Who Won World War II? by Jacob G. Hornberger

"Being saved from Hitler and the Nazis only to be turned over to Stalin and the communists was no victory, at least insofar as the Poles were concerned."

Who Won World War II? by Jacob G. Hornberger

Arizona dust-up demonstrates why campaign finance rules threaten free speech

I agree with J.D. Tuccille.

Regulating speech to guarantee "clean elections" is nothing more than censorship to muzzle non-politicians. No matter the supposed risks of respecting free speech, regulating political speech is enormously dangerous.

Arizona dust-up demonstrates why campaign finance rules threaten free speech

EDITORIAL: False reports about guns - Washington Times

"MSNBC misrepresented a black man carrying a gun as a white man to invent a racial dynamic that didn't exist."

EDITORIAL: False reports about guns - Washington Times

Generation Sloth - Jeffrey A. Tucker - Mises Institute

Good article on the unintended consequences of government interference with the free-market pricing for labor.

Generation Sloth - Jeffrey A. Tucker - Mises Institute

John Stossel : Clunker Legislation - Townhall.com

Stossel is right.

"Finally, there is something revolting about the government subsidizing the destruction of useful things. It reminds me of the New Deal policy of killing piglets and pouring milk down sewers to keep food prices from falling. Leave it to politicians to think we can prosper by obliterating wealth."

John Stossel : Clunker Legislation - Townhall.com

Campaign For Liberty — Publik Edumacation Яefermation | by Jerry Salcido

Excellent and thought-provoking article on the moral problem with government-run education that is based on force and coercive funding.

Campaign For Liberty — Publik Edumacation Яefermation   | by Jerry Salcido

Campaign For Liberty — The Fed on the Defensive | by Gary North

"The FED has never had to play defense. It has had a free ride. The free ride is over. The general public has still not heard of the FED. The FED still has the advantage of invisibility. But it is losing that invisibility."

Campaign For Liberty — The Fed on the Defensive   | by Gary North

‘Baron’ is merely your *name*, Rep. Hill (D, IN-09). - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState

Great reminder to another politician of who works for who.

‘Baron’ is merely your *name*, Rep. Hill (D, IN-09). - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState

The Post & Mail - Group pushes for Central Time Zone

I'd certainly be in favor of Central Time for Indiana.

Shifting 45 minutes of daylight from morning to evening in the DST months, as Central Daylight Time would do, has always seemed a whole lot more reasonable to me than the 1 hour 45 minutes we get from Eastern Daylight Time in Indiana.

The Post & Mail - Group pushes for Central Time Zone

Circumcision for All; Free Choice for None by Stephanie R. Murphy

"To be perfectly blunt, I do not see any justification for removing a part of a baby boy’s body without his consent."

I agree.

Circumcision for All; Free Choice for None by Stephanie R. Murphy

A Need for Some Soul-Searching by Jacob G. Hornberger

Great article by Jacob Hornberger. He reminds us:

"The political and economic solution to America’s woes lies in abandoning socialism and imperialism and restoring a free-market, limited-government republic to our land. More fundamentally, however, the solution involves a restoration within the American people of faith in themselves, in others, in freedom, and in God."

A Need for Some Soul-Searching by Jacob G. Hornberger

Selling Short the Short-Seller by Gregory Bresiger

Good little lesson on short-selling.

He does not point out explicitly that short-selling helps to warn would-be investors of risky companies. Short-selling provides non-governmental regulation of the investment market.

Selling Short the Short-Seller by Gregory Bresiger

We don't want to rule the world | Mark Weisbrot | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

"It is not that the American people are so backward and ignorant, or bellicose. Rather the main problem is that the public has so little input into foreign policy decisions. That is what must change if we are to get away from the prospect of never-ending wars and conflicts, and from a foreign policy that continues to be one of the greatest obstacles to social and economic progress in the world."

We don't want to rule the world | Mark Weisbrot | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Religious Roots of Liberty - Rev. Edmund A. Opitz - Mises Institute

Good discussion of the relationship between religious belief and political/economic liberty.

