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Wolfgang Kasper, Nothing New on the Euro Front | Library of Economics and Liberty

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:28:00 +0000

Wolfgang Kasper, Nothing New on the Euro Front Library of Economics and Liberty

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Battlefield USA – The Outcry Against Senate Bill 1867

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:31:00 +0000

Amid a din of breathless, fear-induced bloviating, the US Senate voted on 28, November 2011, to approve amendments to the National Defence Authorizations Act (SB 1867), over President Obama’s threat...

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The Evolution of Public Policy

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:40:00 +0000

The idea is simple and innocent enough on its face: (1) identify something "bad", (2) promote "change", (3) it becomes "worse" and (4) the politician charges in as saviour. Congressman John Doe...

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“Compromise” Is Not A Strategy

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:06:00 +0000

In every political debate these days we are greeted to an endless cacophony of calls for “compromise.” Of course, those calls are directed towards the political Right. It would be understandable if...

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How To Lose An Election

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:59:00 +0000

With the Presidential election nearly one year away, it may sound a bit overly pessimistic to assert that Republicans are poised for defeat. After all Obama is one of the greatest disasters in the...

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Stop Feeding Leviathan

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:04:00 +0000

Any government that can do anything it wants for you, will not long delay doing anything it wants to you. This is something that left-wing Socialists, right-wing Statists and the voters who empower...

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Open Letter to Occupy Wall Street

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:53:00 +0000

To the people currently participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement: My first instinct is to question your bona fides for one reason, I suspect your angst and anger is politically, rather than...

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Anthony Weiner, Human After All?

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:41:00 +0000

As a general rule, I firmly hold that the private, victimless affairs of individuals are their own and no one has the right to know the details of the lives of others. But once such incidents are...

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Assassinating the Truth

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:40:00 +0000

On 21 January 2010 the US Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in the case of Citizen’s United v. Federal Elections Commission. Two months have passed and still most people are either...

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For Whom The Belle Tolls

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:44:00 +0000

Time to start a revolution my friends. It’s now official. Pia Varma - our very own Liberty Belle - is a candidate for the US Congress (here).She faces a well-entrenched and corrupt Democrat political...

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Lamenting The Things We Lost

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:16:00 +0000

Ok, I give up!!! It’s impossible to enjoy life in an atmosphere of irrational assumptions, unrealistic expectations and after-the-fact determinations of guilt in matters wherein the rules are...

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The United "STATE" of America

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:02:00 +0000

On 11, January 2010 US President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order to effect the Establishment of the Council of Governors. Citing the authority granted him under Public Law 110-181 §1822...

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Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:01:00 +0000

Ever hear of H.R. 4173? What about, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009? Still nothing? Well, that’s not surprising. Your trusted and devoted Representatives on the House...

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The Portrait of Socialism

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:06:00 +0000

I recently began re-reading Oscar Wilde’s, “The Portrait of Dorian Gray.” It was prompted by two things actually: one, a friend recommended I see the latest cinematic adaptation of it (“Dorian...

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Barbarians at the Gate

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:31:00 +0000

What I am about to say will sound like the ramblings of an extremist. I know this. But as the late Barry Goldwater once said, "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice." During the Nuremburg...

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What Is Economics?

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:56:00 +0000

It never fails that when I ask people to describe the field of economics, the typical response is that it is the study of money or how to earn money. Moreover an ever increasing number of people...

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Nothing New Under the Sun

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:02:00 +0000

Here's a fascinating nine-minute video of excerpts from two speeches given by Robert Welch in 1974. In the first speech you'll hear him quote from his 1958 speech about the ten dangerous trends for...

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The More Things Change…..

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:53:00 +0000

Journey with me eight years into the future. It’s 2016; Obama has served a second term in office and his Treasury Secretary is asked to explain the economic situation to an anxious and worried U.S....

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The "Why" of Moral Hazard

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:12:00 +0000

In the past few weeks, particularly since the growth of government “stimulus”, there has been increasing talk of the inherent moral hazards of such policies. A close friend, Pia Varma, addressed the...

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1933 Pro-Inflation Propaganda Film

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:17:00 +0000

This is a 10-minute propaganda film by the Roosevelt Administration advocating in favour of inflation. One often wonders how so many people have been led to believe something so vacuous. This may...

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Why Elections Matter

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:54:00 +0000

Well California, you’ve done it again. For years on end you’ve stacked your elected offices with Leftists of all stripes who have in turn filled every government agency with like-minded minions...

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Why Do So Many Reject Free Enterprise?

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:33:00 +0000

I'll turn to an old master for this one: "One can hardly expect people either to like an extended order (free enterprise system) that runs counter to some of their strongest instincts, or readily...

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Painful Lessons of Economics

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:20:00 +0000

In every major event these days we are inevitably greeted with a plethora of books rushed into publication, and a few re-released in “updated” form, heralding the supposed knowledge and foresight of...

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Senator Tom Coburn (R) Blasts Stimulus Bill

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:36:00 +0000

This is a must-see video clip from CSPAN of the Senate floor debate on the “Stimulus Bill” wherein Senator Tom Coburn (R) details the unconstitutionality of the Bill. Coburn is no late-comer to this...

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Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Phillips) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:55:00 +0000

Please excuse the language of this post. Now considering the subject matter you’ll find it ironic that I am apologizing upfront for some of the rather harsh language that follows, but hey! My mother...

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