This Saturday I’ll be speaking at a conference at Purdue University that deals with the financial crisis, paying particular attention to the Fed’s role in the whole mess. Admission is free. Hope to see you there!
The Secret Ingredient: Seasonal, Local Food
Over at the LRC blog , Karen de Coster has an interesting post about “ Ingredients ,” a documentary on local food production as opposed to the industrial food model. As someone who lives in Topeka, where finding a non-franchise restaurant — how many times can you people… Read More
See You at the Live Q&A Tonight!
I’ll be taking your questions live in a video chat tonight at 9:30pm ET. You don’t need a camera or even a question. Just a computer. These are always a blast, and the 30 minutes just fly by. Tonight is a Q&A marathon with candidates for office… Read More
An Idea Whose Time Has Come…
Can someone help me find where in Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic speech he says, “An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government”? I appreciate the assistance!
Weren’t We Rich and Awesome When Taxes Were Higher?
This has been circulating around the Internet: In the 1950s and 1960s when the top tax rate was 70-92%, we laid the interstate system, built the Internet, put a man on the moon, defeated Communism, our education system was the envy of the world, our… Read More
How Does a Libertarian Survive College or Grad School?
Answer: by doing good work. A student writes: I am writing this because you are one of the people I look up to the most who exist in the public sphere. I am currently a history student at [a southern university] and I am looking… Read More
Wouldn’t It Be Nice?
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a real command of U.S. history, and be informed on topics like these? Colonial Background Virginia and the Cavaliers Puritan Society Puritans and Indians The Southern Colonies and the Celts The Middle Colonies and the Quakers The French as… Read More
The Tom Woods App: Now With 20% More Awesomeness
The Tom Woods App for Android and iPhone/iPad now includes the blog feed from Liberty Classroom , my brand new site. Thanks to Subvertive , the app’s heroic developer.
LibertyFest III Is Coming!
In October, but the cool people are saving dough by getting their tickets now. That’s just how great this event is. See you in NYC!
Good Episode of the Peter Schiff Show
I was very pleased with the program I guest hosted on Tuesday of this week. My guests were Jeff Tucker, author of It’s a Jetsons’ World and Bourbon for Breakfast and Bill Kauffman, whose books include Ain’t My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle American Anti-Imperialism and Bye Bye, Miss American Empire: Neighborhood Patriots, Backcountry Rebels, and Their Underdog Crusades to Redraw America’s Political Map .