Similar to Rose Wilder Lane's thesis in "Discovery of Freedom".

Religious Roots of Liberty - Rev. Edmund A. Opitz - Mises Institute: "Ludwig"

What Ted Kennedy Never Learned by Sheldon Richman

An open-eyed look at the Kennedy legacy and blindness.

What Ted Kennedy Never Learned by Sheldon Richman

Free the Drug Users and Tax Resisters Too by Jacob G. Hornberger

Good questions about the proportionality of the offense and the consequences for torturers, drug users, and tax resisters.

Free the Drug Users and Tax Resisters Too by Jacob G. Hornberger

Campaign For Liberty — What Is This "Free Market" We Keep Hearing About? Part II | by Tom Mullen

Great rebuttal of some free market fallacies and misconceptions.

Campaign For Liberty — What Is This "Free Market" We Keep Hearing About? Part II   | by Tom Mullen

EDITORIAL: Government thuggishness - Washington Times

"Thuggish behavior by politicians is a valid reason not to give them even more power over people's lives."

EDITORIAL: Government thuggishness - Washington Times

Get Out of Afghanistan and Everywhere Else by Jacob G. Hornberger

Good arguments for ending U.S. empire now.

Get Out of Afghanistan and Everywhere Else by Jacob G. Hornberger

The Evil-Mongering Of The American Medical Association - Forbes.com

Shikha Dalmia: If the president is serious about lowering health care costs instead of advancing an ideologically driven government takeover of the industry, he should be doing everything in his power to disband the American Medical Association -- not cozy up to it.

The Evil-Mongering Of The American Medical Association - Forbes.com

Free Association: Oh the Injustice!

Sheldon Richman points out the follow of railing against pre-existing condition exclusions in health insurance.

"When will we finally get homeowner's insurance reform so that companies will stop this cruel practice of refusing to cover preexisting conditions?"

Free Association: Oh the Injustice!

Why Conservatives and Liberals Dislike Libertarians by Jacob G. Hornberger

Hornberger writes, "Is there a bright light in all this? You bet there is! That light is libertarianism, one of the grandest and most glorious movements in history. Libertarianism is the political philosophy that rejects socialism, interventionism, and imperialism and aims to restore America’s heritage of economic liberty, free markets, sound money, and a limited-government republic. Libertarianism aims to protect Americans from the statism of both the Left and the Right. Is it any wonder why conservatives and liberals dislike libertarians?"

Why Conservatives and Liberals Dislike Libertarians by Jacob G. Hornberger

Soldiers Who Just Say No by Jon Letman -- Antiwar.com

Good article on some of the hidden costs of war.

Soldiers Who Just Say No by Jon Letman -- Antiwar.com

He Had a Gun and Nothing Happened - lincolncountyrecord.com

Larry Pratt reminds us. "One would think that consistently being wrong would be embarrassing, but one would be wrong about those who assume that common citizens are untrustworthy and dangerous. A tip of the hat to those who have stirred the debate. And, our thanks to them for exercising proper gun control and reminding us of how homeland security should be conducted."

He Had a Gun and Nothing Happened - lincolncountyrecord.com

CNSNews.com - Americans Had to Work from January 1 to August 12 This Year Just to Cover Cost of Government

Incredible and very sad. Get mad!

"In 2009, the cost of government will consume 61.34 percent of national income."

CNSNews.com - Americans Had to Work from January 1 to August 12 This Year Just to Cover Cost of Government

Paul Craig Roberts: Americans: Serfs Ruled by Oligarchs

Good article. Mr. Roberts asks, "Will Americans realize that they are not ruled by elected representatives but by an oligarchy that owns the Washington whorehouse? Will Americans ever understand that they are impotent serfs?"

Paul Craig Roberts: Americans: Serfs Ruled by Oligarchs

John Mackey: The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare - WSJ.com

Great healthcare recommendations from a man in the trenches.

