We’ve now posted the second episode of Radio Rothbard, which today is the audio version of Friday’s column on gun violence in Mexico. Here’s the mp3 version , and it’s also available on our Youtube
In Friday’s article on Mexico homicides, I briefly mentioned the myth that Mexican homicides are driven by American guns. This myth drives so much of the rhetoric about Mexican crime, that it bears some examination in slightly more detail. For example, in the wake of the Florida shooting, The National Observer ran an article titled “ More guns,
Listen to Ryan McMaken’s commentary on the Radio Rothbard podcast . In the wake of the Florida school shooting earlier this month, Broward County police deputies are being accused of hiding outside the school while students were being murdered inside. Moreover, both the Sheriff’s department and the FBI are being accused of failing to follow up on
Thanks in part to Trump’s bombastic and unpredictable style — but more likely due to his lack of friends in Washington — members of Congress have suddenly realized that maybe, just maybe, it’s a bad thing that the President of the United States can unilaterally blow up the world. And when I say “President of the United States” I don’t mean that
From The Observer: During a three-and-a-half-hour speech to mark China’s five-year congress in Beijing, President Xi Jinping laid out his vision for the nation’s future. Xi spoke at length about economic concerns troubling Chinese leaders, including problems with medical care, education, employment, and a growing income gap. President Xi’s
A county sheriff in Texas has run afoul of the social media mob when he publicly announced on Facebook that he was seeking to press charges against a local resident known for using the F-word on a sign on his vehicle. Social media readers responded with the expected protests over freedom of speech when Sheriff Troy Nehls posted a photo of the
If recent years are any indication, this year we’ll be treated, yet again, to a smattering of articles about the supposed politics behind Thanksgiving, and how the bad guys (whether on the left or right) are opposing all things decent by refusing to celebrate the holiday in a way that promotes the correct political agenda. On one side are the
Legal trophy hunting creates an incentive for entrepreneurs to preserve endangered species since the trophy hunting industry makes these species valuable as investments. The logic here is so apparent that even TruTV’s show “Adam Ruins Everything” — which is hardly a right-wing propaganda rag — has figured it out: Two years after the killing of
For decades in the United States, turkey has been the center of the Thanksgiving meal. Some eccentrics may offer other choices, such as roast beef or duck, but nowadays, it’s a sure bet that few households will be offering horse meat as one of Thursday’s featured dishes. Horse meat has largely disappeared from the Western diet, and not even our
Listen to Ryan McMaken’s commentary on the Radio Rothbard podcast . One of the reasons that Donald Trump gives for slapping new protectionist tariffs on steel and aluminum is that it will create manufacturing jobs, and by extension, greatly enhance income growth and standards of living in the United States. Trump is capitalizing on an enduring
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