State Sovereignty: America's Final Solution to Tyranny | The Daily Bell

One of Ron Holland's resolutions for 2012, and beyond is codification of Jefferson's Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1798.

Infographic: What is the Stop Online Piracy Act, and why should I care? | Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom

Like nearly everything in Congress, it's a misnamed law that will crimp information on the Internet, and stiffle freedom of speech.

2011: A Civil Liberties Year in Review | The Huffington Post

It was not a very good year, says John W. Whitehead of The Rutherford Institute.

The NDAA Repeals More Rights | The Daily Bell

A Defense spending bill recently passed by Congress effectively guts the 4th and 5th Amendments says Congressman, and presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-Texas).

Kwanzaa, the hoodlum holiday | Frontpagemagazine.com

Paul Mulshine explains why a "holiday" that promotes peace, and unity has at its foundation racial division, and gangsterism.

Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas, Film) - Singing Scene

The Economic Lessons of Bethlehem | LewRockwell.com

Llewellyn H. Rockwell explains why the "commerialization" of Christmas is a good thing.

Tidings of Force and Aggres sion | Student for Liberty

James Padilioni, Jr. channels Leo Tolstoy in saying the best way to “Keep Christ is Christmas” is keep the government out.

Quantitative Easing Explained

Arlo Guthrie/Alice's Restaurant *

Militarization Of Campus Police | The Huffington Post

An ugly incident at the University of California-Davis provides professor Bob Ostertag with a teaching moment.

Let a Thousand 'Rogue' Grand Juries Bloom! | LewRockwell.com

William Norman Grigg details how a Harris County, Texas grand jury’s refusal to indict DUI suspects due to allegations of falsification of intoxilyzers by the Houston Police Department is what the “grand bulwark of liberty” was designed to accomplish.

The Empire at Dusk | Foreign Policy

The Stephen Glain says the sun is fading fast on the American republic unless Congress, and the President, can make serious, and honest cuts in military spending.

Paths of Glory- Final Scene

Zombie Wars | DailyReckoning.com

They have led to the U.S. economy being the embodiment of "The Walking Dead" says Bill Bonner.

War is a Racket | Veterans Today

USMC Maj. Gen. (ret.) Smedley Darlington Butler details in his almost forgotten 1935 essay how he was a “high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers."

How the Patriot Act stripped me of my free-speech rights | The Washington Post

Nine years after presented a national security letter by the FBI regarding one of his clients, Nicholas Merrill is still limited on what he can publically say about it.

Paul Hardcastle 19 - Remix 2008 (HD)

The Dead, the Dollars, the Drones: 9/11 Era by the Numbers | Wired.com

Leona Groeger reveals some inconvenient truths about the post-9/11 decade.

How I’ll Remember 9-11 This Year | LewRockwell.com

By going about her business like any ordinary day says USAF Lt. Col. (Ret.) Karen Kwiatkowski.

Incoming Students: You Have to Know Your Rights Before You Can Defend Them | The Torch

Peter Bonilla provides a primer on how.

Leave the Hurricane Price-Gougers Alone | Future of Freedom Foundation

Profiteering is an essential element of disaster recovery says Jacob Hornberger.

Almost everything we’re taught is wrong | The Orange County Register

John Stossel channels Walter Block in "Defending the Undefendable" of, among other things, child labor, price-gouging and blackmail.

How To Buy Gold and Silver | The Lew Rockwell Show

The late Burt Blumert demystifies the process in a pre-financial market/housing bubble collapse podcast.

LEMONADE FREEDOM DAY - August 20 2011

Where will YOU Sell Lemonade August 20th? | Selling Lemonade is Not a Crime

Resources and advice for national Lemonade Freedom Day Saturday, Aug. 20.

Pop Quiz: Why Are Tuitions So High? | Investor's Business Daily

Hint: Think Division of Highways.

The Higher-Education Bubble Has Popped | Mises Daily

Like the tech and housing bubbles before it, higher education has been fueled by cheap credit says Doug French.

Gold: Independent Money

Gold Standard or Nixon Standard | LewRockwell.com

Gary North waxes nostalgic, and philosophic on Richard Nixon's delinking gold to the dollar.

U.S. ready to fight until its last I.O.U. | EricMargolis.com

The only "threat" to America's national security is military spending says Eric Margolis.