John Mackey: The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare - WSJ.com

Hope Is No Substitute for Theory by Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman hits the nail on the head.

"One hopes Obama succeeds in ushering in an era of freedom, peace, and prosperity. But hope is idle. He will have to discover sound economic theory and a reservoir of courage to make it happen."

Hope Is No Substitute for Theory by Sheldon Richman

Congressman Ron Paul - We Need Sunlight to Disinfect the Legislative Process! - Texas Straight Talk

Ron Paul's proposed Sunlight Rule ten-day waiting period for a vote for all federal legislation sounds like a great idea.

Congressman Ron Paul - We Need Sunlight to Disinfect the Legislative Process! - Texas Straight Talk

Is "Bambi" Libertarian?

Murray Rothbard wrote, "It is not the business of the law to make anyone good or reverent or moral or clean or upright."

Is "Bambi" Libertarian?

CIA Hired Blackwater for Assassinations

The power to create private assassination squads is exclusively delegated to Congress, not the President.

CIA Hired Blackwater for Assassinations

The Bogus Right to Health Care by Jacob G. Hornberger

Jacob Hornberger writes, "Once the free market builds up that large wealth base, however, the statists pop up with their programs calling for coercion and plunder. That, in turn, inevitably leads to a shrinking of the wealth base, thereby condemning people to increasingly lower standards of living in terms of such things as health care, education, food, transportation, and the like. At the root of it all is the statists’ warped view of rights."

The Bogus Right to Health Care by Jacob G. Hornberger

More Liberal Inanity on Guns by Jacob G. Hornberger

Well-written rebuttal to more anti-gun arguments.

More Liberal Inanity on Guns by Jacob G. Hornberger

George F. Will - Government Should Drop Its Ban on Online Poker - washingtonpost.com

I don't see any legitimate reason for a government "of the people" to ban those people from voluntarily engaging in online poker.

George F. Will - Government Should Drop Its Ban on Online Poker - washingtonpost.com

EDITORIAL: Obama misidentifies 'rationing' - Washington Times

I agree with the Times.

"There is no more rationing by private insurance companies than there is rationing at the grocery store. In a private system, consumers can buy more expensive health insurance plans if they want better benefits. Similarly, in a grocery store, if you want more food, you pay more money. There is no rationing in either case. Prices adjust until the amount people want is the amount that is provided... With people wanting more health care than government programs are going to provide, some government bureaucrat will step in to make decisions. That's when rationing takes place -- not in the private market."

EDITORIAL: Obama misidentifies 'rationing' - Washington Times

Campaign For Liberty — The Free Market as Regulator | by Ron Paul

Ron Paul is correct. "Bailouts allow giant corporations to run roughshod; the free market puts them out of business when they misbehave."

Campaign For Liberty — The Free Market as Regulator   | by Ron Paul

Banana Republics by Doug Bandow -- The National Interest

I heartily agree. "Why should officials in Washington attempt to substitute their judgment for that of people in Honduras?"

The National Interest

Daniel Oliver: Fighting obesity is best left to the individual | Washington Examiner

Very practical discussion of the moral hazard of third-party and socialized medical care and health insurance.

Daniel Oliver: Fighting obesity is best left to the individual | Washington Examiner

The Overlooked Solution for Health Care | Foundation for Economic Education

Great arguments for a free market in medical care (which we do not have now in the U.S.).

"We will never achieve the medical system — indeed, the society — worthy of free people as long as we are trapped in the juvenile mindset that someone owes us medical care."

The Overlooked Solution for Health Care | Foundation for Economic Education

I’m the Government and I’m Here To Lie To You by Karen De Coster

Well said, Karen.

I’m the Government and I’m Here To Lie To You by Karen De Coster

What could go wrong?

Darrin Moore writes on Facebook, "Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it and whose members will be exempt from it, signed by a president who is a closet smoker, funded by a treasury chief who did not pay his taxes, overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that is nearly broke. What could possibly go wrong?"

