Road to Serfdom. We discuss themes from that book — themes most adults could stand to hear, and… Read More
Translating Leftism into English: San Francisco “Racism” Lesson Plan Edition
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Be one of them . With the effectiveness of their thought-control mission breaking down all around them, leftists are going hysterical. Last week the San Francisco teachers’ union, the United Educators of San Francisco, released a “lesson plan”… Read More
Ep. 783 Did Crazy Financial Instruments Bring Down the Economy?
The conventional wisdom holds that mortgage-backed securities, credit-default swaps, and the like were responsible for the fragility, uncertainty, and ultimate collapse of 2008. Is that true? Professor Ed Stringham offers a revisionist account. About the Guest Ed Stringham is the Davis Professor for Economic Organizations… Read More
Ep. 782 Another Professor Refuses to Surrender to the Campus Snowflakes
Professor Anthony Esolen, author of many books and acclaimed translator of Dante’s Divine Comedy, unexpectedly ran afoul of the campus thought police in recent weeks. He suggested in print that the kind of superficial, bean-counting “diversity” with which academia is so obsessed threatens to undermine… Read More
Three Dumb Media Claims, Smashed
Just when I thought the SJWs couldn’t be more obnoxious, the past five days came along. So much crap, so little time. (1) There’s a wave of “hate crimes” sweeping the country! No. No, there isn’t. This is entirely made up, just like the “ Trump mocked a disabled reporter… Read More
The Man Trump Most Needs to Speak To
Rumor has it that Donald Trump is considering a major bankster for Secretary of the Treasury. If that ends up being the case, then Trump sure went to a lot of trouble to wind up not changing anything. On this weekend’s episode of Contra Krugman,… Read More
Trying to Reason With the Left? Have Fun
I see people telling the left these days, “See, this is why you should support limited government!” Friends, I appreciate your zeal. But it is misplaced. Ever since the French Revolution, the birth of the left as we know it, the left — yes, yes,… Read More
