Germane to my discussion with Steve Deace today is Ron Paul’s excellent speech at the Values Voters Summit this year. It’s obvious he is a genuine person speaking from the heart, not from focus group prompts.
New Tax to Fund Improvement in Christmas Trees’ Image
The Department of Agriculture has announced a new federal tax on Christmas trees that will find the spread of information that will “enhance the image of Christmas trees and the Christmas tree industry in the United States.” It’s about time. How much longer were we going to let… Read More
Newt, Favorite of ‘Conservatives’: Put FDR on Rushmore
Newt Gingrich, who has been rising in the polls, is another candidate perfectly suited for what the average GOP voter appears to want: an Establishment candidate offering insignificant changes. I wrote a little about the real Newt several days ago. Now he says he’d choose Franklin Roosevelt for Mt. Rushmore. That’s… Read More
New IAEA Report on Iran a ‘Colossal Non-Event’
Say Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett . A sample: But the report—arguably the most anticipated document of its kind since the NPT was first advanced in 1968—does not in any way demonstrate that Iran is “developing a nuclear weapon”. Rather, it once again affirms, as the IAEA has for decades,… Read More
Doug Casey on Government and the Financial Crisis
Here’s the full interview with the great Doug Casey from which we’ll draw for the forthcoming documentary based on Meltdown , my 2009 New York Times bestseller on the financial crisis.
Finally, a Conservative Who Isn’t Naive on Foreign Policy
Andrew Bacevich, in his new book Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War , takes apart the saccharine platitudes of the bipartisan foreign-policy consensus, ideas one is considered “crazy” or a “kook” for challenging, and finds that it is these platitudes themselves that are crazy, ahistorical, without foundation, etc. Bacevich, a contributing… Read More
Live Woods Q&A Tonight
I’ll be doing a live Q&A session for 30 minutes tonight at 9:00pm ET over at PatriotPolls.com . See you there!
Best Case Against War with Iran?
What’s the best article you’ve read against war with Iran? I’m collecting the best links on the subject and would welcome your contribution.
A Christian Case for Ron Paul
Iowa radio host Steve Deace, who is widely listened to by Christian voters in that state and who is now syndicated in several other states, has asked me to come on his program this Wednesday for about half an hour, around 4:15pm Central, to make… Read More
Woods v. Block
In response to this chess post from today, someone asked about my game with Walter Block at the Mises University program this year. I don’t have a bird’s-eye shot of the people watching, but there were lots of spectators. Here are a couple photos from that game, which… Read More