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Rand Paul to Outline ‘Constitutional Conservative’ Foreign Policy

In a speech at the Heritage Foundation next Wednesday. According to the invitation, “At this lecture, Senator Rand Paul will discuss his vision of a foreign policy that respects the plain language of our Constitution, the legal powers of Congress and the important role of a strong presidency. It will stress the need for maintaining the strongest national defense among nations while also questioning what constitutes actual ‘defense.’”

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  • cely

    The question: Will he be reading from “A Foreign Policy Of Freedom”?

  • http://twitter.com/psuedo_nym P. Nym

    Rand pretty much jumped into the neoconservative camp when he stated that an attack on Israel is an attack on the U.S.

    BEN SHAPIRO, BREITBART: There’s been a lot of talk about, let’s say you become President Paul at some point in the future–

    SEN. RAND PAUL: I like the sound of that!

    SHAPIRO: Let’s say Israel comes under attack from its enemies. Does the United States stand with Israel, in terms of giving military foreign aid.

    PAUL: Well absolutely, we stand with Israel, but what I think we should do is announce to the world, and i think it is well-known, that any attack on Israel will be treated as an attack on the United States.

  • Dave in Ann Arbor

    Sounds like another attempt to somehow play to both neocon lovers of state power and the libertarian supporters of his dad. Since the two camps are completely irreconcilable, Rand is well on his way to becoming just another neocon, who still have the upper hand.

  • cassandra

    rand is behind enemy lines. you are too gullible to believe he had a change of heart and jumped into neocon camp. you do not understand strategic deception. thats because you are gullible libertarian. you can be easily led like cattle to slaughter.

    libertarianism and totalitarian neoconservatism are two ends of same axis of evil.

  • http://twitter.com/HeatForce Jay Brown

    Actually one of his staff came out with a statement and clarified that it would be under the most dire circumstance that we would assist Israel (like an all-out attack on Israel). Rand is able to speak at venues like this because he isn’t his father. Remember – the problem with the GOP is the neo-cons so it is the neo-cons that we need to try and convert. To say Rand is a neo-con and a traitor simply isn’t fair. As much as I love the dogmatics in the liberty movement, they need to try and understand the logic behind the pragmatists.

  • Anonymous

    Is this the same Rand Paul that voted for sanctions on Iran? They always have to send out a lackey to clarify their words after they feel the heat. You will not convert neocons. Rand is clearly in the camp of the neocons when it comes to foreign policy. An attack on Israel under ANY circumstances is an attack on Israel. We have no treaty with them so it would have nothing to with America. Rand meant what he said because it’s what he believes. He is far from being like his father.

  • Anonymous

    Nonsense, Libertarianism isn’t evil. It’s far from it in fact… it’s the greatest option for freedom for all individuals. I highly doubt that Rand’s version of foreign policy will be anything like his father’s version. It’ll most likely be a watered down version the neocons having been using for decades now. Which is why he voted for sanctions on Iran, voted to approve Kerry as Sec. of State and said what he said about an attack on Israel.

  • cassandra

    why do you have Jefferson, a slave owner, white supremacist as your icon? arent you a fool?

    open border libertarianism is a suicidal ideology which is inducing gullible white people to surrender their identity, their culture, their interests, their homelands to ethnic competitors. Once non-whites become a majority, they will decide the destiny of white people.

    No libertarian has ever won in a non-white majority district or state, no one ever will.

    the only ideology which matters is: “what is good for white people?”
    http://www.kevinmacdonald.net/WestSurvive.htm

  • http://www.TomWoods.com Tom Woods

    Wait, you’re hijacking this thread as well? This one-note message isn’t out of your system?

  • http://twitter.com/HeatForce Jay Brown

    But his father – my hero – had nowhere near the national platform that Rand may be able to obtain. If I’m not mistaken, his vote for sanctions against Iran was so he could add an amendment that stipulated the US would not use these sanctions to induce armed conflict with Iran. Also, when it comes to our Senate, Rand is by far the most pro-liberty Senator and his foreign policy views do not line up with the neo-cons. For example – Rand still espouses that had he been in the Senate during the Iraq war he would have voted against it. He also publically endorsed ending the war in Afghanistan (article below). This does not a neo-con make.

    http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130129/OPINION02/301290052/Rand-Paul-disagrees-Courier-Journal-editorial

  • cassandra

    1. has any libertarian ever won in a non-white majority district or State?
    2. Do you live in a non-white majority neighborhood, is your spouse black or brown, do your kids attend non-white majority schools, while you accuse me of being racialist?

    two simple questions. i have no intention of hijacking anything.

