The Year America Dissolved | CounterPunch.org

It will happen in MMXVII says Paul Craig Roberts.

Abolish the Agriculture Department | Future of Freedom Foundation

The flap surrounding Shirley Sherrod's racial comments is a masquerade to a larger problem of the State's involvement in farming says Jacob Hornberger.

Tuckers found in contempt for failing to pay AG in pre-need settlement | West Virginia Record

Judge Nibert orders sale of Foglesong-Tucker Funeral Home by Aug. 6 to satisfy agreement.

What's Wrong With the American University System | The Atlantic

Plenty say Queens College Professor Andrew Hacker and New York Times reporter Claudia Dreifus in their new book "Higher Education?: Why Colleges Are Wasting Our Money, Failing Our Kids and What We Can Do About It.”

Will misguided patriotism destroy freedom of speech? | The Rutherford Institute

John Whitehead channels Samuel Johnson in saying the scoundrels in D.C. are hiding behind the flag-draped coffins of American soldiers in an attempt to subvert the First Amendment.

Live Aid: 25 Years Later | The Partial Observer

If the past is prologue, then Third World nations will never benefit from celebrity benefit concerts says James LeRoy Wilson.

The Fable of the Bees (UPDATED) | LewRockwell.com

Gary North takes to poetry to explain the current economic environment.

Tom Woods takes questions about new book Nullification

The Right To Nullify This Government | Human Events

Historian and author Tom Woods explains how suprisingly often a misunderstood concept has been used, and why it's needed today.

Inflating War | The American Conservative

Tom DiLorenzo explains who how governments use debt and war to keep its citizens in bondage.

Manufacturing Terror | The American Conservative

When the feds can't find the terrorists, they entrap the unsuspecting into becoming one says Stephan Salisbury.

New U.S. 35 Toll Road | WCHS-TV 8

Proposed tolls to complete U.S. 35 in Mason County met with skepticism at first public hearing.

Robert Byrd, Federal Bankruptcy, and Moral Debauchery | Future of Freedom Foundation

The late U.S. senator's "service" to West Virginia only made it, and the nation, poorer says Jacob Hornberger.

How Big Corn Sees the BP Gusher | Mother Jones

Josh Harkinson says the National Corn Growners Association cure of switching to vehicles that run on ethanol to prevent future oil spills like in the Gulf of Mexico is worse than the disease.

Contempt of State – An Indispensable Virtue | LewRockwell.com

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski reminds us that the best way to stop being bullied is to stand up to the bully.

Please Remove Your Shoes Movie Trailer

WikiLeaks Case Echoes Pentagon Papers | The Huffington Post

Former F.B.I. agent turned whistleblower Coleen Rowley says future of government accountability hangs in the balance with pending criminal charges against Army Spec. Bradley Manning.

Board wants Warner out | Charleston Daily Mail

Cottrill, Shobe, Searls and Nunnery pass resolution Tuesday asking Warner to resign in midst of criminal charges in Cash-for-G.E.D. scheme.

The War is Making You Poor | Antiwar.com

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)introduces bill to make people realize the real cost of U.S. occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Homebuyer Tax Credit: Debt Financed Public Policy | The Beacon

Not surprisingly, a prong of President Obama's stimulus package designed to spurn new home sales, and the economy did neither says Emily Skarbek.

Davy Crockett - Not Yours to Give

Defusing the Foreign Policy Time-Bomb | LewRockwell.com

In order to avoid a wider war in the Middle East, S.J. Masty says the U.S. needs to follow the example of Switzerland.

The Philosophy of Liberty

Why 'The Greatest Generation'? | Strike-The-Root: A Journal Of Liberty

Because of what we've inherited from them, Robert L. Johnson says "The Greatest Generation" wasn't.

Independence Needs Independents | Campaign for Liberty

The U.S. will return to being "the land of the free and the home of the brave" when its citizens begin thinking, and working for themselves says Jerry Salcido.

Coined Liberty | LewRockwell.com

Scott Rentschler showcases how America's financial decline is proportional to the images placed on its coins.

School board member Warner charged in GED scheme | The Charleston Gazette

Warner maintains arrest result of 'personal vendetta.'

The battle continues - End the Fed, a song by James Cobb

Final Vote Results for Roll Call 412 - H.R. 4173 | Thomas.gov

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito voted against recommitting H.R. 4173, The Restoring American Financial Stability Act, to conference committee with Rep. Ron Paul's Audit the Fed provision. Later, Capito voted with Paul not to approve the final version of the bill (Roll Call 413).

Paul's attempt to 'audit' Fed fails | Victoria Advocate

Motion to recommit pro-audit provision to conference committee fails 198-229. H.R. 4173, The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 later passes the House 237-192.