A warning to college parents and grandparents | The Daily Caller

Academia today bears no resemble to either "Animal House" or "The Paper Chase" and that's not good says Robert Shibley.

Footage of Nagasaki: August 1945

WHY HIROSHIMA?

Viva La Lemonista Revolucion! | Future of Freedom Foudation

By setting up a lemonade stand on Saturday, Aug. 20, you'll be making a stand for freedom says Wendy McElroy.

In Defense of the Shadow Scholar | Mises Daily

Jonathan M. Finegold Catalan makes the moral case for writing term papers for fun, and profit.

Ron Paul to Congress: If Debt Is the Problem, Why Do You Want More of It?

Slouching Toward Guatemala | LewRockwell.com

Thanks to "the collection of whores, con-men, and penny-ante sharpers from East Jesus, Nebraska" known as Congress, the U.S. has become a banana republic without the bananas says Fred Reed.

Bollywood vs. Jihad | Reason magazine

Shikha Dalmia says bellydancers from India, not bombs from Nevada, will win the Global War on Terrorism.

Raise The Debt Ceiling Rap | Reason.tv

Time to Re-Privatize Fire Departments | Competitive Enterprise Institute

The Southside Fire Department in Chatham, Ga. is leading the way back to the future say Iain Murray and Matthew Melchiorre.

100 Basis Points to Armageddon | The Daily Reckoning

In light of the alternative, "destruction" never looked so good says Bill Bonner.

Temptations of Empire | Reason Magazine

James Payne reviews the timely publication of The Rule of Empires: Those Who Built Them, Those Who Endured Them, and Why They Always Fall, by Timothy H. Parsons and Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600–1900, by Stephen R. Bown.

3 Reasons Why The Debt-Ceiling Debate is Full of Malarkey | Reason.tv

How many lawmakers does it take to...| The Boston Globe

Jeff Jacoby shines the light on a Big Business shakedown.

Austrian Economics and Pedagogy | Reason.tv

Looming Treasury “Default”: Theater of the Absurd | The Beacon

Robert Higgs laughs up his sleeve at claims made by the Obama administration and some congressional leaders of a "worldwide economic catastrophe" that will result if the national debt ceiling is not raised.

Virginia Attorney General says UVA cannot ban gun carry | Examiner.com

On the heels of his recent opinion holding that "self-defense" is "good and sufficient reason" to carry a gun to church, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli now says that state colleges like the University of Virginia cannot ban the carriage of concealed handguns by proper license holders. The opinion was written in response to a question by Senator Emmett Hanger (R-Mount Solon).

Hey Teachers … Leave Them Kids Alone! | The Daily Bell

The cheating scandal in Atlanta, Georgia is the most recent example of the failure of America's public education system says Anthony Wile.

Creedence Clearwater Revival- Fortunate Son

Graveyard of Empires | LewRockwell.com

As a result of its occupation of the Middle East, the U.S. is destined the same fate as Rome, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union says Eric Margolis.

Opposite Forms of Freedom on the Fourth | Future of Freedom Foundation

Jacob Hornberger on America's Orwellian holiday.

Everyday Outlaws; black marketeers and suburban farmers | Backwoods Home Magazine

America is now one huge Sherwood Forest says Claire Wolfe.

Where Will You Go When the Sovereign Debt Volcano Blows? LewRockwell.com

Ron Holland leads the way.

The Whitest Kids U' Know - Pledge of Allegiance

THE WAR PRAYER - Mark Twain

Rooney On Lives Taken | 60 Minutes

New Israel: A win-win-win proposal | LewRockwell.com

Stephan Kinsella makes an unusual, but practical case for Middle East peace.

Let’s Call It ‘VO Day’ and Get Out | The Independent Institute

Like with VE and VJ days during World War II, Ivan Eland says President Obama should begin withdrawing troops from the Middle East following the vanquishing of the enemy.

Mother’s Day Proclamation | Antiwar.com

Julia Ward Howe's 1870 call for peace following the War Between the States and the Franco-Prussian War.

Another Reason to End the Fed | Mises Daily

The "qualitative easing" since 2001 has contributed to gasoline prices going to $4 a gallon, and beyond says Mark Brandly.

Ending Farm Welfare As We Know It | Reason Magazine

Congress' annual resupply of the agribusiness trough harms not only ordinary taxpayers, but also family-owned farms says A. Barton Hinkle.