  • Evgeny

    I would like to learn more about this:
    * What is exactly USA obligation to protect Israel?
    * Is there any Israel obligation to do not provoke wars?

  • Evgeny

    White Nazi movement will lead themselves to complete and shameful loss.
    Defense organization which is based on skin color is a racism shameful for normal people with any skin color.

    That loss will affect white population that you so care about the most. But harm will be done to whole society and instead of peaceful coexistence you will get society with non-white racism and non-white majority in it.

    Only correct way to deal with “non-whites become a majority” issue is to promote universal values not based on skin color.

    In fact any new majority needs to be a libertarian to prevent racial wars and human rights issue.

  • Jeremy

    “libertarianism and totalitarian neoconservatism are two ends of same axis of evil.”

    One is liberty based the other is a warmongering and nihilistic ideology. Like I said before, mentally ill.

  • Evgeny

    1. You can try it and see. IMHO Libertarianism is the best way to prevent racism everywhere including non-white communities.
    2. For libertarian people: place of living is related to crime level/prices/prestige and personal preferences not on percentage of white people in local area.

  • cassandra

    did I ever say “white nazi”? why did you add “nazi” to smear and stigmatize my post? there are jewish organizations to advance jewish ethnic interests, why cant there be white organizations to advance white interests, without being labeled “Nazi” by demagogues like you?

    there are already organizations based on skin color – for blacks, for browns, for east-Asians. so according to you they are all shameful and racist? say it to a black man and see what happens to your face in next 5 minutes. white people are the only ones who do not have such political organizations.

    white people are the only ones surrendering their identity, interests and homelands. No other nation is committing this suicide. Not Israel, Not China, Not Korea, Not Japan.

    we already have a society with surging non-white racism. racial quotas in jobs, housing loans, school admissions, residential neighborhoods….brazen use of US military for endless wars to serve jewish lobby…a non-white majority will make it much worse.

    just as China, Japan, Israel, Korea have their homelands, whites need their homelands.

    You are either indoctrinated or deceitful. I have no intention of hijacking any thread Dr. Woods, but this libertarianism will lead to white oblivion.

  • David

    Gary Johnson may not be perfect, but he’s far more libertarian than the vast majority of politicians elected in recent years, and he was elected governor twice in the most Hispanic state in the country, New Mexico, where Latinos outnumber non-Hispanic whites. And in the 2012 presidential election, he received 6% of the Hispanic vote in New Mexico, compared to 3% of the white vote.

  • cassandra

    false. when Johnson ran for governor in 1994 and 1998, what was the % of non-hispanic white “voting” population? 0-18y cannot vote.

    6% and 3% is irrelevant. did he win in 2012? no.

  • http://www.TomWoods.com Tom Woods

    This is irrelevant to the thread, as are 99% of your comments. I still can’t get over Rockefeller’s deal with Mises to enslave whites: “You go write books on epistemology and be ignored by the mainstream; that sounds like an awesome plan for destroying the white race.” Please take it somewhere else. This blog is not yours, every thread to be diverted by you. That’s bad manners, and that doesn’t reflect so well on your race, does it?

  • cassandra

    well why dont you try it, and then teach and preach other white people?

    crime/prices/prestige is a worthless excuse. unwritten, coded, racialism. no one believes it. Are there no non-white majority neighborhoods which are low-crime/higher in price/prestige? yes there are.

  • cassandra

    okay, i take it that you will not answer my 2 simple questions, while you brazenly accuse me of racialism. your silence is your own admission. that you sir, are also a racialist.

    while you teach and preach libertarianism, and that libertarianism is enemy of all racism, racialism, your life choices clearly say that you say one thing, and do another. which is hypocrisy.

    good bye.

  • cassandra

    most libertarians are gullible white people. this ideology is mostly spread among gullible whites.

    So first you should convert jews, blacks and brown people to libertarianism. and only then you should target more white people.

  • http://www.TomWoods.com Tom Woods

    Whatever happened to “good bye”? Don’t white people say what they mean?

  • Anonymous

    Cassandra -

    So you’d like whites to take their place at the round table of tribal collectivism. Any thoughts on the kind of economy you’d like them to adopt. Any ideas on foreign policy?

    In Western managerial states after WW-2, Political Correctness and the US-invented Cult of “Diversity” have effected the celebration of skin colour and “cultural identity”, as long as it’s not white. I grant you that.

