• "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

New Book Coming — Smear Artists Ready

My new book, Nullification, is coming June 29.  Wait until you see the cover design.  The design people are brilliant.

The smears that will be hurled my way are entirely predictable.  No one is allowed to adopt, much less advocate, an unapproved opinion, especially one directed at the heart of the regime, and anyone doing so can expect the heretic treatment.  (The Left, once a revolutionary movement, is now a bunch of shills for power and established institutions.  “Question Authority” is long, long gone.)  I will be portrayed as a sinister person who wants to bring back the Southern Confederacy, though why a libertarian would want to restore a regime that protected slavery and engaged in military conscription and monetary inflation is never explained.  (But when Woods was in college [sixteen years ago], he….  Yes, that’s what they are actually going to pull.  Nevermind all this.)

I’ve already smacked down two geniuses: here and here.  There will be more.

My own political philosophy, which embraces 100% self-ownership, and thus is opposed to all forms of forced labor always and everywhere, is described in this lecture (the next video in the series starts when the previous one finishes).  Anyone who tries to pretend I support slavery (slavery!) is therefore not just a numbskull, but a liar.  I am more antislavery and (for that matter) antiwar than any one of my critics will be.  I guarantee that.

In anticipation of the parade of automatons, I’ve just added a section to my articles page called “Against the Smearbund.”

The more hysterical the attacks are, though, the better.  Because then, when the inevitable person of good will reads the book and sees how reasonable and persuasive it is and how firmly grounded in American history its arguments are, he’ll start to wonder about the hysterics: what the heck is their gripe against this book?  Sure, they might disagree with its conclusions, but it’s obviously not crazy or evil. Why won’t they treat its arguments on their merits? Might these people just be irrationalists who want to intimidate people into silence?

These are just the questions we want people asking.  Why can’t these critics (if I am not dignifying them by assigning them such a hallowed designation) honestly debate what are obviously reasonable arguments?  Why must they resort immediately to smear-and-destroy mode?  Anything that discredits the smear artists is an advance for freedom.

Unlearn the Propaganda!

  • http://www.twitter.com/jhonsun Jhonsun

    The worst thing that could happen would be if it were ignored.

    It’s amazing that the view point which was assumed by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton (sometimes), the ratifying states of the U.S. Constitution, the New England states, the abolitionists, etc. would now be considered too radical today. It is the foundational understanding of our governmental system.

    For these people to deny that is like climbing to the top of a ladder and then kicking it out from underneath them.

  • http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/ Speedmaster

    Looking forward to it!

  • John

    Tom, PLEASE make sure to get on shows like Hannity. The front cover alone will be like red meat to their viewers. And get on Glenn Beck, too! It’s like every book he promotes now becomes a number one bestseller on Amazon!

  • http://www.thomasewoods.com Tom Woods

    It all depends on whether they choose to book me. All we can do is send the press materials and the book.

  • Peter

    Let’s hope they get you booked, even though I hate the free speech limiting scumbag media. You know that there are unconstitutional Federal laws that claim it should be “fair and balanced”, but it doesn’t mean censorship. They basically control the media and controling who gets a license to broadcast. Now they allow consolidation and monopoly over the broadcasting channels making it easier to manage.