We all welcome disagreement and discussion on matters of great importance, but I was surprised at the level of hostility among some people to my post about why you are not “consenting to the system” by voting.  I did not say voting would solve all our problems,…
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You’re going to be shocked to hear this, I know, but the president says he doesn’t need congressional authorization for the mission in Libya, since it is “limited.” Of course, he is wrong, as he is on everything.  See my piece “The Phony Case for Presidential War Powers.” Watch for Mark Levin, my…
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I made an argument the other day that voting, while obviously not morally obligatory, can be morally acceptable under some circumstances.  Not everyone agreed.  Christine Smith, who ran for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for president in 2008, takes me to task in this video.  (“Absurd” and “stupid” are…
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A reader writes, in the comments section of this post : Here’s the best way to understand Art. 1, Sec. 8, the “general welfare clause” and its abuses. Imagine that the parents of a 17 year old boy go out of town for a week, and they…
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A guy named Paul O’Rourke wrote a nasty blog post today claiming that Ron Paul doesn’t know what he’s talking about when it comes to the Constitution.  I always find it funny when conventional left-liberals like O’Rourke single out Ron Paul of all people for criticism, when (here…
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I know a lot of people who, rightly appalled at the immoral political system we live under, conclude that it would be morally wrong to vote, or at least that they themselves will not do so, because they would thereby be consenting to the system. …
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I spend six minutes outlining some key principles that should inform our thinking.

What they really mean, of course, is that Ron Paul defies political categories and takes positions outside the continuum from Hillary Clinton to Mitt Romney, and people whose minds have been formed in the ideological prison camps we call public schools cannot abide unapproved opinions. …
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Last weekend I spoke on my new book Rollback at an annual dinner held by the Gallatin Republicans in Montana.  Present were Montana’s one U.S. congressman, five gubernatorial candidates, an attorney general candidate, and other figures of influence within the party.  There is a considerable Ron…
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I used to support the War on Drugs before I knew any better.