The Year America Dissolved | CounterPunch.org

It will happen in MMXVII says Paul Craig Roberts.

Abolish the Agriculture Department | Future of Freedom Foundation

The flap surrounding Shirley Sherrod's racial comments is a masquerade to a larger problem of the State's involvement in farming says Jacob Hornberger.

What's Wrong With the American University System | The Atlantic

Plenty say Queens College Professor Andrew Hacker and New York Times reporter Claudia Dreifus in their new book "Higher Education?: Why Colleges Are Wasting Our Money, Failing Our Kids and What We Can Do About It.”

Will misguided patriotism destroy free speech? | The Rutherford Institute

John Whitehead channels Samuel Johnson in saying the scoundrels in D.C. are hiding behind the flag-draped coffins of American soldiers in an attempt to subvert the First Amendment.

Live Aid: 25 Years Later | The Partial Observer

If the past is prologue, then Third World nations will never benefit from celebrity benefit concerts says James LeRoy Wilson.

The Fable of the Bees (UPDATED) | LewRockwell.com

Gary North takes to poetry to explain the current economic environment.

Tom Woods answers questions about his new book Nullification

The Right To Nullify This Government | Human Events

Historian and author Tom Woods explains how surprisingly often a misunderstood concept has been used, and why it's needed today.

Inflating War | The American Conservative

Tom DiLorenzo explains who how governments use debt and war to keep its citizens in bondage.

Manufacturing Terror | The American Conservative

When the feds can't find the terrorists, they entrap the unsuspecting into becoming one says Stephan Salisbury.

Robert Byrd, Federal Bankruptcy, and Moral Debauchery | Future of Freedom Foundation

The late U.S. senator's "service" to West Virginia only made it, and the nation, poorer says Jacob Hornberger.

Contempt of State – An Indispensable Virtue | LewRockwell.com

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski reminds us that the best way to stop being bullied is to stand up to the bully.

Racist pols go straight back to disarming blacks | Washington Times

Remnants of Jim Crow alive and well in cities like Chicago and Washington, D.C. that restrict ownership of firearms says Robert Farago.

How Big Corn Sees the BP Gusher | Mother Jones

Josh Harkinson says the National Corn Growers Association cure of switching to vehicles that run on ethanol to prevent future oil spills like in the Gulf of Mexico is worse than the disease.

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Walking in the Peaceful Path of Ludwig von Mises | LewRockwell.com

Financial advisor Ron Holland says the only path for Americans to find peace and liberty given the current political and economic climate may be to vote with their feet.

The War is Making You Poor | Antiwar.com

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) introduces bill to make people realize the real cost of U.S. occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Rethinking Jobless Benefits | Cato Institute: Commentary

Among the most practical ways to decrease unemployment, says Michael Tanner, is to stop subsidizing it.

Davy Crockett - Not Yours to Give

Defusing the Foreign Policy Time-Bomb | LewRockwell.com

In order to avoid a wider war in the Middle East, S.J. Masty says the U.S. needs to follow the example of Switzerland.

The Philosophy of Liberty

Why 'The Greatest Generation'? | Strike-The-Root: A Journal Of Liberty

Because of what we've inherited from them, Robert L. Johnson says "The Greatest Generation" wasn't.

Independence Needs Independents | Campaign for Liberty

The U.S. will return to being "the land of the free and the home of the brave" when its citizens begin thinking, and working for themselves says Jerry Salcido.

Coined Liberty | LewRockwell.com

Scott Rentschler showcases how America's financial decline is proportional to the images placed on its coins.

The battle continues - End the Fed, a song by James Cobb

Final Vote Results for Roll Call 412 - H.R. 4173 | Thomas.gov

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito voted against recommitting H.R. 4173, The Restoring American Financial Stability Act, to conference committee with Rep. Ron Paul's Audit the Fed provision. Later, Capito voted with Paul not to approve the final version of the bill (Roll Call 413).

Paul's attempt to 'audit' Fed fails | Victoria Advocate

Motion to recommit pro-audit provision to conference committee fails 198-229. H.R. 4173, The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 later passes the House 237-192.