In light of new facts previously unknown to me, the affair over ownership of RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org turns out to be more complicated than I originally considered. These warrant a written response -as does Robert Wenzel’s rebuttal to my criticism
*Update- In light of Lew Rockwell’s recent post and Robert Wenzel’s article, I will address new concerns soon in another piece. I also thank Wenzel for his response as libertarianism is a political theory that, like other theories, needs discussed
Following the lost election of 2012, it has become trendy among American conservative writers to endorse the breaking up of the “big banks.†Which banks are these? They are presumably the few that hold an unseemly majority of federally-insured banking
I sat down to watch the 1988 action film Die Hard recently as it’s one of my favourite Christmas films of all time. Partway through, I saw something interesting that got me thinking about gas prices. During a scene early
Reprinted from PeterCEarle.com …in the knife fight known as the global currency war is Venezuela, which just an hour ago announced that it would devalue its Bolivar Fuerte (looking rather débil today) to 6.30/dollar from 4.30/dollar. In one move, consumer purchasing power has
For all of the emphasis put on liberating and cultivating the individual by those who adhere to the ideology of political leftism, the enforcement of public, compulsory schooling achieves the exact opposite. The individual, by virtue of housing one mind,
On Wednesday, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, responding to a Senate Finance Committee report urging a “review of Canadian tariffs†to address the ongoing Canada-U.S. price gap, remarked: We’ve been looking at our tariff situation carefully, particularly with respect to consumer
“The customer is always right.” This phrase was popularized just as mass production was beginning to take off in the late 19th century. The concept is straightforward: if a businessman wants to make money, he must treat consumers well. Without
I miss my friend Jacob, God bless his soul. Don’t worry, he’s not dead—though he might as well be. He is, what my brother would classify as “POW: Prisoner of Woman.†Jacob’s present state prevents him from engaging in the
Republished from EconomicReason.com An allodial title constitutes ownership of real property that is independent to any superior power. In the Middle Ages, allodial titles were sometimes granted: these people obtained land withoutfeudal duties (i.e. taxes). Here is the definition of
Now that he is totally unleashed from the burden of campaigning for a seat in the den of thieves known as Congress, former representative Ron Paul recently took to the social media network Twitter to speak on the death of
If you’re in the Toronto area, come out to the Pauper’s Pub this Tuesday, February 5th, at 7 p.m.! Come meet other Austrian- and libertarian-minded people in the city and share your gripes against fiat money and passion for private
Reposted from Zero Hedge Up until now, Argentina’s descent into a hyperinflationary basket case, with a crashing currency and loss of outside funding was relatively moderate and controlled. All this is about to change. Today, in a futile attempt to halt inflation,
In recent years gold has become a sought-after currency in Vietnam. Why? The usual reason: its government has been printing too much money, causing prices to rise, and causing its currency, the Vietnamese dong, to plummet in value. But by
To swindle is to achieve something by fraud or deceit. In stereotype form, the swindler is a snake oil salesman who promises miracles in a jar for an extra low price. While this sly vendor might be seen as unsavory
When state predation reaches a high degree of oppressiveness, there is no telling what the tyrannized will resort to in order to survive. A widespread lack of material sustenance or nourishment turns craven behavior into the norm. Society turns on
My high school education spanned a now unusual five years, over an even more unusual two continents and three countries. I started in the south European backwater that is Macedonia for my first two years, took my “junior year†in
OK. Obviously they’re not murdering people in genocidal ovens but they are being anti-competitive bureaucrats. The title actually comes from a conversation I once overheard on the bus. Some old guy was talking about phone companies to a young family.
On page 4 of last Monday’s Metro Toronto, journalist Jessica Smith detailed the heroic actions of Toronto chef and restaurateur Rodney Bowers, as he joined Vancouver chef and restaurateur Mark Brand’s effort to address poverty in his community. The Brand-Bowers plan to
Hat tip to James E. Miller for the title of this post. The United Kingdom’s Daily Mail reports, “Growth more important than inflation says new Bank boss as he insists they are not ‘maxed out’ of ideas” My take? New
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