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“Instead of barrels of gunpowder, we’re going to be trafficking in books and ideas.”
This is what my friend and colleague Gary Gibson wrote in his own introduction to Whiskey & Gunpowder, an innovative product that began in 2005. Its mission has been to explore the outer edges of economic, financial, ...read more
Why Whiskey & Gunpowder… And Why Now?
Aug 13th, 2012 | By Gary Gibson | Category: Featured, Personal Liberties, Taxes
As soon as the noose was around his neck, Guy Fawkes broke free from the hangman and leaped off the scaffolding — guaranteeing a quick drop with a stop sharp enough to break his neck cleanly...
It seems like an odd result for a man to be in such a hurry ...read more
Keynesianism Vs. The Gold Coin Standard
Aug 10th, 2012 | By Gary North | Category: Featured, Gold
Recently, the leftist London Guardian posted an article against the nineteenth-century gold coin standard. The author, who seems recently to have begun shaving, has provided a highly useful summary of the Keynesian case against the gold coin standard. His article is a fine mixture of familiar old canards and creative ...read more
The “New” Migration To Gold And Silver
Aug 9th, 2012 | By Byron King | Category: Featured, Gold
Yesterday I gave you a brief history of gold, and why I think the metal may be higher. Today let's round out our discussion with the importance of holding physical metal!
In fact, over the past few years investors have been flocking to gold and silver.
What's going on? It's a worldwide ...read more
Got Physical Gold?
Aug 8th, 2012 | By Byron King | Category: Featured, Gold
As you can figure out, especially if you’re a longtime reader, you had better have your stash of physical gold and silver.
Furthermore, if you haven’t noticed lately gold is on sale. The shiny stuff trades at a 17% discount to last year’s highs.
Today, with gold prices heading higher -- $2,000, ...read more
Has The Perfect Moment To Kill The Dollar Arrived?
Aug 7th, 2012 | By Brandon Smith | Category: Economics, Featured
The idea of "collapse", social and financial, comes with an incredible array of hypothetical consequences ranging from public dissent and martial law, to the complete disintegration of infrastructure and the devolution of mankind into a swarm of mindless arm-chewing cannibals. In an age of television nirvana and cinema overload, I ...read more
Cracks in the Foundation
Aug 6th, 2012 | By Dan Denning | Category: Economics, Featured
Step away from watching the markets hour by hour and eventually you'll notice something. What you'll notice is that most of the news is garbage. Websites and cable news channels need a constant news flow to justify movements in stock prices. But most of the time there is no connection ...read more
Tiffany’s and the Problem of Security
Aug 3rd, 2012 | By Jeffrey Tucker | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
After Sept. 11, the American system of government became crazy obsessed with security. The implementation has not only been brutal and contrary to human liberty; it has completely lacked creativity. Instead of real security, we get what's called "security theater," and at the expense of the customer, who feels the ...read more
Why You Should Quit Politics (And Embark On A Much More Productive Path To Liberty)
Aug 2nd, 2012 | By Whiskey Contributor | Category: Featured, Politics
The political process as a means to liberty has been about as effective as socialism as a means to prosperity. If your goal is liberty, electoral politics is the last path you should consider. There is a far more exciting, fulfilling, enriching, and – most importantly – effective path to ...read more
When They Come For Your Guns, You Will Turn Them Over
Aug 1st, 2012 | By Jim Karger | Category: Featured, Politics
"When they come for my gun, they will have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands," is a common refrain I often hear from the Neo-Cons when there is a threat, credible or otherwise, that the US government is going to take their firearms.
And, when I hear this ...read more

