mises.org: Happy New Year: A Toast to 50 Years of Legalized Gold -- -- On New Year’s Eve 1974, President Gerald Ford snuck in an executive order legalizing private gold ownership, revoking FDR’s previous policies banning gold “hoarding.” #liberty #news
reason.com: Bible Back in Texas Schools After Being Pulled for Sexual Content -- -- Canyon Independent School District pulled sections of the Bible from its library shelves over concerns that its sexually explicit material violated Texas law. #liberty #news
mises.org: Radical Republicans and the Thirteenth Amendment -- -- While US historians tend to tell the simple, good-versus-evil story of the creation and implementation of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, revisionist historians see a series of complex events in which the political agenda of Radical Republicans dominated the South. #liberty #news
reason.com: Jack Smith Withdraws From Florida Case, Refers Case to U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Florida -- -- A few moments ago, Jack Smith and his co-counsel filed a motion to withdraw from the Florida case: Pursuant to…The post Jack Smith Withdraws From Florida Case, Refers Case to U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Florida appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: Is the Market Economy Inherently Unstable, Or Is Government the Culprit? -- -- The Federal Reserve and so-called government stabilizers exist ostensibly to balance a market economy that supposedly is fundamentally unstable. But what if government intervention itself causes the instability? #liberty #news
reason.com: Final Farewells -- -- Plus: What Biden regrets, Trump supports visas for skilled workers (or does he?), a major Amtrak screwup, and more... #liberty #news