Jason Jewell, who teaches the Western civilization courses people have been downloading from my Liberty Classroom , will be taking questions from members with me live tonight at 9:30pm ET. As members already know, Jason is a very impressive scholar. What they may not know about is his… Read More
‘Obama Will Pay Your Bills’ Scam Claims Thousands
According to Yahoo News : A multistate identity theft scam that claims President Barack Obama will pay your utility bills appears to have widened. According to MSNBC.com, more than 2,000 customers in Tampa, Fla., fell for the fake offer last week. The scheme was first reported in… Read More
My FreedomFest Schedule
Hope to see some of you folks in Las Vegas this week for FreedomFest . Here’s what I’ll be up to: Thursday, July 12: 10:20am: screening of Nullification documentary , followed by panel discussion Friday, July 13: 12:30pm: Tom Woods luncheon: “How I Went from Neocon to Libertarian” 2:00pm:… Read More
The Police Tape App
There was a time in my life when I thought anyone who was too concerned about the police must be “liberals.” Then I began to wonder why I should single out one category of government employees in whom to have naive confidence. Courtesy of the Tea Party Economist , here’s… Read More
Bill O’Reilly, Constitutional Scholar
From The O’Reilly Factor, email segment for July 5: “Bill, you keep asking what the Republicans have to replace Obamacare. Under the Constitution, there is no role for the Federal government in healthcare.” –Felicia O’Reilly: “That’s not true, Felicia. The opening paragraph of the Constitution… Read More
Good Thing They Nominated Someone ‘Electable’
Conservatives — who will of course vote for Romney anyway, all their feet-stomping notwithstanding — are upset at the Romney campaign, says The Week , and there have been “floodgates of criticism over Team Romney’s inability to move the polls in his favor.”
Walter Williams Calls for Nullification While Hosting Limbaugh
Filling in for Rush Limbaugh the other day, Walter Williams spent quite a bit of time advocating the principle of state nullification of unconstitutional federal laws. I’m told a caller plugged my book Nullification , which Williams has endorsed . The write-up at the Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor, includes this strange passage: “Nullification is… Read More
Is It All Right to Say “Um” or “Uh”?
You are not a failure as a public speaker if you use an occasional “um” or “uh.” But that doesn’t mean people who urge you to avoid them as much as you can are stupid or nit-pickers. Most people with limited experience in public speaking have no… Read More
Potpourri
In this nice little discussion, I talk about our post-Paul future, left-libertarianism, the Atlas Shrugged movie, the Supreme Court, Obamacare, and more.
Pez Dispensers and Presidential Idolatry
The Atlantic has a pretty good article about the presidential Pez dispensers that have recently come onto the market. The article quotes my friend Kevin Gutzman, who gets it pretty much right. Here’s the context: Not everyone in academia is smitten, however. “Although I’m a Madison biographer, I’m… Read More