The nation’s attention turned to Oregon this week when a group calling itself Citizens for Constitutional Freedom seized control of part of a federal wildlife refuge. The citizens were protesting the harsh sentences given to members of the […]
Looking for an entertaining movie about the 2008 financial crisis? Well you are in luck because one is playing at a theater near you.
The Big Short tells the true story of a group of financial professionals who realized the housing boom was […]
Today is the twenty-first anniversary of Murray Rothbard’s death. I had the privilege of knowing Dr. Rothbard, and he was not only one of the smartest people I ever meet, but he was a genuinely nice person who was fun to be around. Unlike so many […]
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One of the arguments made by Federal Reserve apologists against the Audit the Fed bill is that the Fed already undergoes a yearly financial audit. What these arguments ignore is that a financial audit does not provide the […]
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been making headlines recently for his criticism of Wall Street and the Federal Reserve. From The New York Times:
We also need transparency. Too much of the Fed’s business is conducted in secret, […]
It seems hard to believe that the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) could be even more tyrannical, after all this is the agency that once stole a stuffed animal from a girl in a wheelchair and made her cry “I don’t want to go to Disney […]
Those who advocate ending, instead of reforming, the welfare-warfare state are often accused of being “impractical.” Some of the harshest criticisms come from libertarians who claim that advocates of “purism” forgo opportunities to make […]
Burred deep in the Ominbus spending bill that Congress passed two weeks ago is a provision increasing US Goverment’s (Taxpayer’s) commitment to the International Monetary Fund by $56.7 billion, which doubles the US’s commitment to this […]
Each year more than one trillion dollars goes up in smoke. More accurately, it is stolen from the middle and working classes and shipped off to the one percent. I am talking about the massive yearly bill to maintain the US empire. Washington’s […]
Stocks rose Wednesday following the Federal Reserve’s announcement of the first interest rate increase since 2006. However, stocks fell just two days later. One reason the positive reaction to the Fed’s announcement did not last long is […]
Children around the world are being extra-good this week, hoping there is still time to make Santa’s nice list. According to Dr. Merrill Mathews, writing at Rare Liberty, these children should be glad that Santa’s workshop is not in the United […]
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Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul’s Texas Strait Talk on on the Federal Reserve’s announcement that they are raising interest rates. Dr. Paul also talks about last Friday’s announcement that the Senate will hold […]
The Senate will vote on Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed bill (S.2232) on January 12th. As reported by the Wall Street Journal:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) scheduled a vote for next month on legislation known as “Audit the Fed,” […]
December 5 is the anniversary of the ratification of the 21st amendment which repealed federal prohibition of alcoholic beverages. Prohibition was ushered in by the 18th amendment, since back then people understood that a Constitutional […]
Writing in USA Today, James Bovard looks at some of the boondoggles hidden in the budget bill:
The bill fails to block President Obama from delivering up to $3 billion to the United Nations Green Climate Fund, a partial product of the […]