This is a long piece, but no longer than strictly necessary. It refutes a few of the most common claims advanced by Greenbackers, opponents of the Fed who believe the solution is to transfer its money-creation monopoly directly to the government. One of Ron Paul’s… Read More
Woods Christmas Tidbits
Around the Woods household at Christmas time, the voice of Perry Como can frequently be heard. It almost wouldn’t be Christmas to me without his voice. Here he is singing “Do You Hear What I Hear,” a song composed as a plea for peace during… Read More
Give the Neocons a Run for Their Money
The heroic Brian Wilson, radio host and program manager at Ohio’s WSPD, was canned from the station last month. The news report says, “Several public officials said they are glad to see him go.” That proves he was good. Check out his exciting new media project , where you will… Read More
Man of the Decade
My friend Anthony Gregory and I sometimes argue about whether the Left or the Right is closer to libertarianism or more likely to be sympathetic. I say the Right without the slightest hesitation, partly because that’s where I myself come from and partly because I… Read More
There Are No Social Security “Cuts”
Just slight cuts in the rate of growth in Social Security spending. And even those amount to about $2 per month for most recipients.
The Problems with Antitrust
Your anti-market friends are not going to listen to this lecture by Dom Armentano, author of Antitrust and Monopoly: Anatomy of a Policy Failure and professor emeritus at the University of Hartford. That’s not what it’s there for. It’s for you to listen to — while you’re cleaning your house or doing other… Read More
Piers Morgan Reduced to Name Calling in Gun Control Debate
In case you haven’t seen this yet, here’s CNN’s Piers Morgan interviewing my friend Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America. Morgan behaves like a child, using the words “stupid” and “idiot” to refer to his guest, and Pratt keeps his cool. Morgan is totally… Read More
An Honorable Handful Oppose Iran Resolution
These Iran resolutions are straight out of Orwell. We have to keep an eye on aggressive activities by Iran in the Western hemisphere. Right. H.R. 3783 Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012 States that it is U.S. policy to use a comprehensive… Read More
Another Episode in the War on Drugs
This female police officer, looking for drugs, sticks her hands down the pants of two female motorists. There was a time when I thought anyone questioning the police must be some kind of pinko commie. The police and the military were two classes of government… Read More
Grover Norquist: OK to Support Boehner’s Plan B
It wouldn’t violate a congressman’s no-new-taxes pledge, Americans for Tax Reform says .