The latest issue of the Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people read. Subscribe for free and receive my eBook Think for Yourself: Professors Who Resisted the Mob Tell Their Stories as a gift. You’ve heard me speak of what I call the 3 x 5 card of allowable… Read More
Archives for January 2019
Ep. 1332 Should Libertarians Support Secession?
Historian Brion McClanahan joins me to discuss an article on secession, particularly on the nineteenth-century southern secession, that makes the rounds every once in a while in fashionable libertarian circles. Libertarians can’t support secession across the board, the author says, because some seceding states intend… Read More
Ep. 1331 Do We Need the State for the Sake of the Vulnerable?
In one of my Twitter exchanges I came across a fellow who thought the vulnerable would be worse off under libertarianism since they’d be less likely to have access to education, etc. Since a lot of people think this way, I thought I’d address issues… Read More
Jordan Peterson Thinks This May Be the Worst Sentence Ever Written
The latest issue of the Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people read. Subscribe for free and receive my eBook Think for Yourself: Professors Who Resisted the Mob Tell Their Stories as a gift. Over on Twitter, Jordan Peterson (guest on Tom Woods Show episodes #773 and #800) recently… Read More
Without the State, the Kids Would Be Stupid
The latest issue of the Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people read. Subscribe for free and receive my eBook The Deregulation Bogeyman as a gift. Good old Twitter. Whenever I’m unsure what to write about, a fellow like this comes along: Let’s start at the beginning.“Many kids would… Read More
Ep. 1330 The State Retards Progress and Peace
Richard Cobden, the nineteenth-century pro-trade, noninterventionist member of Parliament, once said, “The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace and the spread of commerce and the diffusion of education than upon the labor of Cabinets or Foreign Offices.” I take this one… Read More
Ep. 1329 Lawyers Against the State
Today I talk to Ethan Blevins with the Pacific Legal Foundation, which does pro bono work for people wronged by the state. Crazy laws and regulations in left-wing Seattle keep these folks pretty busy, but they take on cases all over that part of the… Read More
The New Group You’re Supposed to Hate and Lie About
The latest issue of the Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people read. Subscribe for free and receive my eBook The Deregulation Bogeyman as a gift. This dumpster fire has been circulating on social media: Ah, where to begin. First: if you spend even three seconds a day thinking… Read More
Ep. 1328 Are the Media the Enemies of the People?
Some libertarians shrink from this kind of language, but I don’t see how it can be doubted, especially now. In this episode I discuss not just the Covington high school students, but also the media’s general pro-regime bias. Related Articles “The Truth About the Covington Catholic Students at the March for Life” “Covington Update: Native American Man “Doesn’t Know” if He Agrees With Black Racists, Invents Stories on CNN” “No Hard Feelings; the Media Just Want to Destroy You” Free Resources! 1) Free guide on… Read More
No Hard Feelings; the Media Just Want to Destroy You
The latest issue of the Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people read. Subscribe for free and receive my eBook Think for Yourself: Professors Who Resisted the Mob Tell Their Stories as a gift. I know a lot of people are tired of hearing about the Covington high school… Read More
