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Backpedaling Obama’s Economic Fiction February 22, 2016—In his last State of the Union address on January 12, President Obama declared: “Anyone claiming that America’s economy is in decline is peddling fiction.” True? I suppose it depends on what the meaning of the word “is” or “decline” is...

Oregon, Black Lives Matter, and the OG George W. Bush Updated: January 14, 2016 “Racial hatred is not a natural phenomenon innate in man. It is the product of ideologies.” – Ludwig von Mises January 14, 2016—One of the more disturbing elements of the Oregon standoff – and alarming...

What Mizzou is NOT ProtestingNovember 12, 2015—Well, that was quick enough. I’m talking about the speed it took University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe to resign after Jonathan Butler went on a hunger strike and the Mizzou football team decided to boycott football “until President Tim Wolfe...

#FeelTheBern with Mises and Jim Morrison “When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is the fact that they are quite incapable of weighing ideas, or even of comprehending any save the most elemental —...

The Benghazi Testimony: Hillary’s Norma Desmond MomentOctober 23, 2015—Hillary lied. So did the rest of the Obama administration, including Obama himself. They knew the Benghazi attack was not a “spontaneous uprising” triggered by an anti-Muslim internet video. But that’s the narrative they...

Bernie, Bullies, Artists, and the New Voodoo Child “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H.L. Mencken October 16, 2015—Just prior to the Democratic debate this week I had the good fortune of stumbling across this Bernie...

Happy 75th Birthday, John Lennon “I think all our society is run by insane people for insane objectives… I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal means. If anybody can put on paper what our government and the American government and the Russian… Chinese… what they are actually trying to...

The Burden of the Debt and Deficits in 7 Charts October 2, 2015—In the middle of the 2016 election cycle circus, reflexive, hot-button issues such as gay marriage and immigration dominate the headlines. Scant attention has been paid to the critical issue of the ever-rising national debt. This...

Back in the U.S.S.R. with Pope Francis and Dr. Sachs “Let me tell you now Everybody’s talking about Revolution, evolution, masturbation, Flagellation, regulation, integrations, Meditations, United Nations, Congratulations.” —John Lennon, “Give Peace a Chance” September 17, 2015—While writing...

On Government, Liberty, Satan, Christ, and ‘Render Unto Caesar’by Jason Peirce September 9, 2015—In “Is Jesus a Libertarian? A Friendly Response to Jason Peirce” Pastor Mathis responds to my article “4 Examples of Jesus Christ’s Libertariansim.” There’s a number of issues we disagree on, and...

On Government, Liberty, Satan, Christ, and ‘Render Unto Caesar’by Jason Peirce September 9, 2015—In “Is Jesus a Libertarian? A Friendly Response to Jason Peirce” Pastor Mathis responds to my article “4 Examples of Jesus Christ’s Libertariansim.” There’s a number of issues we disagree on, and...

Why is Pope Francis Channeling Nimrod? by Jason Peirce http://www.voicesofliberty.com/article/pope-francis-channeling-nimrod/ Everyone knows Nimrod, right? You know, this guy: Oops, not that Nimrod, otherwise known as Elmer Fudd, but irreverently dubbed “Nimrod” by Bugs Bunny! I meant the...

Are Presidential Contenders Wrong to Admire Abraham Lincoln? http://www.voicesofliberty.com/article/presidential-contenders-wrong-admire-abraham-lincoln/ August 9, 2015—Coinciding with nationwide calls to ban the Confederate flag which have sparked calls to tear down the Jefferson Memorial and...

http://www.voicesofliberty.com/article/confederate-flag-civil-war-secession-today/ The Confederate Flag, Civil War, Secession, and Today “…Now I don’t mind choppin’ wood And I don’t care if the money’s no good You take what you need and you leave the rest But they should never have taken the...

http://www.voicesofliberty.com/article/obamas-cynical-hypocrisy-on-the-confederate-flag-and-slavery/ Obama’s Cynical Hypocrisy on the Confederate Flag and SlaveryJuly 2, 2015—Last week, while most Americans were busy tearing at each other’s throats over the Confederate flag – encouraged by the...