Prevailing Is Perseverance

By Shane Musgrove Do not give up in the cause for liberty On a recent road trip, I had the opportunity to have a conversation with a great and wise friend of mine. While reminiscing the years from his past, he told me the story of a great speaker, writer, and philosopher who spoke at [...]

Should the Government Control Wall Street?

By William Anderson One of the questions coming out of the current drive to change the regulatory structure of banks and financial institutions has been what do about the ratings agencies, such as Moody’s and Standard & Poors. In Sunday’s New York Times column, Paul Krugman pointed out something that, frankly, is shocking: “[O]f AAA-rated [...]

Were American Indians Really Environmentalists?

By Tom Woods The traditional story is familiar to American schoolchildren: the American Indians possessed a profound spiritual kinship with nature, and were unusually solicitous of environmental welfare. According to a popular book published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1991, “Pre-Columbian America was still the First Eden, a pristine natural kingdom. The native people were [...]

Goldman Sachs and Federal Fraud

By Jacob Hornberger Commentators are debating whether the Justice Department will be able to prove its civil fraud case against Goldman Sachs. Unfortunately, they’re missing the point. The Justice Department didn’t bring its suit with the aim of proving that the company committed fraud. It brought its suit to get a massive amount of money [...]

Welcome to the Constitutional Crisis

By Brian Roberts Most Americans are unaware but a Constitutional Crisis of immense proportions looms in our near future, and the early shots have already been fired. No, I’m not referring to the Obama birth certificate controversy; I’m referring to the fundamental battle for freedom and liberty based on the uniquely American experiment of Federalism. [...]

Socialism vs. Corporatism: Where does Obama stand?

By Ron Paul Lately many have characterized this administration as socialist, or having strong socialist leanings. I differ with this characterization. This is not to say Mr. Obama believes in free-markets by any means. On the contrary, he has done and said much that demonstrates his fundamental misunderstanding and hostility towards the truly free market. [...]

Why Judges Can’t Free Torture Victims from Guantánamo

By Andy Worthington Last December, I wrote about the case of Saeed Hatim, a Yemeni in Guantánamo whose habeas corpus petition had been granted by Judge Ricardo Urbina. At the time, Judge Urbina’s unclassified opinion had not been made publicly available, so all I had to go on were Hatim’s own statements at Guantánamo. In [...]

The Misguided Criticism Of The Austrian Business Cycle Theory

By Robert Murphy DeLong on the Austrians In response to a post by Martin Wolf on the Austrian theory of the business cycle, UC Berkeley economist Brad DeLong made a list of positions that he attributes to the Austrians. Not surprisingly, DeLong is not too impressed with (his own understanding of) the Austrian view. Unfortunately, [...]

On China’s Currency: To Peg or Not to Peg?

By Peter Schiff While I attended an economic conference last week in Shanghai, I found it notable — but not surprising — that two former Secretaries of the Treasury, John Snow and Hank Paulson, as well as current Treasury Secretary Tim Geither, and former President George W. Bush were then in the country at the [...]

Another state considers Arizona eligibility plan

Georgia lawmaker says when Congress won’t act, ‘states have a duty to step up’ By Bob Unruh WorldNetDaily Another state has begun considering a law like an Arizona plan approved by the state House there that would require presidential candidates to document their eligibility before being allowed on the election ballot. Georgia Rep. Mark Hatfield, [...]

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