• "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

The Tolkien Professor

The great Jason Jewell of Faulkner University alerted me some time ago to The Tolkien Professor, a site run by Washington College’s Corey Olsen and filled with wonderful resources for Tolkien lovers. Definitely worth a look.

Unlearn the Propaganda!

  • http://www.facebook.com/daniel.woike Daniel George Ignatius Woike

    Have you seen this new book by Randy England. I ordered it from Amazon and I am waiting to get it. His website’s blogroll has all the Rothbardian libertarian sites in it. 
    http://www.amazon.com/Free-Beautiful-Catholics-should-libertarian/dp/1475130961/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

    http://freeisbeautiful.net/ 

  • Luke Sunderland

    Good God!  Tom Woods is a Tolkien fan?  Is it possible for the man to be any more awesome?

  • http://plenarchist.wordpress.com/ plenarchist

    Of course, Tolkien *did* consider himself an anarchist after all…

    http://archive.mises.org/9303/tolkien-was-a-hoppean/ 

  • http://www.facebook.com/daniel.woike Daniel George Ignatius Woike

    Plus Tolkien and Tom Woods are devout Catholics. :)

  • Turin

    I’m also a huge Tolkien fan. The Silmarillion is my favorite Tolkien work. Add to that my love of chess and Austrian economics, and it’s no wonder I’m such a big fan!

  • CoastRanger

    His in-progress lectures on THE HOBBIT are outstanding.

  • Travis Prinzi

    Corey Olsen is great. Check out Mythgard Institute as well for courses on Tolkien (and Harry Potter, too, which I lectured for). 
    http://www.mythgard.org/about/