The Hamilton musical — which Kevin Gutzman tells me is very good — is making Alexander Hamilton cool. Actually, though, Hamilton has always been a hero of mainstream left and right. That’s usually how you can identify a scoundrel: if both Newt Gingrich and Nancy… Read More
That Moment I Figured Out the SOBs Were Lying to Me
I’ll bet a lot of people reading this had a libertarian aha moment. For instance, I know a guy who worked at a record store (remember those?) who used to feel oddly guilty about his job, because he couldn’t shake the idea that the store… Read More
How I Smacked Down the Know-It-Alls at Yale
You’re looking at a guy who just got an audience at Yale — Yale! — to vote in favor of the right of state secession, by a margin of 2 to 1. Yes, I had some supporters in the audience. But an organizer said that… Read More
What Happened to Me at Yale Last Night
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Be one of them . Well, I wasn’t assaulted or shouted down. Last night I spoke at the Yale Political Union in defense of a resolution supporting the secession of American states. I’ve never been part of… Read More
The Story I Should Not Have Told in Public (Not April Fool’s)
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Be one of them . I dread April Fool’s Day. Nothing but annoying and unfunny stuff all over my Facebook feed. How many times were we told Ron Paul was running for president again? Sorry to be… Read More
Thousandth Episode Ideas
Have any ideas for what I might do for episode 1,000 of the Tom Woods Show, which is coming up later this year? Please share them here, and thank you.
So Your Friends Think You’re a Terrible Person Because You’re a Libertarian
The intolerable left-liberal columnist Mike Royko once said, “It’s much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it’s easier to give someone a finger than a helping hand.” In my secret Facebook group (accessible to the show’s supporting listeners ), people are taking turns… Read More
Carnage Everywhere: Retail Stores, Newspapers, Universities
You may have seen the headlines: Payless is about to announce bankruptcy, and (to no one’s surprise) Sears is doubtful it can continue. Meanwhile, I just read this first-person account, which doesn’t strike me as out of the ordinary: I have friends who work in… Read More
Victim of SJW Attack Refuses to Apologize for Remark, Has Last Laugh
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Be one of them . The thought controllers came after him, and he had the last laugh. Colin Moriarty spent 14 years in the video game industry, and he was part of Kinda Funny, a popular YouTube… Read More
Is Harvard Calling Me “Fake News”?
Today’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Be one of them . How about this: Harvard University has released a guide to so-called fake news. That guide links to a lengthy list of offending websites, which includes TomWoods.com. Now granted, next to my entry… Read More
