Raise The Debt Ceiling Rap | Reason.tv

Time to Re-Privatize Fire Departments | Competitive Enterprise Institute

The Southside Fire Department in Chatham, Ga. is leading the way back to the future say Iain Murray and Matthew Melchiorre.

100 Basis Points to Armageddon | The Daily Reckoning

In light of the alternative, "destruction" never looked so good says Bill Bonner.

Temptations of Empire | Reason Magazine

James Payne reviews the timely publication of The Rule of Empires: Those Who Built Them, Those Who Endured Them, and Why They Always Fall, by Timothy H. Parsons and Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600–1900, by Stephen R. Bown.

3 Reasons Why The Debt-Ceiling Debate is Full of Malarkey | Reason.tv

How many lawmakers does it take to...| The Boston Globe

Jeff Jacoby shines the light on a Big Business shakedown.

Austrian Economics and Pedagogy | Reason.tv

Looming Treasury “Default”: Theater of the Absurd | The Beacon

Robert Higgs laughs up his sleeve at claims made by the Obama administration and some congressional leaders of a "worldwide economic catastrophe" that will result if the national debt ceiling is not raised.

Hey Teachers … Leave Them Kids Alone! | The Daily Bell

The cheating scandal in Atlanta, Georgia is the most recent example of the failure of America's public education system says Anthony Wile.

Creedence Clearwater Revival- Fortunate Son

Graveyard of Empires | LewRockwell.com

As a result of its occupation of the Middle East, the U.S. is destined the same fate as Rome, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union says Eric Margolis.

Opposite Forms of Freedom on the Fourth | Future of Freedom Foundation

Jacob Hornberger on America's Orwellian holiday.

Everyday Outlaws; black marketeers and suburban farmers | Backwoods Home Magazine

America is now one huge Sherwood Forest says Claire Wolfe.

Where Will You Go When the Sovereign Debt Volcano Blows? LewRockwell.com

Ron Holland guides the way.