August 2011
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“This ‘purchasing power’ argument is, when one considers it seriously, fantastic....”
– Henry Hazlitt, Economics In One Lesson
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“There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines...”
– Ludwig Von Mises
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“I believe that there is a ‘moral [and] constitutional equivalence’...”
– U.S. Justice Clarence Thomas, Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena
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“Remember something, if you will, about voting: Voting is not a horse race,...”
– Jesse Ventura
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“Researchers, like other people, can become attached to their ideas, but when...”
– Hugh Ross, More Than A Theory
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Too Big To Fail
I’ve been working on an article about bailouts, and as I was doing research on the topic, I figured I’d watch through this HBO special (film, maybe?) as part of it. It simply was astounding to see how these people thought they could control the markets. They genuinely believed that government intervention would be the right thing to do, a very Keynesian notion. Of course, central...
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“Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his...”
– Ludwig Von Mises
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“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man: brave, hated and...”
– Mark Twain
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Separation of Mosque & State →
If government stimulus money in this country went to a church, there’d be hell to pay once the ACLU was through, but the amount of foreign aid that goes to helping out mosques oversees goes unchecked. It’s not about one religion over another though - it’s about consistency in our government’s ideology. Believe one way or the other. You can’t eat your cake and have it...
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“The essential teaching of liberalism is that social co-operation and the...”
– Ludwig Von Mises
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“Centralization of credit in the banks of the State, by means of a central bank...”
– Karl Marx, Fifth Plank of the Communist Manifesto
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“A man should be upright, not be kept upright.”
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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“The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there be no way for the...”
– Alan Greenspan, Gold and Economic Freedom
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Arriving at Love, by Arpit Mehta
It’s shameless self-promotion, but it’s okay because Caleb said it first ;)
caleblund:
This is a new book of poetry by my friend, Arpit.
He is truly a modern day “Reniassance Man”, and this book of poetry displays one more of his many talents: poet.
Available online for preview and purchase.
(Silence)
A deafening canyon...
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“To understand the unitive purpose [of sexual desire], we must recognize that the...”
– J. Budziszewski, The Law of Nature and The Law of Man
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“[Debt is] an ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave driver.”
– Ambrose Bierce
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“Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power...”
– Lord Acton
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