The Mainstream Media and the Bonds Case | The Freeman

In cozing up the government in search of an exclusive regarding baseball's all-time great slugger, it has caught their fleas says Bill Anderson.

Dead Men Tell No Tales | The Lew Rockwell Show

Veteran foreign correspondent Eric Margolis discusses Barack Obama's - and George W. Bush's - Pyrrhic victory in sending U.S. Special Forces to assassinate Osama bin Laden.

Academically Adrift: How College Students and Professors Aren't Making the Grade | Ideas In Action

Middle-American Methamphetamine | The American Conservative

Using meth does always make one a dope fiend says Nick King.

The New Colonialism | Counterpunch

Libya is the new outpost of the American empire says Paul Craig Roberts.

Expatriate Your Wallet | The Daily Reckoning

Terry Coxon explains how to get your money out of the country even if you can't.

How Will the Empire End? | Future of Freedom Foundation

Like most of the ones that preceded it, America's will end unpleasantly for its citizens says Anthony Gregory.

"63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read" by Jesse Ventura

Government Cover-Ups . . . 9/11, the Reality of HAARP and Making Government Better | The Daily Bell

Former Minnesota governor, and professional wrestler Jesse Ventura gives a no-holds barred account to Anthony Wile about the findings in his new book "63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read" of unchecked government power, and what people can do about it.

Costliest government 'program' of all? Undeclared wars | The Christian Science Monitor

Walter Rodgers dares to discuss the elephant in the room Congress won't.

The Budget Battle | LewRockwell.com

Is like watching two spoiled children fight over toys that don't belong to them says Lew Rockwell.

The Broken Window Fallacy

Defining “Terrorism” Down | The Freeman

The term lost all meaning following the Bernard van NotHaus conviction says William Anderson.

What Can We Do about Gasoline Prices? | Mises Daily

Stop believing the solution will be found in participating in phony, feel-good, one-day boycotts of gas stations for starters says Mark Brandly.

Buy Two Wars, Get Another for Half Price | The Beacon

President Obama's logic for intervention in Libya has a low-brow quality to it says Ivan Eland.

Instead of Bombing Dictators, Stop Selling Them Bombs | Truthout.org

The best way to kill a Frankenstein monster, say Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis, is to stop it before it grows.

The Struggle to Control the Internet | The Daily Bell

A cooperative effort by the U.S. State Department, and the British Broadcasting Corporation to "save" the Internet from censorship in authoritarian regimes is really an effort to destroy it says Anthony Wile.

George Santayana with swagger

Gerald Celente, president of Kingston, N.Y-based Trends Research Institute, and a 1969 U.C. graduate, makes reference to his 1995 book "Trends 2000" about events he predicted then that are unfolding today during a candid, yet lively lecture this evening at the Emma Byrd Gallery on political and economic trends. The Bronx native said "the first great war of the 21st century has begun" by drawing parallels between the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the Great Depression, international price and trade wars that culminated with World War II to the Finanical Collapse of 2008, the current recession and U.S. military intervention, and occupation in the Middle East. Aside from taking stock in the "Three G's" - gold, guns and a getaway plan - the self-described "political atheist" said things won't change "until we regain our morality" by focusing on values, such as quality, that once made America great.

Paul Hardcastle 19 - Remix 2008 (HD)

Three-minute Cliffs Notes of U.S. foreign policy | Salon.com

A former CIA operative perfectly expresses the mindset driving the U.S. government's role in the world says Glenn Greenwald.

What Characterizes the Modern Totalitarian, Corporatized University? | Minding the Campus

The plague of Adminstrationism says Harvey Silverglate.

The Injustice of Social Justice | Mises Daily

Ben O'Neill debunks the myth that rights equal desires

Peter King’s Radical Ignorance | The American Conservative

Is not bliss given how the New York Republican's McCarthyite hearings on home-grown Islamic terrorism are a result of the U.S. Global War on Terror says Jack Hunter.

A Tsunami is Not a Stimulus | OpenMarket.org

Natural disasters are just that, disasters, says Ryan Young.

Ballad of Saint Patrick's Battalion by David Rovics

End Day Light Saving Time | Standardtime.com

Since it has not achieved its goal of energy savings, Day Light Savings Time needs to be put out to pasture says Sheila Danzig.

