Sirius/XM radio host Mike Church has an article at The Imaginative Conservative on secession and the (obviously correct) compact theory of the Union. But check out the comments. How many of them are — dare I say it — imaginative? For some… Read More
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Wikipedia’s Most Common Word in the History of Nations
What’s the most common word (apart from “a,” “the,” etc.) in Wikipedia’s “History of” pages for countries? For the U.S. and for one-sixth of all the countries of the world,… Read More
Why the Greenbackers Are Wrong
This is a long piece, but no longer than strictly necessary. It refutes a few of the most common claims advanced by Greenbackers, opponents of the Fed who believe the… Read More
Forget Nullification, Says ‘Conservative’ Group; Stick to the Establishment’s Rules
The U.S. Is a “City on a Hill,” Right?
We’ve all heard Ronald Reagan describe the U.S. as a “shining city on a hill,” a nation like none other, with a special mission to bring liberty everywhere, etc. That… Read More
The Electoral College: How to Defend?
Someone on my Facebook page ( which I hope you will ‘like’ ) asked about defending the electoral college: should he make the argument that electors will have more sober and impartial judgment than the fickle… Read More
Was JFK Assassinated Because He Opposed the Fed?
I run into this claim quite a lot. A lot of the people advancing it are fans of G. Edward Griffin, and this is why I find it so odd… Read More
Money Mistakes
As I noted not long ago, I find myself in serious disagreement with a portion of the end-the-Fed movement. This is the segment of the movement whose complaints are that… Read More
Education Shelf Life
Derek Donohue writes: Loved your article on LRC today about bursting the college bubble. Yahoo News, like a broken clock, can even be on point once in a while. On that same topic, Yahoo published… Read More
Not All ‘End the Fed’ People Quite Get It
Several days ago I managed to get myself drawn into a Facebook exchange with someone who opposes the Federal Reserve and the current banking system in general for not quite… Read More
