In the early twentieth century, some 1.5 million Armenians perished in the Armenian genocide, at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. This blood-curdling episode in world history largely vanished from public awareness for much of the twentieth century, and is still unknown by most people. We… Read More
Archives for April 2017
The Lunatics of By Any Means Necessary
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Be one of them . I just got done watching a video put together by an Internet personality known as Sargon of Akkad. It goes into the background of the major people behind the violent left-wing organization… Read More
Ep. 898 As Brexit Begins, a Reminder: It’s Not About Protectionism
Toby Baxendale, an entrepreneur in the UK, comes back to the show, this time to explain that the media has created a false impression about the meaning of Brexit. The Leave campaign was run by libertarians, he says, not protectionists, but the latter have more… Read More
The Obvious Way I Explode My Website Traffic
As you know, I’ve helped a lot of people get that first burst of traffic after creating their blog or website. Lack of traffic is what dooms so much online activity, from blogging to eCommerce. There are lots of ways to generate traffic. One that people often overlook, I think… Read More
Ep. 897 Cato VP Attacks Ron Paul; I Share War Stories I Have Kept Secret
Cato Institute Vice President for Research Brink Lindsey launched an attack on Ron Paul and Murray Rothbard days ago, and it needs to be answered. Even more fun are my stories about my own treatment at the hands of these delightful people. Here’s an episode… Read More
Ep. 896 Thaddeus Russell Launches Renegade University, the Opposite of Our Crummy Universities
Thaddeus Russell was raised in Berkeley, California, by parents he describes as professional Marxist revolutionaries. His experiences with the academic establishment at Barnard College (the women’s college at Columbia University) have become legendary. He’s hard to pigeonhole ideologically, which makes him a compelling guest. We… Read More
Ep. 895 Ron Paulian State Legislator: How He Won, What He’s Done, What He Saw at Two GOP Conventions, and More
Eric Brakey is a 28-year-old state senator from Maine. We discuss how Eric got elected against a longtime incumbent, what he’s accomplished in the legislature, and his campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2018. Not to mention some stories from the past two GOP conventions.… Read More
Cato VP: Ron Paul Represented a “Hideous Corruption of Libertarian Ideas”
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Be one of them . “Ron Paul’s xenophobia was a hideous corruption of libertarian ideas.” What kind of person says something so detached from reality? Why, Brink Lindsey, Vice President of research at the Cato Institute. (Before… Read More
Ep. 894 Revisiting Libertarians for Trump, as the First Hundred Days Come to a Close
During the presidential election season, the prolific libertarian scholar Walter Block headed up an organization called Libertarians for Trump. At the time, financial analyst and libertarian blogger Robert Wenzel debated him on the subject on this very show. Today, with the end of President Donald… Read More
Can We Learn From the O’Reilly Fiasco?
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Be one of them . I have no idea whether Bill O’Reilly is guilty or innocent of the charges against him. Either way, his fall — given that he topped the cable news programs for over 15… Read More
