Guns

by | Feb 25, 2009 |

A friend asked me to write a defense of my individualist view of gun rights. So here it is (this is an email, not a real essay, so go easy on me): Okay, I've never really written about this, nor is it really my area of expertise, but here's my best shot. (the following arguments are awesome, but not necessarily in comprehensible order or grammar.) First thing I think is that government does not legitimately hold any power or rights that haven't been delegated to them from the people - which...

“You Saved My Life” … A Reason to Keep Reporting – by Aaron Glantz

by | Feb 18, 2009 |

Dear Friends, After six years of war in Iraq, it is easy to get exhausted and depressed -- to think that all your repeated exposures to the trauma of war are for nothing, that you are fucking yourself up for next to no money for no reason -- Then something happens that suddenly gives all your work meaning, that gives you the strength to continue. Such an experience happened tonight, when one of the veterans I've covered hugged me and told me I saved his life. Two years ago, got a call from...

Antiwar Radio: Thomas E. Woods

by | Feb 17, 2009 |

Thomas E. Woods Jr., scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute and author of the new book Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse, discusses the economic and historical parallels between the Great Depression and the current economic crises, why the Austrian theory of the business cycle provides the only adequate explanation for both and why government attempts to ameilerate the effects of their...