A Middle East Warning: American-Style Democracy Isn't the Answer | The Daily Bell

True freedom will not be achieved through mob rule says Ron Holland.

The Myth of Free-Market Healthcare - Kel Kelly - Mises Daily

Like with nearly every other sector of the economy, it's a joint venture between the state, and corporations says Kel Kelly.

The Essence of Just War Theory | The Partial Observer

Wars should be about survival, not principles says James Leroy Wilson.

Two Types of Abolitionism: IP and Chattel Slavery | Center for Study of Innovative Freedom

Steven Kinsella draws the parallels between 1851 and 2011.

Dealing with the sociopath next door (or in DC) | Backwoods Home Magazine

Claire Wolfe finds subtleties in Martha Stout's new book in identifying, and dealing with, toxic neighbors.

Cornfield Socialism | The Freeman

Potential GOP presidential hopefuls' labeling President Obama as a socialist ring hollow in light of their support of ethanol subsidies says Stephen Horwitz.

Why? | EconomicPolicyJournal.com

The "showdown" in Wisconsin between Gov. Walker and public sector unions over proposed budget cuts is nothing more than Kabuki Theater on a 24-hour news cycle says Robert Wenzel.

A Presidents’ Day Prayer | The Beacon

Robert Higgs revises The Lord's Prayer to reflect to whom we are pledging our fealty.

Jack Daniels explains the deficit | Politicalmath.com

The solution in Afghanistan: Get out | The Washington Post

Now! say Reps. James P. McGovern (D-Mass.) and Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.).

The Education Bubble Is Fuel for Revolt | Mises Daily

What happened in Tunisia and Egypt could be in the works for the U.S. says Joshua Fulton.

Let It Cut Both Ways: US Foreign Aid & State Sponsored Terrorism | BoilingFrogsPost.com

Strictly construed, a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision means foreign aid to dictatorships like Egypt is "material support" for terrorism says Sibel Edmonds.

Who's In Charge? panel discussion

Photo: Former state Supreme Court Justice Richard Neely, left, listens as Sen. Brooks McCabe (D-Kanawha), makes a point during a panel dicussion Sunday at the Erma Byrd Gallery regarding gubernatorial succession, and Court's recent decision ordering a special election. Joining Neely and McCabe on the panel were Dr. Tera McCown, U.C. political science professor and Phil Kabler, the Charleston Gazette's political reporter and columnist.

The Tyrant Abraham Lincoln

Book: Lincoln sought to deport freed slaves | The Washington Times

Plans were in the works to resettle slaves in Belize and Guyana, Phillip W. Mangess and Sebastian N. Page detail in their book "Colonization After Emancipation."

“Losing” Egypt | The Freeman

It was never "ours" to begin with says William L. Anderson.

Facebook Nation | LewRockwell.com

The revolution in Egypt, and elsewhere, will be tweeted says Ron Holland.

Bollywood vs. Bin Laden | Reason Magazine

Shikha Dalmia sees parallels between Bollywood, India's flamboyant film industry, defeating Osama bin Laden, and Islamic fundamentalism like the Beatles and rock-n-roll defeated the former Soviet Union.

Patriot Act fails! | Russia Today

Patriot Act extension fails | Campaign for Liberty

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito voted to approve the extension.

Just In Time: An Important New Book for a World in a State of Flux | Economic Policy Journal

Even the casual observer of news must realize that the world is shifting at its core, that the future may very well be much different than the world we live in today.

The uprising in Tunisia and Egypt are just two examples of people desiring to be free of oppressive governments. In places like Tunisia and Egypt, the oppression is obvious. In other cases, such as the United States, the government moves may be a bit more slick, but the edge to the banksters and other power elite is becoming more obvious. In the U.S. this has spawned the Tea Party and others suspicious of ever-expanding government.

My chief complaint with these anti-regime movements has been that there seems to be no clear understanding of what the current regimes should be replaced with. The average man seems to have little understanding of the importance of free markets and its importance in creating a prosperous society.

In his new book, Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. addresses my complaint. Aimed primarily at a United States audience, the book brilliantly weaves facts with theories to explain why the United States is in the financial mess it is in today and the way out of the financial mess.

For more on this commentary, go to EconomicPolicyJournal.com.

