The June 27, 2019 Democratic presidential debate featured more familiar names, and was much more vicious. We review the winners and losers (in terms of prospects; in terms of ideas they were all losers, obviously), and what’s likely ahead. Sponsor Simple Habit is a meditation… Read More
Archives for June 2019
Justin Raimondo, RIP
The latest issue of the Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people read. Subscribe for free and receive my eBook AOC Is Wrong: The Upside-Down World of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a gift. During the Iraq war, there was one source I consulted multiple times a day: Antiwar.com.I… Read More
Ep. 1437 Lew Rockwell and Tom Review the First Democratic Debate
It’s that time again, folks. The debate analysis episodes I did with Lew back in 2015 and 2016 were among my most downloaded ever. We’re doing it again for the Democratic debates, starting with this episode, covering the debate from June 26. Plenty of inanities… Read More
Ep. 1436 Black Guns Matter, with Maj Toure
Maj Toure, founder of Black Guns Matter, is running for Philadelphia City Council on a pro-gun, libertarian message he says is making inroads with the public. He knows all the arguments inside and out. It’s safe to say the City Council has never encountered anyone… Read More
Ep. 1435 WaPo Gets History Wrong; We Smash, Hard
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne manages to get pretty much every aspect of American economic history wrong as he lectures us on the wickedness of laissez-faire. Peter Klein joins me for the smash. Article Discussed “ We don’t usually put ‘moral’ and ‘economics’ in the same sentence. It’s time we started .,” by E.J. Dionne Jr. Related Article “ Sustainability, Stakeholder Governance, and Corporate Social Responsibility, ”… Read More
Ep. 1434 Taxation Isn’t Theft or Slavery?
That’s what Current Affairs editor Nathan J. Robinson says. How well do his arguments hold up? I scrutinize them in this solo episode. Article Discussed “ Why Taxation is Neither Theft Nor Slavery ,” by Nathan J. Robinson Article Mentioned “ Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections ,” by Roderick T. Long Episodes Mentioned Ep. 1370 The Fake Social Contract Ep. 1347… Read More
Ep. 1433 Was the Ron Paul Campaign Secretly Backed by the Russians?
The chairman of the Libertarian National Committee recently linked to what has to be one of the most preposterous articles I have ever read, alleging Russian involvement in the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign. The Ron Paul Institute, for its part, has been accused of… Read More
Ep. 1432 Finally, a Brilliant Pro-Market Business Ethics Book
Gary Chartier has written an excellent book on business ethics that situates one’s life in the market within an overall framework of human flourishing. He covers a variety of controversial topics with great skill, and in such a way as to be most persuasive to… Read More
Ep. 1431 The Mises Caucus and the Tenth Amendment Center, Teaming Up Against the Bad Guys
Two great Michaels join me today: Michael Boldin, founder and executive director of the Tenth Amendment Center, and Michael Heise, founder of the Mises Caucus of the Libertarian Party. We get updates from both Michaels, I ask them what it’s like to engage in this… Read More
Ep. 1430 Now This Is a Libertarian Historian, Digging Out Unknown Truths
The great Murray Rothbard, known as Mr. Libertarian, was first and foremost an economist, but he brought his characteristic iconoclasm also to the study of history, where he tore through old orthodoxies and regime propaganda to get to the real story of the American past.… Read More
