Here’s the Peter Schiff Show from yesterday, with me as guest host. My first guest, Louis Fisher, is author of the excellent book Presidential War Power ; Gary Taubes is author of Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It .
Bill O’Reilly’s Crackpot Oil Export Ban Refuted
Will Red Meat Kill You?
No, says Denise Minger .
Bartlett: Who Says Violence Never Solved Anything?
Bruce Bartlett, the Austrian-turned-supply-sider-turned-Bush-critic-turned-Obama-voter, who has spent his career on the lookout for the next bandwagon to ride, has an article in the New York Times today calling for higher taxes on “the rich.” Yawn. Here’s his profound moral analysis of the issues involved in further expropriating… Read More
Filling in for Peter Schiff Tomorrow
Tune in to the Peter Schiff Show tomorrow (Wednesday), when I’ll be filling in as host again. The show can be listened to for free during the broadcast (10am-12pm ET) at SchiffRadio.com .
Indiscriminate Killing No Big Deal, Say Radio Listeners
Yesterday my wife was listening to local talk radio, and the subject of that guy who shot up all those women and children in Afghanistan was being discussed. The host was saying what a horrific thing this was. The callers disagreed. Our troops are under… Read More
See You in Philadelphia — Spread the Word!
The Nullify Now! tour is coming to Philadelphia on March 31. I’m a keynote speaker. I hope to see you there. Here are event details on the Nullify Now site , and here’s the Facebook page .
Prize-Winning Essays
Congratulations to the winners of the article prizes awarded at last week’s Austrian Scholars Conference. The O.P. Alford III Prize in Libertarian Scholarship went to Thorsten Polleit and Jonathan Mariano, “ Credit Default Swaps from the Viewpoint of Libertarian Property Rights and Contract Theory ,” and the Lawrence W. Fertig Prize in Austrian Economics to Malavika Nair, “ Money or Money Substitutes? Implications of Selgin’s Small Change Challenge… Read More
Leon Panetta, Propagandist
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was asked last week about whether Obama intended to consult Congress before committing to future military action; Panetta hemmed and hawed about how they would of course inform Congress after the fact of what they had done. Nice answer. It gets… Read More
The Internet Makes Things Happen, If You Use It
This entrepreneur knows it. His ad has had nearly three million views in one week. (Slightly crude here and there — just warning people with kids in the room, so I don’t get angry emails.)
