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Down with the Seventeenth Amendment

Tom Woods — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:01:56 +0000

I’m heading to Austin (where I’ll see you tomorrow, right?) tonight, but wanted to post this before leaving. The Seventeenth Amendment, which provided for the direct election of U.S. senators (who had previously been chosen by the state legislatures), is one of the many episodes in American history that your seventh-grade teacher portrayed to you as unambiguously wonderful and progressive, so much so that no opposing view need even be mentioned. Only a pigheaded idiot could oppose something as super as this, and you students aren’t pigheaded idiots, right?

Law professor Todd Zywicki has done some of the best work on this subject. This book review he wrote is from 1997, but it gives a good overview of the real intent and the actual consequences of the Seventeenth Amendment, as opposed to the comic-book version we all got in school.

Talking Nullification in The American Spectator

Tom Woods — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:35:18 +0000

Here’s an interview I did with The American Spectator last week while in Las Vegas for FreedomFest. The focus, of course, is my new book, Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century. (The prose is a little awkward at times because it’s a transcription of a spoken conversation; it would be easier if you could hear my inflections.) It’s great to see nullification getting attention in outlets like this.

The Fed Appoints Three New Drones — Hooray

Tom Woods — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:43:53 +0000

On Bloomberg, Jim Grant is asked how he feels about the three yes-men about to be appointed to the Fed. Most guests would offer a few empty statements about the great qualifications of our new overlords. Grant, on the other hand, gives a reply that only a few people in the world would give — namely, what the heck does it matter? What will change with the addition of these people? Absolutely nothing, as usual. So why pretend to care, or that any of it makes any difference? (Thanks to Bob Murphy.)

See You This Weekend — And Next

Tom Woods — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:14:44 +0000

This Friday evening I’ll be speaking in Nashville — on the economy and the geniuses who got us into this mess rather than nullification. I’ll have copies of several of my titles there, including Meltdown and the new one, Nullification. Please attend if you can — it should be a great time.

This Saturday morning at 8:30 Central I’ll be on “Baldy and the Blonde” on WGSO AM 990, New Orleans (live stream here).

On Saturday, July 24, I’ll be speaking twice at the We Texans symposium in Austin. Books galore will be available at that event as well. Please come, and/or spread the word!

Haven’t We Tried Everything Else?

Tom Woods — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:59:37 +0000

Here I bring nullification — the concept and the book — to a mainstream conservative audience. No doubt there will be some hostility there, but it would be nice to see some support.

Spreading the Word About Nullification

Tom Woods — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:28:29 +0000

Here’s a very interesting initiative: a move to deliver copies of Nullification to the entire state legislature of Utah.

Want to Learn Austrian Economics?

Tom Woods — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:19:53 +0000

But don’t know where to start? Here’s a resource page I’ve just assembled to help guide you.

Bob Murphy, Renaissance Man

Tom Woods — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:27:50 +0000

Zombie one day, composer and singer of songs to Paul Krugman the next.

G. Gordon Liddy: Tea Partiers Need to Read Nullification

Tom Woods — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:00:33 +0000

Here’s my interview with G. Gordon Liddy from earlier today. He really likes Nullification. This was my third time on his program, and the first on this subject.

Interview with a Zombie

Tom Woods — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:10:12 +0000

The first original video on TomWoodsTV, my YouTube channel.