CNN edited the remarks of the sister of Slyville Smith, whose shooting by a black policeman led a mob of protesters to start burning down various properties in their neighborhood. She’s calling for peace, they said. Except for the part where she urges protesters to… Read More
Out of Episodes? Here’s What to Do
What do you do when you’re out of Tom Woods Show episodes? Other than despair, of course. Answer: check out an up-and-coming libertarian podcast that I also like. Not long ago I mentioned on my own show a new podcast called Libertarians on Fire, hosted… Read More
Guess Who’s #176 (Out of 178) on the Economic Freedom Index
Bernie Sanders, who just made headlines for buying his third house for $600,000, refused to comment when a Univision reporter asked for his thoughts on Venezuela. For a short time, Venezuela — now a miserable #176 out of 178 countries in the Economic Freedom of… Read More
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How I Got Her Liberal Relatives to Listen
(Sent to my email list.) Your relatives can be the hardest people to reach. Apparently, I just helped a listener reach her relatives. She writes: Wow oh wow!! I sent your podcast to my extremely liberal, live-in-NYC parents and they loved it!! They agreed with… Read More
Bashed on Amazon by People Who Haven’t Read Your Book
(From this morning’s Tom Woods Letter; hop on my list and get a copy of Bernie Sanders Is Wrong by clicking here .) This week my friend Brion McClanahan, a faculty member at my Liberty Classroom , shared an experience I can relate to: a bunch of people suddenly… Read More
When Grandma Lit Grandpa on Fire, on Purpose (True Story)
From yesterday’s Tom Woods Letter : Some people say a lack of jobs or insufficient government assistance accounts for why success eludes some people. What’s usually overlooked are the deeply dysfunctional attitudes and behaviors among so many of America’s poor. I’m “blaming the victim,” some will say. But when… Read More
Here’s How I’ve Helped People Starting Up Websites
I’ve helped a lot of people get blogs and websites started. I’ve given away dozens of free video tutorials to get them up and running, I’ve given away free publicity, and I’ve put links to their sites on my site. And since my site has… Read More
When There Were 25 Libertarians in the Entire World
In the late 1960s, when Murray Rothbard — Mr. Libertarian — was asked how many libertarians there were in the world, he answered… …25. Twenty-five libertarians in the whole world. Undeterred, Rothbard carried on, writing dozens of books and thousands of articles, editing several academic and popular… Read More
What I Learned at the Anti-Democratic Convention
Ain’t no way I’m watching the Democratic Convention. Especially when I can be enjoying myself this week at the Mises Institute ‘s “Mises University” program, which is the anti-Democratic Convention. Here, students learn how society and economy order themselves without central planning, speech codes, or community activists. Yesterday… Read More
