Just received an advance copy of Kevin Gutzman’s James Madison and the Making of America . It’s a featured selection of the History Book Club for February, an honor in itself. But the blurbs on this thing…
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Reader Glenn Horowitz sent me what follows. I live in Nashville, Tennessee, am a former civilian courier pilot, and I’m a longtime fan of LRC, its contributors, and of course…
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A few belated thoughts on Ron Paul and the Iowa caucuses. Certainly it’s a disappointment. Some people counter that what matters are the delegates, but in my opinion what actually…
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By voting for Ron Paul in the Iowa caucuses . From my latest article: If Ron Paul wins Iowa, CNN will put on a brave face. But don’t believe it. They will be deeply alarmed to realize that…
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All the respectables agree: we can support anyone we like, except Ron Paul. That’s what the New York Times, much of the progressive left, and much of the fake-conservative talk-radio…
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Left-libertarian Gary Chartier defends Ron Paul on Young Turks against a “progressive” who isn’t impressed with someone who speaks out against war and propaganda and who thinks maybe pot smokers don’t…
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I read a Reuters article today alleging that Ron Paul supporters are drawn from people who don’t have a very good grasp of the issues. Translation: they learn about them…
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And these are the people who want to “spread democracy” around the world. “People are going to look at who comes in second and who comes in third,” Governor Terry Branstad…
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Someone on my Facebook fan page asked about a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison on October 28, 1785. The person said his leftist friends were waving this letter around as evidence…
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A couple days ago I emailed George Reisman, professor emeritus of economics at Pepperdine University, and brought to his attention a recent article by Henry Blodget at Business Insider. Refuting this article would bring…
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