I don’t want to mention names here. This transcends names. This is a phenomenon I’ve witnessed many times over the years. It’s the sweetie-pie libertarian syndrome. The other day, an aide to a prominent American politician was the subject of an attack in the major…
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I don’t have time to reply to this . I don’t even have time to read it. But having been around the block a few times, I can guarantee you this: in the entire article there will be not one word about the ratifying conventions, where…
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I had a nice (if brief) chat with Bill Kauffman — author, and writer of the new film Copperhead — yesterday on the Peter Schiff Show . Bill is one of the few people whose writing ability I truly envy. (In the video below the photo of the two…
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You guys know I’m a bit behind in blogging because of the work I’m doing on the Ron Paul homeschool curriculum, work which will ease up by the end of next month, but better late than never: here’s radio host Steve Deace, to whom I…
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Yesterday Ron Paul unveiled his Ron Paul Channel , a project that has been kept under wraps for several months now. When I found out last night that I was going to be hosting the Peter Schiff Show today, I shot him a quick email and was able…
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Ron Paul will be among my guests when I fill in for Peter tomorrow (Monday) on the Peter Schiff Show . We’ll talk about his just-announced Ron Paul Channel , among other things. The show runs from 10am-12pm ET; listen live (no subscription necessary) at SchiffRadio.com .

Syd Barrett, who helped found Pink Floyd, died on this day in 2006. It is an outrage that this 90-second video, which sets his solo song “Effervescing Elephant” to animation and was made by a fan, has barely 1000 views.

That’s the amendment that prevents the quartering of troops in private homes. There’s actually a Third Amendment case pending in Nevada. (It would spoil the fun to note that its success requires the incorporation doctrine.) Police arrested homeowners for refusing to allow their home to be used as…
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For loot and plunder, maybe. With an open U.S. Senate seat now available in Iowa thanks to the retirement of Democrat Tom Harkin, Republicans there are scrambling to replace him with a business-as-usual, platitude-repeating, treat-us-like-we’re-7 neocon automaton. They are afraid, however, that the Ron Paul folks in charge of…
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At this year’s Mises University summer program, the week-long event of the Mises Institute, I have the honor of delivering the opening talk. But I’m also doing my “Evening with Tom Woods” that I’ve been doing for the past few years. Two years ago I…
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