Dave Smith, the libertarian comedian whose comedy special Libertas spent three weeks as the #1 comedy album on iTunes last year, joins me to discuss his wonderful CNN gig, where he gets away with telling truths you’d be hard-pressed to find on any network. Plus:… Read More
Archives for April 2018
Ep. 1135 Domestic Consequences of U.S. Militarism
Libertarians often point out that war has consequences at home as well. The co-author of a new book on precisely this subject joins me to fill in the details. About the Guest Christopher Coyne is the and F. A. Harper Professor of Economics at George… Read More
“Say What You Will About Hitler, But…”
Until recently, the left-wing inflationist Ellen Brown used the example of Hitler’s Germany to show that Greenbacker economics really works. She was taken to task for this. She told Gary North: First, since you’ve made so much of my Hitler example and I’ve taken so… Read More
I Gave This Washington Post Reporter an Earful
Blast from the past: One of my favorite speeches ever was the one I gave in Houston, on secession, during the last presidential campaign. The Mises Institute hosted a one-day event on secession. Ron Paul and I were among the speakers. The Washington Post sent… Read More
Conservatives Still Support Intervention in the Middle East? Still?
[Today’s issue of the Tom Woods Letter — which you can subscribe to for free when you download my free eBook Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Guns.] Well, Woods’s Law is on full display these days: No matter whom you vote for, you always… Read More
Ep. 1134 Princeton Professor Hits Back at Campus Censors
Keith Whittington, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University, joins me to talk trigger warnings, safe spaces, campus censorship and intimidation, and the purpose of a university. I ask him some tough devil’s-advocate questions, but he sticks to his guns. Well worth… Read More
Ep. 1133 The State Keeps Messing With Your Car (But the Car Companies Can Be Annoying, Too)
Whether you’re a car enthusiast or not, you have to love Eric Peters: insanely knowledgeable and thoroughly libertarian. We have a lot to discuss today: nanny-ish new cars, the consequences of federal regulation, the “mobile driver’s license” and the privacy issues involved, the Jeep we’re… Read More
Ep. 1132 Conservatives Who Yield Everything to the Other Side, Example #43,366
Historian Kevin Gutzman joins me to take on a recent article by a conventional conservative in favor of “originalism” in constitutional interpretation. Fair enough, but as with most conservative discussions of the Constitution, it comes down on the centralist, Marshallian side of the key issues… Read More
Ep. 1131 DEBATE EPISODE: Trump’s Tariffs, Pro and Con
With tariffs in the news and stirring up debate, I thought a Tom Woods Show debate on the subject would be enlightening for everyone. Dan McCarthy, editor of the venerable conservative journal Modern Age and editor-at-large of The American Conservative, and Gene Epstein, formerly of Barron’s, square off in… Read More
BONUS Ep. 1130 How to Work Smart, Not Hard: Pitfalls to Avoid, and Strategies to Follow, for the Aspiring Entrepreneur
There are only two people in the world for whom I’ve ever offered a testimonial: Ben Settle and my guest today, Michael Cheney. Michael has been producing products and dominating affiliate leaderboards since at least the year 2000. He creates promotions that don’t bore you… Read More
