The comments are pretty wacky on this one.
Guess Which Author We’re Not Supposed to Like Now
I’d be willing to bet that most Americans don’t realize that Walt Disney, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Sinclair Lewis were part of the America First movement. These people are widely admired, so we wouldn’t want to confuse people, you see, by linking them to what… Read More
Another Anti-Capitalist Argument: If You’re Poorer, You’ll Be More Spiritual
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Click here to be one of them , and get my free eBook Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Health Care at the same time. If you’re like me, as a libertarian you find yourself arguing with just about everyone. The mainstream… Read More
Thanks to the Media, 95% of Americans Get This Question Wrong
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Click here to be one of them , and get my free eBook Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Health Care at the same time. Almost nobody likes the term “fake news.” The establishment uses the term to refer to misleading information… Read More
Bernie Just Had His Head Handed to Him
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Click here to be one of them , and get my free eBook Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Health Care at the same time. Bernie Sanders just tweeted: “Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon made about $11,000/hour in compensation last year.… Read More
They Don’t Dare Tell You the Real Meaning of July 4
Independence Day is coming up, and I wonder how many people really get why it matters. In school, we were told this: “No taxation without representation.” Zzzzzzzz. The real principles were more like the following. (1) No legislation without representation. The colonists insisted that they… Read More
Libertarians Urged to Nominate Another Stuffed Shirt
I’m in Boston with the family this week, so I’m dialing back the emails. (For shame, I know!) Anyway, I keep reading respectable people telling me the Libertarian Party needs Bill Weld. Latest example: George Will. Why this is funny: I do not understand the… Read More
“Racism” Accusation Blown Out of Water, Gloriously
[Yesterday’s issue of the Tom Woods Letter — which you can subscribe to for free when you download my free eBook Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Guns .] Sometimes the world runs just the way it should. The classic example: Woody Allen in Annie Hall is standing in line, listening to… Read More
Everyone Should Have the Same Rotten Education, Say Progressives
[Today’s issue of the Tom Woods Letter — which you can subscribe to for free when you download my free eBook Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Guns .] Here’s what you’re missing by not being on Twitter. Someone writes, “Private schools should be banned. The rich shouldn’t be able to buy… Read More
How to Respond to a Crazy Person
This is one for the books, my friends. Let me begin with this: I earned my Ph.D. in history under Alan Brinkley, whose father was the famous newsman David Brinkley (of This Week with David Brinkley fame, and who was a staple of mainstream television… Read More
