Historians love to hate Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, the presidents during most of the 1920s. Historians also enjoy tut-tutting the U.S. for having been “isolationist” during the 1920s. This is all wrong, as usual, so in today’s episode I set the record straight. Related… Read More
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Ep. 1393 Trump, Mueller, and “Obstruction”
Scott Horton joins me to review the “obstruction” claims on the part of media outlets that in the wake of the Mueller report suddenly dropped the “collusion” talk of the past two years and shifted to “obstruction.” Articles Mentioned “ Mueller Time is Finally Over ,” Peter van Buren“ Mueller Report: It Was All a Bunch of Nothing ,”… Read More
Ep. 1392 Without Government, We’ll All Go Broke When Our Banks Fail — Plus, Insider Trading and Liberty
I take on more criticisms of libertarianism — less common but still important, and very interesting: (1) don’t we need government-created deposit insurance so people don’t lose a fortune if their money is in a bank that fails? and (2) should “insider trading” be allowed?… Read More
Ep. 1391 Government Scams That Everyone Believes
Ep. 1390 Jefferson and Slavery: Non-Cartoon Version
Madison and Jefferson biographer Kevin Gutzman joins me to discuss Jefferson’s real record on slavery, the emphasis on slavery among the Western left (which leaves the impression among most students today that slavery was exclusive to the West, when in fact the West led the… Read More
Ep. 1389 How to Defeat the Government/University Complex, Which Is Turning Frustrated Kids into Socialists
Isaac Morehouse says the people who got duped in the college admissions scandals weren’t the schools that accepted unqualified students but the parents who paid the bribes to get their children in. He’s right. Today we discuss the increasingly irrelevant preparation for the real world… Read More
Ep. 1388 Abolish the CIA
Jacob Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation discusses CIA mischief at home and abroad, and why the national security state is a threat to American liberty. Sponsor Skillshare is an online learning community with over 27,000 classes in design, business, technology, and more. Get… Read More
Ep. 1387 How to Understand Notre Dame Cathedral, Jewel of Western Civilization
Denis McNamara, author of How to Read Churches, joins me to discuss Notre Dame Cathedral and Church architecture in general, in the wake of the terrible fire just two days ago. Professor McNamara is academic director and associate professor at the Liturgical Institute at Mundelein… Read More
Ep. 1386 Down With the Green New Deal, Says Former Greenpeace Director Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore, who spent nine years as president of Greenpeace Canada and another six as a director of Greenpeace International, joins me to critique the Green New Deal proposal. Guest’s Book Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist Guest’s Twitter @EcoSenseNow Related Episodes Ep. 1327 The Green New Deal Is Insane (Tom Woods Show) Ep. 168 The Problems… Read More
Ep. 1385 The Truth About Whistleblower Julian Assange
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London last Thursday. The media and political sources who despise him are doing their best to make his activities sound nefarious and disreputable. But when Assange’s activity is described correctly and precisely, it suddenly… Read More