Last night, 9.30.09, over a hundred students met at Florida State University for a standing room only, “Introduction to Austrian Economics” lecture hosted by the College Libertarians, Young Americans for Liberty, and the Institute for Conservative Studies.

 

Speaking at the event was the Seminoles' own Dr. Randall Holcombe, a DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics. Dr. Holcombe is an Adjunct Scholar at the Mises Institute; a Senior Fellow at the James Madison Institute; has authored twelve books; and has served as President of the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics.

 

His knowledge served him well as he answered skeptics and statists quickly and sufficiently on the principles of Austrian Economics, limited government, and freedom. Granted, a two hour lecture on the Austrian school is like eating a sample spoon from Baskin Robbins when you crave all 31 flavors, however students of various majors, ethnic groups, and political ideologies got a little taste of what Austrian Economics is all about, from the foundations of Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek to the practicality of privatized roads.

Laurence Vance, a man who has shaped my faith possibly more so than CS Lewis, writes another great lewrockwell.com piece that attacks the sacred cow of Christians blind allegiance to the military, it’s wars and…it’s use of torture.

Vance writes extensively on the subject, but the case he makes here is an interesting one: situational ethics.

The Fifth Amendment has been demonized in our culture, as some excuse to protect the guilty. Wrong. It is there to protect the innocent from testifying against themselves. The police are not your friends; their job is to put people behind bars...guilty or not.

The Tallahassee Tea Party was a HUGE success. Over 2,000 frustrated citizens gathered at the state capital to rally against high taxes and spending. (And over 1,000 cars honked in agreement; not sure on who counted them though) State Legislatures, Local talk show hosts and "ConservoPunk" manned the mic from 4:30 til well after the "protest permit" expired. Over 1,000 petitions were signed, including one to End the Fed. Fellow Campaign for Liberty member captured the evening on film.