Start at 2:49 if I can’t persuade you to watch the whole thing. This is Rick Wakeman.
Congratulations to Steve Bierfeldt
On being named the new executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa . I can testify from personal experience that Steve is super-competent, smart, principled, and in general just a class act. Any organization not seeking to keep Steve at all costs should have its collective head examined.
What I’ve Been Reading
In a live Q&A chat the other day, someone asked what I was reading. This was my answer: Philipp Bagus, The Tragedy of the Euro Detlev Schlichter, Paper Money Collapse Ludwig von Mises, Marxism Unmasked
The 30-Day Reading Challenge
Robert Wenzel of EconomicPolicyJournal.com devised a 30-day reading list , consisting of one article a day, intended to give people a basic familiarity with and competence in the libertarian tradition. Steve Cronin, in turn, plans to do a video series based on the list, to benefit both himself and… Read More
The Sweatshop Issue
Five minutes of contrary opinion on sweatshops.
Webster Tarpley Causes Bob Murphy Physical Pain
Webster Tarpley is often recommended to me as an insightful observer. I’m afraid I don’t see it. Tarpley thinks George W. Bush was a free-marketeer, that Wall Street favors free and open competition (are bailouts an example of this, then?), that national health care is… Read More
Parody of My Video
I did a video earlier this year called “A Dozen Things Non-Ron Paul Voters Are Basically Saying,” based on this blog post of mine . Here it is: Someone has done an animated parody of this video, complete with the same backdrop from my own video:
My Schedule at FreedomFest
I’ll be at FreedomFest in Las Vegas for a third time this year. I have three events scheduled: Thursday, July 12, 10:20am: Panel following screening of Nullification: The Rightful Remedy (I wrote a book on this subject) Friday, July 13, 12:30pm: Woods luncheon (the luncheons require an additional fee) Friday, July… Read More
What I’d Tell the Whole Country
If I had just over half an hour with them. Here I am speaking last weekend at the convention of the Texas Libertarian Party. The last 15ish minutes are advice, and gentle criticism, for some libertarians.
Devotion to Mitt
Dan McCarthy, editor of The American Conservative , writes: Not only do people not hug Mitt and tell him his philosophy changed their life , but when The American Conservative‘s intern asked a Mitt sign-waver at CPAC what his favorite Mitt policy was, the Mitt supporter was speechless. Finally all he could manage was, “Are you a member… Read More
