Recent content by Pliny

I think Ron Paul is doing an amazing job in a very tough environment. This nation has gone for decades without hearing the kind of message Ron Paul is presenting, many still have not heard it, and the knee jerk reaction for many who have been brought up in socialism is to reject freedom...

I was watching this morning and Russert indicated that Dr. Paul would be the full hour interview next Sunday! I believe this will make him the third candidate interviewed in the "meet the candidates" special series (Rudy last week, Romney today).

As Ron Paul once said in an interview; all this money is coming from somewhere and the people donating it are surely going to appear at the polls to vote. Unlike the "top tier" this money is being raised in small amounts from ordinary people rather than in $2300 blocks from elitists. That more...

I doubt that anyone impressionable enough to vote purely on speaking ability and sound bites, rather than research and political principle, would be bothered to watch a debate anyway. I'm not terribly concerned about media coverage and debates because, frankly, we never had those to begin with...

Huckabee is on CFR's homepage (blog) and he's been giving speeches to them. Huckabee is the "anti-Paul" candidate I suspect. The media has cooked him up because they think he's the best shot the GOP has at defeating Paul. http://www.cfr.org/ http://www.cfr.org/publication/14335/...

I think there's a pretty good argument for private citizens bearing most any weapon they desire. During the early years of the Republic private citizens with ships were empowered by Congress to engage in warfare on the seas against contemporary navies. They did quite well, not only against...

I actually had a good economic professor who lectured on the dangers of the fractional reserve system. I remember thinking at the time (because I was already interested in economics and had studied the issue on my own prior to college) that he was teaching a subject in a way that most...