Journalist Plays Word Association Game with Me

Tom Woods

"Well written, well researched, and the thesis put forth is well argued.... Woods has opened up an area of historical analysis that should invite further study."
-Journal of American History
"During these times that challenge our freedoms there is no one more qualified to make U.S. history relevant to the fight against big government than Thomas Woods."
-Barry Goldwater Jr.
Former Member of Congress
"I strongly recommend Woods's work."
-The Honorable Ron Paul,
U.S. House of Representatives
"Written with great clarity and fluency, making the complex philosophical and theological concepts approachable."
-Journal of American Studies
"A must-read."
-Barron's
"An excellent reading source for anyone interested in financial markets, and much more so for anyone interested in learning about capitalism without all the misinterpretations being thrown about in the financial media."
-Asia Times
"Provocative, well-written, and deserves to be read."
-Catholic Historical Review
"An engaging and important contribution to scholarship on the history of American Catholicism."
-Journal of the Historical Society
"Woods and [co-author Kevin] Gutzman appeal to both left and right in this constitutionalist jeremiad…. The authors' exegeses of the Constitution and court decisions, heavy on original intent arguments, are lucid and telling."
-Publishers Weekly
"A marvelous read. Every chapter taught me something new and unexpected."
-Tom Bethell, senior editor,
The American Spectator
"The hottest book today is Meltdown, by my friend Tom Woods."
-Judge Andrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst,
FOX News Channel
"Should be required reading."
-Economic Affairs (London)
"Woods, one of the best classical liberal [libertarian] scholars of his generation, has once more placed us in his debt with this lucid and tightly argued book."
-David Gordon, The Mises Review
"Tom Woods is one of my dearest allies in the struggle against wrong-headed and dangerous economic policy."
-Peter Schiff

Well, not quite. But Rob Nikolewski of New Mexico’s Capitol Report named some famous people and asked me to comment on each one, after a speech I gave in Albuquerque yesterday.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Sedkowski/100001467305337 Paul Sedkowski

Tom, can you do a couple more associations…?
Ayn Rand…?
Milton Friedman…?
and…
Rand Paul…?
and finally…
Alex Jones…?
http://www.facebook.com/mrsmitmatt Matt McGuire

I love it! You know so much about these people just off of the top of your head. It’s too bad he didn’t say Bill O’Reilly. That would have been a funny one to hear.
Frank M

Nixon? Wow!
Although Ron Paul is the same age as my parents, I too got interested in government and economics thanks to President Nixon, particularly when he announced the wage and price controls, which astonished me, and I ended up doing a report on it for “current events” in grade school.
Later on, I became something of a Nixon junkie. I read lots of books about him, and finally came away with the impression that he was extremely smart, most likely a pretty nice guy up until some time in the 1960s, and probably not a progressive at heart, but merely wanting to beat his enemies at their own game. In fact, at some point, one of his White House people took a look at his desk after a particularly rough day he’d had on the phone with other government people. The President had scribbled on his desk calendar:
“GOVERNMENT DOESN’T WORK!”
You see, he had a world of potential. But for not living up to his potential, he certainly paid the price. This Nixon quote sums it up:

“Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.”
http://twitter.com/NSResponder John C. Randolph

One good description I’ve heard of Krugman in the last couple of months is “he’s an arsonist in a stadium full of straw men.”
MarxMarvelous

This was a cool interview, thanks for posting.