Articles by Thomas Schmidt

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Laugh at the Government

That's the best way to undermine it.

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4/12/2011

We Need 8,200 Congressmen

Just as the Founders intended, says Tom Schmidt.

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1/20/2011

Why FDR Wanted War With Japan

Tom Schmidt on Franklin's evil motive.

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6/2/2010

Cities and Civilization

Tom Schmidt on Mises, Rothbard, and Jane Jacobs.

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5/4/2010

Capitalist Civilization

Tom Schmidt on the miracle of Chicago.

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3/25/2010

Why We Write

Tom Schmidt on a Dutch colonist in America, and the cause of liberty.

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3/13/2010

The Feds Will Kill the Roth IRA

Thomas Schimdt explains it is that, or they die.

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1/1/2010

Oil and the Age of Centralization

And now, oil and the age of decentralization!

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8/27/2009

Capitalism and the Internet

Tom Schmidt on the market as router, writ large.

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5/30/2009

Turns Out I Love the Things…

…that the FDA hates, says Tom Schmidt.

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4/9/2009

Geithnerd

The Ring and surviving state-generated disaster.

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3/27/2009

One Trouble With Suburbia

It was created by a socialist, says Thomas Schmidt.

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3/16/2009

The Easy Conquest

Tom Schmidt on how empires, including the American, fall.

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2/14/2009

Another Airliner Downed by Federal Policy

Tom Schmidt on why there are "migratory" geese in New York in January.

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1/17/2009

Everything I Need To Know About Politics

I learned at the opera, says Tom Schmidt.

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1/7/2009

There Is Life After the Boom

New York, remember Genoa, says Tom Schmidt.

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12/27/2008

The Process of Decivilization

Tom Schmidt on inflation and war vs. society.

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12/3/2008

How Regimes Fall

And why it's good news.

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10/3/2008

Vintage Port and LRC

Thomas Schmidt on civilization and freedom.

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6/14/2008

If Only Mahler Had Finished the Tenth Symphony

Thomas Schmidt on the 20th century's legacy to the 21st.

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5/16/2008

Of Fare Hikes and Fiat Currency

Thomas Schmidt on the token index.

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2/6/2008

Forcing the Spring

Thomas Schmidt on unnatural selections.

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11/14/2007

Darwin on Wall Street

Thomas Schmidt on marriage, economics, property rights, and evolution.

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10/27/2007

Hunting Locals

Thomas Schmidt on the secret of the New York City subways.

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10/11/2007

Wagner’s Libertarian Masterpiece

Thomas Schmidt on Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

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10/2/2007