Sometimes people joke about how little of their own history Americans know, but it’s really bad, folks. It’s worse than you think. Just the other day, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said it was the job of the president and Congress to keep the Supreme Court in check.… Read More
Why They Prefer Not to Discuss What the Fourth Means
This is today’s issue of the Tom Woods Letter, my email newsletter. Subscribe here and get a copy of my eBook AOC Is Wrong as a gift. Today is Independence Day, and I wonder how many people really get why it matters. In school, we were told this:… Read More
Devastating News
Longtime listeners of the Tom Woods Show will surely remember Gret Glyer, creator of the DonorSee app. That app allowed people to help others in need, and then — in the spirit of transparency implied in the app’s name — donors would see the effects… Read More
This Is the Best Economy We’ve Seen in Decades!
That’s what the White House press secretary is insisting we believe. Word is that Joe Biden is frustrated that people aren’t appreciating how strong the economy is. But people are obviously getting crushed in this economy. Gas and food, which are true essentials, are probably… Read More
How to Deal With Haters
I have some advice for those of you who find yourselves faced with haters. Not critics, mind you. Critics are fine. Constructive criticism can be helpful, and many critics are themselves accomplished people. Haters never are. And if you let them, they can suck away… Read More
The Forgotten Ludwig von Mises
Well, it’s “people who say they like Mises are actually misrepresenting him” season again, and opponents of the Libertarian Party’s Mises Caucus (referred to by Ron Paul as “the libertarian wing of the Libertarian Party”) are hurling this one around. Why, don’t we know Mises… Read More
The Tom Woods School of Life
Just over a month ago, I launched — at the urging of legendary business strategist Jay Abraham — the Tom Woods School of Life. It focuses on practical things. Not the nonaggression principle or economics or philosophy, as important as all of those are. It’s… Read More
The Forgotten Abel Upshur
Abel Upshur wrote the very best defense of the compact theory of the Union — i.e., reality — ever written, in the form of A Brief Enquiry into the True Nature and Character of Our Federal Government (click for an online version). In 2006 I wrote the foreword to a new print edition of that work, and I… Read More
How I Intend to Defy the Lizard People
You may have heard that I have a major announcement coming at 9:00am Eastern on February 1. It is the most important announcement (apart from personal ones like the birth of my children, of course) I have ever made. For now I will say only… Read More
9 Falsehoods the Lizard People Ram Down Our Throats
I thought of these in about ten seconds. That means there are way, way more than nine. How many of these can you smash until the pieces are particles of dust? (1) The financial crisis of 2008 was caused by deregulation. (2) “States’ rights” are… Read More
