For months now the public has been held in thrall to measles hysteria. Mainstream media outlets have provided breathless, selective coverage of this “crisis” by stoking fear in a fact-free and reckless manner, implying that the entire country is on the verge of a...
"War is even worse than OSHA and price controls." –Murray Rothbard https://mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media-large/Rothbard_19800923_0.mp3 Chris Sciabarra: In September 1980, I extended an invitation to Murray to be among the speakers featured in a nearly week-long...
The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004-2019 When Ron Paul left Congress after failing to win the GOP nomination in 2012, it seemed as though the movement that formed around his two historic presidential campaigns would continue to thrive. After all,...
Whether it be Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy, from a young age people are taught to believe in things that are fantasy. And those are the “positive” things. Through time, children have been told stories of “the monster under their bed” that will “get...
As the #GunControlNow battle rages on online, between two camps that won’t listen or understand each other, and where both sides are throwing emotionally loaded words in each other’s virtual faces, I’d like to give a couple of cents on a different, but closely related...
Whenever a central bank introduces easy monetary policy, as a rule this leads to an economic boom — or economic prosperity. At least this is what most commentators hold. If this is however the case then it means that an easy monetary policy can grow an economy. But...
Since the end of the Cold War in 1990, US defense spending has increased 182 percent in nominal terms, and 44 percent in inflation-adjusted terms. In inflation-adjusted terms, defense spending is now about equal with the all-time peak reached in 2011, and the White...
Donnie Gebert is a former US Army Intelligence Sergeant, Ammunition Supply Specialist, Infantryman and US Navy Electronics Technician. He was medically discharged after 17 years of active service and lives with his three children in Texas. He is the author of “A...