Well said, Darrin.

The coming-out stories of anonymous bloggers - CNN.com

Some interesting stories about formerly-anonymous bloggers whose identities were voluntarily or involuntarily revealed.

The coming-out stories of anonymous bloggers - CNN.com

Obama and the Post Office by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

I agree with Lew Rockwell. "The right path to health-care reform is the market path (no subsidies, no monopolies such as drug patents, no licensure, no anything) that tends toward universal distribution at very low prices and relentless improvement in service. The wrong path is to make health care run the same way as the post office."

Obama and the Post Office by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

How Can the Fed Prevent Asset Bubbles? - Frank Shostak - Mises Institute

"The best way to prevent the emergence of asset bubbles is to stop the Fed from pushing massive amounts of money to the economy."

How Can the Fed Prevent Asset Bubbles? - Frank Shostak - Mises Institute

Inhumanity of the Minimum Wage - Paul Poirot - Mises Institute

Excellent explanation of the evils of a minimum wage by Paul Poirot.

"Those who have most clearly proved their productive capacity are rewarded accordingly through the voluntary acts of their fellow men in the market place. This is the signal to produce even more, and it is the incentive which attracts other men to lead more useful and productive lives. A compulsory minimum wage, at any level, can only add to the hazards of the jungle."

Inhumanity of the Minimum Wage - Paul Poirot - Mises Institute

You Can Trust a Liberal … to Be a Liberal by Jacob G. Hornberger

Jacob Hornberger writes, "With the increasing crises and chaos that their statist policies are producing, the statists are getting increasingly frightened and desperate. That’s undoubtedly why they’re going on the attack against us libertarians. Not surprisingly, however, they won’t take us on in direct debate because they know that they will wilt under the relentless logic of libertarian arguments, as Matthews himself did by the end of the Kostric interview. That’s why they resort to their old tired tactic of insults, insinuations, and innuendo. That’s not a bad sign. It’s a good one."

You Can Trust a Liberal … to Be a Liberal by Jacob G. Hornberger

Chris Matthews Unloads On Protester Who Carried Gun To Obama Event

The more I see of Kostric the more I like him.

William Kostric is the peaceful protestor who open-carried a gun to an Obama healthcare event in New Hampshire. Kostric is affiliated with the Free State Project.

Introduction to the Free State Project [ Free State Project - Liberty in Our Lifetime ]

Kostric's sign said "It's time to water the tree of liberty."

To fans of political and economic liberty, this is an obvious reference to the words of Thomas Jefferson, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

Kostric, although obviously not a polished speaker, acquits himself well against Chris Matthews in this eight-minute interview on MSNBC.

Matthews is an aggressive interviewer who makes no bones about his hostile bias toward Kostric.

My favorite segment of the interview so far, from about 3:45 to 4:20, is where Kostric deftly steers a Matthews question into a nice sound bite about the socialistic policies of the Massachusetts state government.

Matthews: I'm talking about people who bring guns to presidential events...

Kostric: I'll tell you this Chris. We just started new history... a peaceful rally... No on one our side was alarmed... the people of New Hampshire are used to seeing firearms... Maybe some of the people they bused in from Massachusetts were alarmed...

Matthews: What is wrong with the people from Massachusetts?

Kostric: They already have their healthcare scheme and their socialism going in their state; they should probably keep it over there.

YouTube - Chris Matthews Unloads On Protester Who Carried Gun To Obama Event

Junk Food, Taxes, and the Market Solution - Sascha Baghestanian - Mises Institute

Interesting perspective on junk food and insurance.

Junk Food, Taxes, and the Market Solution - Sascha Baghestanian - Mises Institute

Older Americans Can Lead Us Out of Socialism by Jacob G. Hornberger

I agree with Jacob Hornberger. "God has created a consistent universe, one in which freedom and the free market work, while socialism doesn’t."

