Ron Paul appeared on Bloomberg to defend his investment portfolio, which has lost a tremendous amount of value in the past few months coinciding with the steep drop in gold prices. The anchors pressed Paul on how he can reconcile his losses of over 40% of his value but he countered by challenging the long…
Silver: Little Brother, Big Potential Three Reasons Silver Could Outperform Gold By Jason Sampognaro By Jason Sampognaro, Hard Assets Alliance Analyst, TLR Contributor When we think of gold, we think of the solid, safe-haven, value-holding, inflation-hedging, shiny, yellow metal that lets us sleep at night knowing the governments of the world cannot print it out…
Vegans Rage! Carnivores bite back! Animal rights activists are recording videos showing animals being abused or mistreated in facilities where they are then later processed in food. Legislators have threatened to outlaw these types of videos in a pushback against animal rights activists throwing the lettuce crowd into conniptions. The legislation proposed would require that…
Guest Columnist J. Keith Johnson Hard Assets Alliance Contributor As tax season draws to a close, it’s a good time to reevaluate your retirement portfolio. Once we get into a routine regarding our finances, it’s easy for us to grow so comfortable with our approach that we miss developing opportunities. Let’s face it, the world’s changing…
Fox Business host John Stossel interviewed Glenn Beck on his conversion to libertarianism, peppering him with questions about standard libertarian positions. “The Drug War is a failure” Beck states unequivocally. However he parses this with the fact that now Obamacare demands free healthcare to everyone means that we are taking care of people who make…
Senator Rand Paul addressed a group of students at the Howard University School of Business to discuss the issues of race, civil liberties and the future of the black vote in America. In a half hour lecture, Senator Paul debated the idea that the Democrats are the party of civil rights historically and defended the…
“PISS POOR” THE STATE IN YOUR BEER SUPPLY Guest Columnist Mikael Sandstrom To what extent is the state involved in regulating your beer supply? The “three-tier” system was created after the prohibition of alcohol was repealed and was done so to establish control over the industry as well as a revenue source via taxation. …
Libertarian Republic Editor Austin Petersen interviewed Jennifer Grossman about a new libertarian television network being planned for a fall 2013 launch. Grossman’s ambitious project seeks to build a TV channel that does more than just compete with Fox News. Her plans to build programming based around the ideas of liberty would serve a broader audience…
Illinois is suffering from its worst budget ever, according to Gov. Pat Quinn. It’s got a $97 billion pension crisis to solve with no respite in sight. So if Illinois has such massive budget issues, why is one lawmaker there so concerned with banning lion meat? State Rep. Luis Arroyo recently proposed a bill to…
Legislating Hemp by Mikael Sandstrom The Bluegrass State has introduced a bill that would allow hemp production according to Kentucky Senate Bill 50. The usage of hemp has been widely known as an industrial product, biofuel, it has medicinal and nutritional values and it’s an amazingly strong fiber! The reason…