Remembering Fred Childress

by | Jul 27, 2010 | Personal

Remembering Fred Childress No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow. ~Euripides~ It is with great sorrow that I report the loss of my friend, Fred Childress. Fred was on his way home in Tennessee at the end of a month-long, cross country...

What’s in it for me?

by | Jul 27, 2010 | Personal

What’s in it for me? Teaching is something that comes very naturally to me, probably because I have been doing it for most of my life. I enjoy watching people’s faces light up when they begin to understand whatever I’ve been teaching them up to that...

FED contracting the money supply

by | Jul 7, 2010 | Political

Thomas Jefferson said, “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and...

McDonald vs Chicago

by | Jul 7, 2010 | Second Amendment

I am sorely tempted to send Chicago’s Mayor Daley a sympathy card. I’m sure he’s crying about the latest Supreme Court decision, which bluntly asserts that Chicago’s anti-gun laws violate the Second Amendment, and the rights of all Chicagoans....

Obituary for the Libertarian Party

by | Jul 7, 2010 | Political

On May 30th I gave a speech at the LP National Convention in St. Louis which began with a eulogy for the Libertarian Party. I think I’m pretty safe in claiming that nobody expected the speech that I gave. Let me be clear. I do not hate the Libertarian Party, nor...