Older Americans Can Lead Us Out of Socialism by Jacob G. Hornberger

I Respect a Socialist by Jacob G. Hornberger

Jacob Hornberger writes:

In essence, here is what both liberals and conservatives are saying: “We oppose socialism and believe in free enterprise and limited government … except for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, public schooling, the drug war, economic regulations, trade restrictions, immigration controls, occupational licensure, welfare, subsidies, government-business partnerships, public housing, SBA loans, the FDA, the SEC, the minimum wage, price controls, the Federal Reserve, paper money, and all the various departments and agencies of the federal government.

How can anyone have any respect for that?

I Respect a Socialist by Jacob G. Hornberger

A Four-Step Healthcare Solution - Hans-Hermann Hoppe - Mises Institute

Hans-Hermann Hoppe's healthcare recommendations looks just as timely in 2009 as they were in 1993, if not more so.

1. Eliminate all licensing requirements for medical schools, hospitals, pharmacies, and medical doctors and other health-care personnel.

2. Eliminate all government restrictions on the production and sale of pharmaceutical products and medical devices.

3. Deregulate the health-insurance industry.

4. Eliminate all subsidies to the sick or unhealthy.

A Four-Step Healthcare Solution - Hans-Hermann Hoppe - Mises Institute

The American Vision » Obama’s Post Office Gaffe: More True than You Can Imagine

Government will not allow competition in something so simple a letter-delivery, despite its failures.

The American Vision » Obama’s Post Office Gaffe: More True than You Can Imagine

Campaign For Liberty — An Antiwar Effort Only the Right Can Lead | by John Walsh

I hope John Walsh is correct. "The Right has a world to win, if it might be put that way, or at least an empire to terminate."

Campaign For Liberty — An Antiwar Effort Only the Right Can Lead   | by John Walsh

Protester William Kostnic at Obama healthcare town hall in New Hampshire carried 9mm pistol - legally | World news | guardian.co.uk

The chief of police had told him: "The law allows this man to be here."

Nice to see someone in law enforcement who knows the rule of law trumps the opinion of the mob.

Protester William Kostnic at Obama healthcare town hall in New Hampshire carried 9mm pistol - legally | World news | guardian.co.uk

The Spring is Silent on DDT - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. - Mises Institute

"The politics of the environmentalists are increasingly predictable and obvious. They oppose all forms of capitalistic innovation."

The Spring is Silent on DDT - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. - Mises Institute

Democracy in the Schoolroom - Fred DeArmond - Mises Institute

"The final indictment of education today is that it has produced a generation that is uncritical of easy panaceas and a ready prey to the demagogue."

No less true in 2009 than when printed in 1953.

Democracy in the Schoolroom - Fred DeArmond - Mises Institute

Bubble Economics: The Illusion of Wealth - Doug French - Mises Institute

Excellent analysis and illustrations of the deleterious effects of government-caused inflation on the economy.

Bubble Economics: The Illusion of Wealth - Doug French - Mises Institute

Kudlow's Cuckoo for Clunkers - Robert P. Murphy - Mises Institute

Excellent dissection of Republican economist Larry Kudlow's fallacious thinking on Cash for Clunkers.

Kudlow's Cuckoo for Clunkers - Robert P. Murphy - Mises Institute

Phony Originalism | Tenth Amendment Center

Kevin Gutzman confirms my concerns about the Constitutionality of Sen. Thune's Concealed Carry Amendment.

Phony Originalism | Tenth Amendment Center

Typing Errors: The standard typewriter keyboard is Exhibit A in the hottest new case against markets. But the evidence has been cooked. - Reason Magazine

Apparently the QWERTY versus Dvorak typewriter keyboard example is of such importance to many writers because it can so easily persuade people that an interventionist technology policy is necessary.

Typing Errors: The standard typewriter keyboard is Exhibit A in the hottest new case against markets. But the evidence has been cooked. - Reason Magazine

“Tax The Hell Out Of It.” Why? | Christine Smith's Blog

"Why should the most natural aspects of living be exploited by government bureaucrats… and why do so many Americans not care? Why do so many agree with government regulating people’s behavior? And how in the world can anyone be excited and in favor of more taxation?"

