Friday, August 8, 2008 Variant Press' biography of Ron Paul, for which I wrote the first chapter, has a final title of "Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas." It's scheduled to come out on Sept. 1, and can be pre-ordered now on Amazon.com for only $14.95. Friday, August 1, 2008 Pamela Browne is opening a museum of Harry Browne's career in Kernersville, NC, on Aug. 14. I hope I see it someday. More information, some photos, and instructions for making a reservation to see it, or a donation to support it, are all available here. Monday, July 20, 2008 Pamela Browne has released two previously-unpublished manuscripts of Harry's from the '60s as one downloadable e-book, "The Secret of Selling - Anything." It's available here for only $9.75. I've read it and it's excellent; everyone has to sell something at certain times in their lives (such as selling themselves during a job interview), even if they don't overtly sell for a living, so I'm certain that anyone who reads it will find it valuable. Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Today would've been Harry Browne's 75th birthday. To commemorate the day, Pamela Browne has released a new e-book of Harry's articles from the '60s called, "Freedom the American Way: Your Future is in Your Hands." I've already read most of it, and I highly recommend it. It's available here for only $9.75. Friday, June 13, 2008 Ron Paul officially ended his presidential campaign last night in Houston. The site for his new effort, the Campaign for Liberty, is here. Thursday, May 22, 2008 I can't help but mention that this is the 16th anniversary of Johnny Carson's last Tonight Show. The 20-hour Harry Browne audio course from 1967 is now available via instant download for only $99.99. I think it's worth the extra $50 to get it on CDs in a handsome, dust-proof case, but this is a faster, cheaper option for obtaining the course. Also available is a collection of audio of some of Harry's speeches from 1994-2002, which is available for only $19.99, also as an instant download. Purchasing information for this and all of Harry's other material is available here. Monday, May 19, 2008 Thankfully, my chapter of Variant Press' biography of Ron Paul is finally finished. I'm excited to see it published; it's due out sometime this fall. Sunday, April 13, 2008 Thanks to Dave Meltzer for plugging my Ric Flair tribute article today on the most-read and best wrestling news site, WrestlingObserver.com. My article is running on LRC tomorrow. The Mid-Atlantic Gateway has posted a photo album of Ric from the '70s, which is available here. Monday, March 24, 2008 Thanks to Reginald Firehammer (if that's a pen name, it's great!), who runs a website called The Autonomist at www.TheAutonomist.com, for writing to inform me of this: In celebration of Harry Browne's life, and the life-changing nature of Harry's book How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World, Reginald is soliciting essays from people about how they found freedom in an unfree world. In July, the writers of the three best essays will each receive a new hardcover copy of How I Found Freedom, and the two runners-up will each receive a new paperback copy. Even used copies are rare and expensive. More information about the contest, which includes a link to my review of How I Found Freedom on LRC, is available here. Thursday, March 13, 2008 My 30-page review of the 20-CD Harry Browne course, Rule Your World! Finding Freedom and Living Profitably, should be on LRC soon; we're having technical issues with getting the link set up for LRC to receive a commission for the sales it generates. Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Pamela Browne has just released a new e-book of Harry's material. She writes: "A New eBook: To commemorate Harry's life, I've assembled a new eBook titled, 'Investment Strategy in an Uncertain World' ~ a collection of 16 articles from HARRY BROWNE'S SPECIAL REPORTS newsletter. Although the articles were written in the 1980s and 1990s, they contain timeless ideas ~ ideas that can help you today to detect sound investment advice from jargon posing as insight. And, of course, they're written in Harry's patented easy-to-follow style, sprinkled with his good humor." The book is available here for only $9.75. I've already purchased it, and it's excellent. Thursday, February 7, 2008 I'm writing the first chapter of the first-ever biography of Ron Paul, Ron Paul: A Better Way, which will be released in fall 2008 by Variant Press. You can pre-order the book here. Monday, January 28, 2008 My First Book I'm working on my first book, which will be a downloadable e-book on men's clothes, titled: The Man's Guide to Getting Dressed: The Complete