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Trashing the Bill of Rights: Where America Stands Now

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com I know, I know. It’s a Russian thing. When we’re about to do something stupid, we like to catalog the full extent of our stupidity for future reference. – Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5 Perhaps I have … Continue reading

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The Other (Worse) Side of the PRISM Scandal

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com The fallout from the PRISM scandal has reached Stage Two, where faces in front of television cameras promote memorable slogans to give people reasons to accept their abuse and to pretend that everything is okay. And, … Continue reading

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The Era of Fiat Currency Capitalism

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com I have worked long and hard to gather a broad perspective on history. I don’t doubt that there is value in specialization. In fact, I would have great difficulty doing what I do without good specialists. … Continue reading

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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com This was a big phrase in the 1960s, as young people turned away from the corporate conformity of the 1950s and decided that they wanted more out of life than being an adequately-fed cog in a … Continue reading

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Will Disney soon be able to Break into Your Computer… Legally?

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com And we thought Hollywood was over the edge when they were suing 14-year-old girls for downloading Madonna songs. Ha! That was nothing! Something called The IP Commission Report (subtitled A Report Of The Commission On The … Continue reading

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The Failure of the Libertarian Movement

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com Turn on a television after midnight some time and watch the churches that offer prayer for the sick, the depressed, and the overwhelmed. At first you’ll probably be put off by it and angered by hucksters … Continue reading

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The Real Problem with Conspiracy Theories

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com It seems that applying the tag “conspiracy theory” to something is the new way to get rid of it quickly. Evidently, people have been trained to stay away from anything given that title, assured that they … Continue reading

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What, Exactly, Is Liberty?

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com More or less every modern politician talks about “freedom” or “liberty.” Actually, they don’t talk about it as much as they use it as a magic incantation. They go on at length about “our free country,” … Continue reading

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Thomas Jefferson: “We Failed”

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com Thomas Jefferson – one of my long-time heroes – was convinced that he and his friends blew the chance they had to establish true freedom in America. I know that a hundred thousand self-praising textbooks, speeches, … Continue reading

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Don’t Fear The Collapse: The Future Will Be Better

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com Yes, we’ve all seen scary post-apocalyptic films like Mad Max, or TV shows like Jericho. A real collapse, however, will be quite different from such dramas. And beyond that, there’s a good chance the future will … Continue reading

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How I Discovered the Hidden Side of History

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com 1981: I was looking through some old books that somehow ended up at my parents’ house. Among them, I found a set of history books from the 1930s. With an innate interest in the topic, I … Continue reading

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The Good Guys Are Not Coming To Save Us

A lot of Americans know that the US government is out of control. Anyone who has cared enough to study the US Constitution even a little knows this. Still, very few of these people are taking any significant action, and … Continue reading

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