Here's an extract from the preface of Lew Rockwell's excellent new book:
“These are the times that try men’s souls.” So said Thomas Paine in Common Sense, a pamphlet that sparked the American Revolution. We face similar trying times today. The American government embroils us in destructive, costly, and illegal wars. Under the malign management of the Fed, money and credit are subject to inflationary pressures that, as Austrian business cycle theory explains, lead to depressions. The government subjects us to a crushing tax burden. Our civil liberties are under continued assault, and the government claims the right to kill us without trial. The government’s excuse for this is the unnecessary “war on terror.” If we didn’t intervene abroad, there would be no terrorist blowback against America. In any case, the threat is grossly exaggerated. As if this were not enough, the government also wages a harmful “war on drugs” that puts thousands in jail and discriminates against blacks.We encourage all Newsalert readers to buy this book by clicking on this link. Not only is Lew a great writer, he's really the undisputed head of the libertarian movement in America as CEO and founder of the Mises Institute. As you've probably noticed, we link frequently to the Mises Intitute because it is the leading educational institution in the world today. Unlike today's universities which are breeding grounds for world-wide enslavement.