Guide to What to Wear, When, and Why. It should be available for purchase soon; details will appear here when it's ready. Rule Your World Review I'm also working on a review of the new 20-CD Harry Browne course, Rule Your World: Finding Freedom and Living Profitably. It should be on LRC soon. To give you an idea of what's taking so long, after seven CDs, I already have 28 pages of single-spaced notes -- that's how good the course is. I can't recommend it highly enough; you can get more information and purchase it here. Monday, December 24, 2007 A Christmas Classic from Harry Browne I promote this article by the great Harry Browne every Christmas. He originally wrote it in 1966 to his daughter, who was 9-years-old at the time. It's a great lesson that one can never learn deeply enough: No one owes you anything -- no one has to do anything for you, love you, respect you, be your friend, be courteous, be intelligent, or anything else just because you want it or because you think they "should." Not only will some choose not to give you those things; some don't even have things like intelligence or empathy to give to anyone, even if they wanted to. Accept people for what they are and learn to avoid those who would harm you. You'll avoid a lot of heartache and disappointment in life if you can absorb this lesson so deeply that you conform to it as much as possible not just intellectually, but emotionally. (Of course, your emotions won't conform to it 100% of the time no matter what you do, because you're not perfect. But it's a lot better to emotionally conform to this mentality 90% of the time than 50% of the time, for example. The fact that you'll never get to 100% doesn't mean you can't still see a massive improvement in your own maturity and temperament from whatever level you're at now.) A Gift for My Daughter by Harry Browne Harry also began reading this article and discussing it on his radio show at Christmas, at my suggestion. He did so on the last show before Christmas in 2002 and 2003; they can be heard on the radio archives at www.HarryBrowne.org. My Endorsement of Ron Paul I've been endorsing Dr. Paul to people all year, but thanks to The Ron Paul Presidential Campaign for publishing my official endorsement on www.RonPaul2008.com. Happy Holidays! Monday, December 10, 2007 I've written about my favorite book, How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne. That book, first published in 1973, arose from a lecture series that Harry used to give in southern California in the 1960s called The Art of Profitable Living. Earlier this year, Pamela Browne found a box of reel-to-reel audio tapes of that lecture series that were recorded in 1967, and she has just released them as a 20-CD course called Rule Your World: Finding Freedom and Living Profitably. It should be dynamite; I can't wait to get them. The first 25 people who order will also receive a photo album of Harry. (Actually, the albums are only available to the first 24 people who order; the first one is already on its way to me!) More details and ordering information are available here. Saturday, November 10, 2007 This story is a great companion to my LRC piece this weekend about how the media distorts reality. CNN interviewed WWE wrestler John Cena for their special last Wednesday, "Death Grip: Inside Pro Wrestling." WWE has posted on their website the unedited portion of the interview side-by-side with what CNN aired. Take a look at how they spliced together short segments of his answer to make it appear that Cena admitted to using steroids and arrogantly proclaimed that no one can prove it; while in the unedited clip, he emphatically denied ever using steroids, and simply made the point that some people won't believe him even if they can't prove that he's lying, and that there's no amount of proof that he can offer to convince them otherwise. Whether one thinks Cena is lying about using steroids is irrelevant. It's one thing for CNN to accurately air Cena's answer, then offer evidence that he might be lying; it's quite another to deliberately edit footage to make it appear that Cena said the opposite of what he really said. Saturday, November 3, 2007 My Nov. 1 LRC column, The Coming Market Triumph, was discussed during the first two hours of last night's Free Talk Live radio show. The archive is available here. Thanks to Ian Bernard for sending a note to let me know. Wednesday, October 31, 2007 My Sept. 21 LRC column, What You Can Learn from OJ, was discussed for over an hour on the Pass the Salt radio show, hosted by Dave Daubenmire, a minister and adjunct professor at Mt. Vernon Nazarene University in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. The show is available for download here.