“Tax The Hell Out Of It.” Why? | Christine Smith's Blog

“Tax The Hell Out Of It.” Why? | Christine Smith's Blog

I agree with Christine Smith. "I’m not about to spend my time lobbying for something which is still oppressive."

“Tax The Hell Out Of It.” Why? | Christine Smith's Blog

Doomsday -- pros and cons - Washington Times

I agree. "America can no longer afford the astronomic costs of empire." (and probably never could)

Doomsday -- pros and cons - Washington Times

Amity Shlaes - Market Discipline: The Most Powerful Tool for Fair Executive Pay - washingtonpost.com

Good comparison between athlete and executive compensation.

Amity Shlaes - Market Discipline: The Most Powerful Tool for Fair Executive Pay - washingtonpost.com

Health plan is legalized stealing | thespectrum.com | The Spectrum

"A good way to test the soundness of any government proposal is to apply it at the individual level and see if it would still be acceptable."

Health plan is legalized stealing | thespectrum.com | The Spectrum

Bastiat on “Cash for Clunkers” | The Beacon

John Chapman writes, "Government spending cannot create wealth; it can at best redistribute it, often accompanied by waste."

Bastiat on “Cash for Clunkers” | The Beacon

'Uh-Oh They're Here' - washingtonpost.com

"It should not be a crime to annoy the cops, whose raid on Ms. Strom's house looks more like a fit of pique than an act of law enforcement."

'Uh-Oh They're Here' - washingtonpost.com

A Great Moment in Our History by Andrew P. Napolitano

Great speech by Judge Napolitano.

"This is that moment and you are that generation! Now is the time to defend our freedoms."

A Great Moment in Our History by Andrew P. Napolitano

Campaign For Liberty — What Is This “Free Market” We Keep Hearing About? | by Tom Mullen

I agree with Tom Mullen. "When we are confronted with gibberish about the failure of free markets and the need for government to "play a role in the economy," or for a "public-private partnership," let us not let ourselves be led into a carefully framed argument about what might provide more health care, produce more automobiles, or save more jobs. Let us recognize these arguments for what they are: a declaration of war upon our inalienable rights."

Campaign For Liberty — What Is This “Free Market” We Keep Hearing About?   | by Tom Mullen

Carolina Crown 2nd at world championship - CharlotteObserver.com

My nephew, Nick Starr, was on keyboard for this drum and bugle corps.

First year to place this high in 20-year history.

Carolina Crown 2nd at world championship - CharlotteObserver.com

Campaign For Liberty — Ukrainian Follies: Creating More Needless Defense Dependents | by Doug Bandow

I agree with Doug Casey. "NATO no longer advances U.S. security. Washington should turn Europe’s defense over to Europe."

Campaign For Liberty — Ukrainian Follies: Creating More Needless Defense Dependents   | by Doug Bandow

Stromata Blog: Bastiat Updated

I agree with Tom Veal. If it were this easy to spur economic growth, why shouldn’t the government offer money for the destruction of other goods?

Stromata Blog: Bastiat Updated

End the Fed? A not-so-crazy idea. | csmonitor.com

I agree. "Congressman Ron Paul's bill may never pass, but history suggests the US economy would be better off without the Federal Reserve."

End the Fed? A not-so-crazy idea. | csmonitor.com

Cash for Clunkers and the Poor « Acton Institute PowerBlog

I agree with Hunter Baker. In effect, Cash for Clunkers is a tax on the lower end of the market.

Cash for Clunkers and the Poor « Acton Institute PowerBlog

Crush for Clunkers - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online

"SUVs, apparently, aren’t the only things being sacrificed at the green altar."

