Monthly Archives: October 2010

Fed Up with the Meltdown

Last time I checked, the debate on the efficacy of price controls was pretty much a done deal (remember these guys?).  After trying it out in the ‘30s, we realized that central planning just doesn’t compare to the efficiency of … Continue reading

Posted in Austrian school, Ben Bernanke, Bernanke, classical liberal, Constitution, dollar, Federal Reserve, inflation, Keynesian, libertarian, monetary policy, Op-Ed, Public Square, quantitative easing, the Fed | 4 Comments

Non-interventionism, not Isolationism

It’s time we set the record straight, readers.  Non-interventionism is not isolationism. For proponents of a free society, there is no foreign policy more effective than a non-interventionist one, which advocates using military force only as a defense against actual … Continue reading

Posted in Constitution, foreign policy, isolationist, libertarian, nation-building, non-intervention, non-interventionism, Public Square, Ron Paul | 1 Comment

Ending the American Empire

As my current station in life continues to deny me convenient access to small children, my ability to navigate the intellectual deathtraps of preschooler conversation remains woefully substandard.  So when a friend’s nephew recently asked me if, and I quote, … Continue reading

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Kids are People, Too (…Maybe)

The life I live between blog posts is truly stunning in its subsumption of the nonessential. What with the constant need to buffer my property against the ravages of the South Los Angeles trashscape, and my exhausting struggle to prevent … Continue reading

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