What is Independence Day really all about? Certainly more than just the sleep-inducing “no taxation without representation.” James Madison biographer Kevin Gutzman joins me for the real story. Plus: why… Read More
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Ep. 1653 Economic Historians Are a Train Wreck
Most American historians are atrociously bad at economic history, and the fallacies they peddle about how they think events occurred in the past go on to inform terrible decisions about… Read More
Woods Derangement Syndrome
Updated April 7, 2022 I recently reviewed with folks on my email list some of the craziness that has been coming from a small group of left-libertarians on social media… Read More
This Book Separates the Men from the Pretend-Men
The latest issue of the Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people read. Subscribe for free and receive my eBook AOC Is Wrong: The Upside-Down World of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a gift. December 2019… Read More
Ep. 1478 New York Times Thinks Slavery Drives Economic Progress
The New York Times recently announced its “1619 Project,” by which it intends to demonstrate that “nearly everything that has made America exceptional grew out of slavery.” Our friend Phil… Read More
Ep. 1475 Gene Epstein Smacks Down Progressive Economics
Gene Epstein returns to discuss People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent, the new book by economist Joseph Stiglitz. It gets the full Epstein treatment. Sponsor… Read More
Ep. 1445 Versailles: The Treaty That Shaped the Twentieth Century
It’s been 100 years since the signing of the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I. That treaty had a profound impact — entirely for ill —… Read More
Ep. 1405 The Battle Hymn of the Republic and American Righteousness
Richard Gamble of Hillsdale College examines Julia Ward Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic — its history and theology — and how it fits into the American civil religion, whereby… Read More
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… Read More
Ep. 1381 I’ve Been Wrong About Right and Left
I felt uneasy after my recent episode with Michael Malice on the meaning of political left and right, and now I know why: I’ve been wrong about a major piece… Read More
