In Defense of Liberty

“Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to the individual body. Without health, no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.” - Thomas Jefferson
“All government, of course, is against liberty.” - H.L. Mencken
For most of human history, certain small groups or individuals [...]

Greenspan on the John Stewart Show

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Largest Steroid Bust in History plus Chinese Summer Olympics

The sporting world has been roiled by a good number of controversies lately. Mike Vick and dog fighting, an NBA official throwing games, a steroid user breaking the all-time home run record, OJ resurfacing (unfortunately) plus more.
Now the DEA has announced the largest steroid bust in US history. It appears as though much [...]

Wilhelm Kempff plays Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata

I love this song and there’s something about this guy’s name that I found cool
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Greenspan: “We Were Powerless.” Plus Ron Paul versus Ben Bernanke.

I like how Greenspan attempts to absolve himself of any responsibility in the matter of a global speculative boom.
Read the article here.
Additionally, Ron Paul had an opportunity to take Bernanke to task for the central bank’s policy of debasing the currency to bail out leveraged investors, bankers and the wealthy in general at the expense [...]

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Dan Rather Sues CBS Over Ousting (edited)

((Editor’s note: my brother dogged me out for this post and sent me this link. From what I can tell, this trial process should be a very interesting thing to watch with lots of perceptions of reality coming head-to-head. I believe there are a lot of scrubs involved in the story, including, Rather [...]

Quote of the Week

More wisdom from a founding father:
“If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; [...]

Ron Paul Dialogue With Alan Greenspan

This is great stuff via the Free Market News Network:

Selected public-record exchanges (abridged) between Dr. RON PAUL (R-Texas) and ALAN GREENSPAN, Federal Reserve chairman.
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2/17/2000 — DIALOGUE ONE
(In which Ron Paul gets Greenspan to admit that the Fed has no way of knowing how much money the economy needs.)
Dr. PAUL. “My concern is what is [...]

Paul Kasriel’s Latest Economic Commentary

This guy is always on the ball. Check out his latest commentary here. Just trying to point you in the right direction…