    Yet to me, the problem with this (and your) cult-speak is not the obvious preoccupation with skin-colour or racial essentialism, be it positive or negative, but the underlying collectivism of it all (of a somewhat primitive variety).

    You seem to basically underwrite this tribalizing PC creed of Diversity, you just wish to amend it with the (currently) politically “incorrect” inclusion of whites in this cult.

    Anyway, you’ve made your point abundantly clear. Time to move on perhaps?

    Kind regs from Amsterdam,
    Richard

  • Anon

    Libertarians who are anarchists (believe in no regulations or have no solutions or don’t provide solutions) end up being similar to totalitarian. Anarchists want an entirely free market with no regulations – this leads to chaos and anarchy, which then provides an opportunity for people like Bush, Romney, and Obama to step in and take control.

    Moderate libertarian is the healthy way to go, with a few regulations that are not overreaching and transparent.

  • Anon

    Gary Johnson is far more libertarian than Rand, for sure. And Rand is no longer a libertarian, truly. He speaks a bit of the lingo as allowed by his advisors to fool people.

    Too bad many Ron Paul / Rand supporters wouldn’t dare vote for Gary because they only believe in the Republican party. And infact, there too much lying done about Gary Johnson.

  • Anon

    Agreed, though unfortunately your opinion may now be in the minority.

    As of last year, I would have agreed with you that the two camps are irreconcilable. However, many RP supporters suddenly are ok with unconditional support / military to Israeli prime minister. Hence, many RP supporters have now become neocons. Wierd, some had an Islamic bent, and now they have an Israeli leaning.

    Some are left in the RP camp or libertarian camp, and certainly this dwindling group is irreconcilable with Rand / neocons / Israel first lovers.

    A liberty candidate might as well go democrat now if they want to run with a major party and speak of anti-war and liberty.

  • Anon

    Funny how he made all these pro-Israel comments immediately after his trip to Israel where he worshipped/prayed at their holy site and met the Israeli PM.

    Prior to this trip, he never said anything pro-Israel like neocons.

  • http://twitter.com/psuedo_nym P. Nym

    An entirely ignorant post. You’re using terms of which you don’t know the meanings.

  • http://twitter.com/psuedo_nym P. Nym

    This is the same Rand Paul who voted to approve John Kerry for Secretary of State. Anyway, how exactly is that a clarification? The problem with the GOP isn’t the neocons; the problem with the GOP is they’re statists.

  • Jeremy

    Have THAT many actually (and stupidly) become that pro-imperialism and mindlessly thinking that Israel is the 51st state?

  • David

    The point still stands. There are only a few majority non-white states and with the exception of Hawaii, they’ve only been that for a short period of time. And there hasn’t exactly been a ton of libertarian candidates elected anywhere. So we’re talking about a pretty small sample size here. The point is that Johnson got elected governor in a state that (percentage-wise) had more than double the number of Hispanics as the US does today. And considering the fact that Johnson posed the second-best showing (percentage-wise) of any LP candidate ever, and still only got less than 1% of the vote of the national electorate, I do think it’s significant that he got 6% of the Latino vote in NM

  • Anon

    I say ‘many’ based on the comments on various RP sites like dailypaul.com, where more people than not are supporting Rand even in light of his statements on Israel. Hopefully, I am wrong.

  • Anon

    Any supporter of Rand (or that say he is doing a good job) is now a neocon, regardless of what rhetoric they spew. The bottom line is who you support and which party you vote or lean towards (libertarian/const or rep/dem).

  • http://twitter.com/psuedo_nym P. Nym

    I’m unaware of Jefferson’s being a white supremacist, but Lincoln publically admitted to being one during his debates with Douglas.

  • http://twitter.com/chrifive916 chrifive916

    Wouldn’t a white homeland properly be considered Europe?

    IMO what has made America strong is that groups join together and formed a new identity. The problem with multi culturalism is that it keeps people separate solely on things that do not matter like skin color or religion.

    I think there are good points about multiculturalism being negative, bit that doesn’t mean we need an all-white USA. There never was one. Americans are at their strongest when they forget their differences and look to similarities. Culture embraces difference today, while commonality is the real strength.

  • anon

    It is infact an enlightened post. The ignorant or those in denial have a hard time facing reality.

  • Dave Carroll

    I’ve noticed that too. I find it disheartening. I feel that Rand is really subverting the liberty movement right now or at least trying to and it sucks.

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