Writes Thomas DiLorenzo: “I just signed a contract with Random House which will publish my new book, Lincoln Uncensored, next year. It’s all new material, with nineteen chapters broken up into three sections: ‘Things You’re Not Supposed to Know about America’s Sixteenth President’; ‘Economic Issues You’re Supposed to Ignore’; and ‘The Lincoln Cult.’ The book is already written, with only relatively minor editing left to do.”

There does seem to be a growing literature that argues for the compatibility of Misesianism and Randianism, with Heidi C. Morris’s new piece as the latest entry: “The Logical Compatibility of Austrian Economics and Objectivist Ethics”: Part 1 and Part 2.

In War on Terrorism, New Search Engine Seeks Hidden Vulnerabilities:

[S]ince love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. 

— Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, 1513

All animals experience fear—human beings, perhaps, most of all. Any animal incapable of fear would have been hard pressed to survive, regardless of its size, speed, or other attributes. Fear alerts us to dangers that threaten our well-being and sometimes our very lives. Sensing fear, we respond by running away, by hiding, or by preparing to ward off the danger.

Property Casualty Insurers Association president Ernie Csiszar has bitterly complained about New York prosecutor/gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer’s unfair use of the threat of jail and trial by media against business executives. Spitzer is himself guilty of conflict of interest, but answers to no higher authority. This is perhaps the most frank and pointed protest against Spitzer recorded to date by an industry leader.

If you have purchased a book from the Mises Institute store recently, and have some thoughts about it, you can now post a public review on the catalog (yes, just like Amazon, or so we hope). Even if you didn’t buy the book from Mises.org, your thoughts on books assist other readers in make choices.

Renowned Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper, founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, predicts that Sarbanes-Oxley “will have the exact opposite effect that it intended.” One unintended consequence is the heightened legal liability of corporate board members.

Steven Pearlstein speculates that CAFTA is a bust on grounds that the US sugar lobby will oppose its provisions that raise import quotas by 1 percent over 15 years.