Walt Holton's Blog – March 2010 Archive (7)

Well I finally did it. Today I testified before a State Senate committee on a bill that would allow the state to coin a silver currency. I prepared a testimony that took just about five minutes to present, however due to time restrictions they asked everyone to be brief; in turn out of respect for their time I did no...t present my statement and summed up my sentiments in a very unimpressive few sentences since, I assumed…

Well I opened my Census last night and found the questions were not as bad as I suspected. I found some of the questions a bit pushy and thought there was a bit of an obsession with race. Today however, my big complaint is not about the questions they asked but the ones they did not ask; namely “ARE YOU A CITEZEN OF THE US?…

I apologize to those who have been following this thread, for missing a day and being late in the day on this essay. Today's essay is by Dean Russell. Mr. Russell was an Air Force Captain and staff member of the Foundation for Economic Freedom. This essay was originally published in 1951. Enjoy

http://mises.org/daily/3425

See link

http://gov.idaho.gov/mediacenter/press/pr2010/prmar10/pr_023.html

Today's chapter from Essays on Liberty (1952) is actualy the second chapter in the book. I skipped this chapter yesterday because I could not find a link to this essay directly. The attached link is actualy a PDF of the entire book, "Essays on Liberty," provided by, the Foundation For Economic Education (FEE). Today's chapter was written by Betty Knowles Hunt. She was a housewife and mother and a freelance writer and columnist. This piece originaly appeared in the Bridgeport Post…

Today's installment from the book "Essays On Liberty" (1952) comes from Clarence Manion.

Mr. Manion was the Dean of the College of Law, Notre Dame University. This essay originaly appeared in his book, The Key to Peace (Heritage Foundation 1950). Enjoy.

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/a-page-on-freedom-number-11/

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Yesterday when hunting for a book at our local used book store I stumbled upon a book published in 1952 called, "Essays On Liberty." The book is a series of essays, by different authors, written as pamphlets, chapters of books and articles for magazines. Just to name a few of the notable contributors, Henry Hazlitt, James Madison,…