AEI’s James Pethokoukis Stubs His Toe on Gold

Originally posted on Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 The prolific AEI writer James Pethokoukis recently devoted a blog, A return to the gold standard.  Please, stop.  Here’s a much better idea. to criticizing the gold standard (and promoting Scott Sumner’s...

Gold: “the sweat of the sun”

Originally posted on Friday, June 21st, 2013 The BBC reports Inti, the Incan Sun God, from the flag of Argentina, courtesy of Wikipedia The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and believed that it represented the sun’s regenerative powers. All gold...

The Common Sense of the Common Law

Originally posted on Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 Constitution.org provides an extensive and thoughtful Memorandum of Law by Larry Becraft, Esq., of Huntsville, Alabama, on Article I, Section 10, clause 1 of the US Constitution. Sir William Blackstone courtesy...