UC speaker series on Middle East to continue | The Charleston Gazette

Israeli counsel general to present second installment of "Finding Middle Ground in the Middle East" series at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

You're invited | LewRockwell.com

The historic first hearing of Chairman Ron Paul's monetary policy committee, to expose the Fed as the prime creator of unemployment and so much human suffering, will take place at: 10:00AM on Wednesday, February 9, 2011, in Room 2128 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the main hearing room of the Financial Services Committee. The witnesses include the eloquent Austro-free-market stars Thomas DiLorenzo of Loyola College and Richard Vedder of Ohio University.

The Fed itself, and at least three big banks, lobbied against Ron's chairmanship. Republicans who share their fear of the truth worked with Paul Ryan, chairman of the "Budget" Committee, to schedule hearings with Bernanke at the exact same time as Ron's, to try to diminish the significance of Ron's. Ryan, btw, is the fair-haired boy of the Republican leadership who gave the boring response to Obama's boring State of the Empire Address. Like the Republican leadership, Ryan talks about cutting spending, but that is only a ruse. Ryan is a big-government neocon, and so naturally supported TARP, Bush's prescription drug welfare, his wars, and the empire.

I don't believe this insider trick will work against Ron, because his support comes not from the regime or the Republican leadership, but from the grassroots. I think the Paulians will pack Ron's hearings, and not only to show their support for him against the power elite. These hearings will have huge significance in the fight against the Fed, the fractional-reserve banksters, and other destroyers of our prosperity and freedom. It will also be a lot of fun!

Reposted from LewRocwell.com

Photos: Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), chairman of the House subcommittee on Monetary Policy, top left, and Ben Bernake, chairman of the Federal Reserve.

The Unraveling of U.S. Mideast Policy | The Future of Freedom Foundation

The Arab people have grown weary of the Washington, D.C.-backed puppets who rule over them says Sheldon Richman.

Ronald Reagan: An Autopsy | LewRockewell.com

Murray N. Rothbard's 1989 post-presidential analysis of the Gipper's legacy.

How to: Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Internet | bytestyle.tv

As Congress considers emulating Egypt and China in shutting down the Internet in the event of a "national emergency," Shelly Roche points at ways to be prepared.

Kill the “Internet Kill Switch” Bill | bytestyle.tv

Otherwise, the U.S. will become like Egypt or China says Shelly Roche.

How to analyze a State Department briefing

A Mockery of a Sham | The Daily Bell

The "findings" of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission are of little surprise to Peter Shiff.

A People’s Uprising Against the Empire | LewRockwell.com

In both the Middle East, and the U.S. says Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

Visualizing Obama's budget cuts. Student Explains Obamanomics in 1 Minute

How to Help Those Suffering Under Dictatorship | The Future of Freedom Foundation

For starters, Jacob Hornberger suggests the withdrawl all American troops from overseas, and the elimination of all foreign aid.

When All Drugs Were Legal | LewRockwell.com

There was no police state, and addiction was miniscule says J.E. Huebert.

Cow Most Sacred: Why Military Spending Remains Untouchable | The Huffington Post

Because American politics remans stuck in the 1930s looking for a new Hitler says Andrew Bacevich.

Truth in labeling | NaturalNews.tv

Renewing the Patriot Act While America Sleeps | The Rutherford Institute

America cannot legitimately call itself the "land of the free" while the nightmarish USA Patriot Act is still on the books says John W. Whitehead.

The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America | NaturalNews.tv

Seeking Middle Ground in the Middle East: Q & A with Ambassador William C. Harrop - Jan. 16, 2011

Our Choice: State Secession or Washington Debt Depression | LewRockwell.com

Ron Holland makes the case for debt repudiation via a constitutional convention.

Russell Means: Welcome To The Reservation | PrisonPlanet.tv

Media as a Branch of Government | Antiwar.com

The Fourth Estate is appropriately named says Justin Raimondo.

Eisenhower Farewell Speech - Jan. 17, 1961 (part 1)

Sarah Palin’s Cross Hairs – and Obama’s | Antiwar.com

Metaphorical ones are no comparison to real ones says John V. Walsh.

The Pentagon's Planet of Bases | TomDispatch.com

Nick Turse finds the U.S Department of Defense can't keep count of the "installations" it has around the globe.

Martin Luther King Jr Interview (Part 1 of 3) | The Mike Douglas Show - Nov. 2, 1967

New Year's Day - U2