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Thoreau and the Road to Serfdom
Also posted on Zero Hedge, Eurasia Review, LewRockwell.com, Vogan (Italian translation), Before It’s News, NewsNet (France), Instituto Rothbardo (Brazil/Portuguese) Henry David Thoreau and the Well-Worn Road to Serfdom 09/25/2025 • Mises Wire • James Bovard Henry David Thoreau was one of America’s most eloquent and incisive philosophers. His derision of unjust laws in his essay […]
American Tariffs and Wars From the Revolution to the Depression
Mises Institute / Mises Daily American Tariffs and Wars From the Revolution to the Depression by James Bovard Fair trade is once again a rallying cry for many Americans. Many contemporary leftists believe that the U.S. government should impose restrictions or tariffs on imported goods that are alleged to have been produced by underpaid or […]
FFF: How Tariffs Helped Cause the Civil War and Other Disasters
from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s monthly magazine, July 2014 – – (The first part of this analysis was published by FFF here). For a far more detailed examination of the role of tariffs and the Civil War, see Michael Griffith’s excellent analysis here. The full text of the February 1861 New York Times editorial […]
Counterpunch: The Civil War & 150 Years of Forgotten Atrocities
COUNTERPUNCH, October 7, 2014 Sheridan’s Scorched Earth Campaign The Civil War and 150 Years of Forgotten US Military Atrocities by JAMES BOVARD George Orwell wrote in 1945 that “the nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.” The […]
Wash. Times: Shenandoah Burning – Forgetting Atrocities Breeds New Wars
Washington Times, October 1, 2014 Lessons for today from the Shenandoah’s Civil War flames When civilian atrocities are forgotten, war and its injustices become more likely By James Bovard This is the 150th anniversary of one of the Civil War’s most destructive and controversial campaigns. After Confederate armies had used the Shenandoah Valley to launch […]
The Tariff and the Civil War – New Study by Michael Griffith
Michael Griffith has just posted an excellent analysis and survey of the role of tariff conflicts in paving the path to the American Civil War: The Tariff and Secession: Statements on the Tariff as a Major Factor in Sectional Strife and Southern Secession http://www.mtgriffith.com/web_documents/tariffandsecession.htm : Northern and Southern leaders began arguing over the tariff almost as […]
Jim
Thanks for the correction.
D Solimando
Custer's middle name was Armstrong, so it is
DB
Yeah - RIP to a great one.
I always wonder when
DB
I’m going to have to strongly disagree with you