Crush for Clunkers - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Rereading Our Enemy, the State - Cecil Palmer - Mises Institute

"Our Enemy, the State" should be in the hands, and in the minds, of the new and rising generation which is being so cleverly and so wickedly seduced by power-drunk State idolaters. It is a book which offers inspired guidance to those who have ventured off the known way, only to find themselves in a jungle of frustration and perplexity.

Rereading Our Enemy, the State - Cecil Palmer - Mises Institute

Free online copy of this book and others by Nock at the following page.

Albert Nock :: Mises Institute

How Not to Bring Broadband to All - Fernando Herrera-Gonzalez - Mises Institute

Why price controls don't work, with broadband internet access as an example.

How Not to Bring Broadband to All - Fernando Herrera-Gonzalez - Mises Institute

Hoover Institution - Hoover Digest - How to Cure Health Care

I agree with Milton Friedman's prescription for health care.

"The high cost and inequitable character of our medical care system are the direct result of our steady movement toward reliance on third-party payment. A cure requires reversing course, reprivatizing medical care by eliminating most third-party payment, and restoring the role of insurance to providing protection against major medical catastrophes. The ideal way to do that would be to reverse past actions: repeal the tax exemption of employer-provided medical care; terminate Medicare and Medicaid; deregulate most insurance; and restrict the role of the government, preferably state and local rather than federal, to financing care for the hard cases."

Hoover Institution - Hoover Digest - How to Cure Health Care

Congress in Fantasyland - Washington Times

Richard W. Rahn shows how the broken window fallacy applies to various government "stimulus" ideas.

Congress in Fantasyland - Washington Times

Cash for Clunkers Falls Flat - FOXNews.com

Excellent analysis, questions, and commentary on Cash for Clunkers.

Cash for Clunkers Falls Flat - FOXNews.com

Our view: 'Clunkers' program sputters - Opinion - USATODAY.com

I agree with USA Today editors. "From its outset cash for clunkers has been more about rewarding two politically powerful industries — automakers and auto dealers — than about promoting energy efficiency or juicing the economy."

Our view: 'Clunkers' program sputters - Opinion - USATODAY.com

Cash for Clunkers by David Dorn

Excellent commentary on the lunacy of "Cash for Clunkers".

Cash for Clunkers by David Dorn

How much is that clunker in the window? - Los Angeles Times

I agree with Jonah Goldberg. "Under the government's program, my tax dollars are being diverted to people with cheap cars so they can buy expensive ones. That's just really inefficient wealth distribution, not wealth creation. But government can see it, and that's all that counts."

How much is that clunker in the window? - Los Angeles Times

Archaic Word Meanings In King James Version of the Bible

Interesting list of archaic word meanings in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible and how more modern translations make the meaning clearer.

Rapture - Archaic Word Meanings In KJV - hope this is helpful

Robin Hood Run Amok | Tenth Amendment Center

I agree with Ron Paul. "The fact that the national healthcare overhaul could force taxpayers to subsidize abortions and may even force private insurers to cover abortions is more reason that this bill and the ideas behind it, are neither constitutional, moral, nor in the American people’s best interest."

Robin Hood Run Amok | Tenth Amendment Center

The U.S. Government Is Not the USA by Jacob G. Hornberger

I agree with Jacob Hornberger. "Isn’t it the responsibility of an enlightened citizenry to criticize the wrongdoing of its own government, both foreign and domestic, with the aim of keeping it on the right course? Isn’t that what genuine patriotism is all about?"

The U.S. Government Is Not the USA by Jacob G. Hornberger

Cops and turning the other cheek - St. Petersburg Times

I agree with Robyn E. Blumner. "True freedom is the right to question authority, boisterously and even offensively, and yet be left alone. Living under a law that essentially punishes any conduct that a police officer doesn't like is no freedom at all."

Cops and turning the other cheek - St. Petersburg Times

Liberty and lip - Washington Times

I agree with Jacob Sullum. "A policy of zero tolerance for public slights may be appropriate for a gangster, but it's not appropriate for a peace officer charged with enforcing the law."

