The Never Ending Campaign for Liberty
I recently spoke at the 2010 Maryland Tax Day Tea Party in Stevensville. Here are the links and the text of the speech:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Text of Speech:
You know, theres a Chinese proverb that says that there are three curses, each one worse than the previous. The first of these curses is: “May you live in [...]
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This video comes to us from Citizens in Charge Foundation, a Virginia-based group that defends citizens’ right to petition their government.
Also check out this rousing speech given by Paul Jacob, long-time libertarian activist and Citizens in Charge Foundation president, when he recently accepted the Charlton Heston “Courage Under Fire” Award.
Wikipedia has information regarding Paul’s resistance [...]
Some of our readers might take interest in this new website, PoliticsGoneViral.com, started by Ron Paul supporter Dan Endsley. Billed as a “politics site for people who don’t like politics” — which let’s face it, at its core is pretty much all of us — the site has some great T-shirts and bumper stickers for [...]
Over on DiscoverScholars.org blog, we discuss how government interference has undermined market forces and led to a lower quality of teaching than students would otherwise receive. Here’s a snippet:
Though Gwartney focuses on government subsidies, the same basic principles apply to private donations: when made directly to colleges, they enable administrations to fund projects of little [...]
Below is the video that played at Kent’s memorial service last week:
And just for the heck of it, figured I’d share a couple of my favorite pictures… During the Yankee swap at our staff Christmas party, Kent (appropriately) got a Magic 8 ball… so for those of you who were wondering how all those important [...]
Came across this column by Dave Barry (courtesy of A Second Hand Conjecture)… It probably does a better job explaining the stupidity of farm subsidies than just about anything else I’ve ever read:
Farm Security: The mohair of the dog that bites you
If you’re like most American taxpayers, you often wake up in the middle of [...]
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Over on DiscoverScholars.org blog, I discuss a novel idea for keeping education costs low and improving the quality of higher education.
Just like the need to decouple health insurance from employers, I propose separating students’ available financial aid from the schools at which they’re enrolled.
No, it’s not being a blogger. It’s working on cell phone towers.
Here’s are my favorite lines from the article:
Oddly, a loophole in OSHA rules may make it difficult for changes to happen quickly: Towers are often constructed by small contractors instead of the carriers or the owners of the towers. Since the carrier isn’t on [...]
