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
Want Ron Paul to Win the Iowa Caucuses?
Of course you do. Then spend less time arguing with people online and voting in online polls, and spend more time doing these eminently practical things . It shouldn’t even be a contest, of course — a man who (unlike the others) predicted the housing collapse at the start… Read More
Further Defense of Corporations
I haven’t had a chance to read this paper by Walter Block and J.H. Huebert in defense of the corporate form, but I present it to readers who may be interested. Last time I posted on this topic I had an angry, uncomprehending critic going on about corporations that don’t pay wages high enough to satisfy him,… Read More