Liberty and lip - Washington Times

I Worked for the Government Today Without Pay by Robert Higgs

Mr. Higgs is certainly onto something here.

"That we Americans have resigned ourselves to living in such an environment and, in many cases, continue to refer to this police state as a free country speaks volumes about our ability to follow Winston Smith’s example, in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, of loving Big Brother."

I Worked for the Government Today Without Pay by Robert Higgs

Meet the Enemy - Butler Shaffer - Mises Institute

I like what I have read of Albert Jay Nock so far, but am still working my way through this book.

Meet the Enemy - Butler Shaffer - Mises Institute

Healthcare Plan Based on Economic Fantasy, by US Rep. Ron Paul | from Reason to Freedom

I heartily agree with Ron Paul. "The leadership in Washington persists in a fantasy world of unlimited money to spend on unlimited programs and wars to garner unlimited control. But there is a fast-approaching limit to our ability to borrow, steal, and print. Acknowledging this reality is not mean-spirited or cruel. On the contrary, it could be the only thing that saves us from complete and total economic meltdown."

Healthcare Plan Based on Economic Fantasy, by US Rep. Ron Paul | from Reason to Freedom

Okefenokee Swamp Pigs

Excellent analogy illustrating the subtle hazard of ever-increasing dependence on government.

Okefenokee Swamp Pigs

Spending Our Way to Wealth and Prosperity by Jacob G. Hornberger

I agree with Jacob Hornberger, "Contrary to exhortations from federal officials, the key to increases in wealth and to higher standards of living lies in savings, not spending. Americans would be wise to reject the spending/consumption paradigm and embrace the savings/capital paradigm."

Spending Our Way to Wealth and Prosperity by Jacob G. Hornberger

Campaign For Liberty — Modern Prohibition and Individual Liberty | by Howard Wooldridge

I agree with Howard Wooldridge. Modern Prohibition is completely incompatible with the principles of Individual liberty, personal responsibility, property rights, limited government, cost-effective government and States’ Rights.

Campaign For Liberty — Modern Prohibition and Individual Liberty   | by Howard Wooldridge

During this 'teaching moment,' learn about the First Amendment

Great analysis. "First Amendment expert Harvey Silverglate points out that police officers have the same right as the rest of us to be insulted -- and the same obligation to suck it up or walk away"

During this 'teaching moment,' learn about the First Amendment

Reason Foundation - The Myth Of Free Market Health Care In America

Shikha Dalmia writes, "The point is that there is no health care model, whether privately or publicly financed, that can offer unlimited access to medical services while containing costs... The only sustainable system that avoids this Hobson's choice is one that is based on a genuine free market in which there is some connection between what patients pay for coverage and the services they receive. That is emphatically not what America or any Western country has today."

Reason Foundation - The Myth Of Free Market Health Care In America

American Thinker Blog: Obama's revealing body language (updated and expanded))

Quite a photo.

American Thinker Blog: Obama's revealing body language (updated and expanded))

You, too, can be vilified as a heinous criminal

I agree.

"So the next time you see a brief news blurb about some "evil" offender who ran afoul of the law with seeming disregard for public safety, and who is publicly vilified in government press releases, keep in mind that there may be more to the story. You could well be looking at another Krister Evertson, who hurt nobody, intended no legal violation, and was tripped up by a maze of laws of the sort that you yourself may unknowingly violate every day."

You, too, can be vilified as a heinous criminal

Socialized Healthcare vs. The Laws of Economics - Thomas J. DiLorenzo - Mises Institute

Excellent outline of what we can expect in United States healthcare the further we go toward socialized medicine.

Socialized Healthcare vs. The Laws of Economics - Thomas J. DiLorenzo - Mises Institute

Right of Revolution -- New Hampshire constitution

Interesting clause in the Bill of Rights of the constitution of the state of New Hampshire.

[Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.

NH.gov - The Official Web Site of New Hampshire State Government - State Constitution, Bill of Rights