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Karl Hess and the Death of Politics
"Some may wonder why it took Hess 20 years to notice all this, why it took a man this obviously intelligent so long to grasp that the Republicans were pretty much the same as the New Deal Democrats he opposed, but with window dressing."
Austrian Paper Money: 1700 and Following
A government which interferes with banking exposes itself to great danger of error, and such errors cost it popular confidence sooner than any others.
The Person with the Bomb Rules
The constitutional arrangement is far from perfect. But, at least if its provisions are obeyed, there is a barrier imposed on arbitrary and secret rule by one person.
Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy
A president faced an economic depression that wouldn’t go away, and a deeply disgruntled electorate. Not for the first or last time, the option of entering a war seemed politically appealing. How badly did FDR want a war and to what lengths was...
John Holt: Libertarian Outsider
"Holt, in effect, reasoned his way to libertarianism from his relentless, dogged analysis of what worked and didn't work in education, in the schoolroom."
The “Frenchie” Memorial Scholarship
True enough, while I would have met the qualifications of planning to go on for a secondary education, having a 3.0 GPA or better, and being a varsity letter winner, I wouldn't have stood a chance against the student athletes I'm considering this year, or any who have applied the last few years we've awarded the "Frenchie."
Jefferson Contra Hamilton: Too Tame, Too Late
"Class interest led him almost always to the side of the smaller political unit against encroachment by the larger, because the greater the power of local self-government, as a rule, the better for the producer and the worse for the exploiter."
2. Shilling and Dollar Manipulations
From Part I of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The History of Money and Bank
