I just won a bet with a guy from the Reagan administration
Published: Wed, 12/05/18
Today David Stockman was my guest on the Tom Woods Show. He was director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, so he knew George…
The Happy Earner
I send out value-packed emails about earning income online, which I've been doing with great success since 2010. I would have saved myself a lot of agony and frustration if I'd had the information people on this email list receive every day!
How to look like a tech whiz (and build an audience) when you're a doofus like me
Published: Tue, 12/04/18
Know what's fun? Looking like a whiz. Looking like a (the?) leader in your niche. Leaving the impression that you must have a big team behind you.
My friends and I laughed at this kid's dream. Then he reached it.
Published: Mon, 12/03/18
A guy I knew in my high school class -- and who came to my wedding, too, now that I think of it -- had a ridiculous dream as a kid. He was going to be…
The year 6000 is going to be a total bore
Published: Thu, 11/29/18
A video viewed three million times on Ape TV online shows a man claiming to be a whistleblower, part of an alleged government program to send people…
How I used to torture plagiarists in my classes
Published: Wed, 11/28/18
In my days as a professor, I had some plagiarists. I have zero sympathy for such people. It was easy to spot a plagiarist. I would look at the…
Science fiction, with its flying cars, failed to predict the Big One
Published: Tue, 11/27/18
It's kind of funny how bad much science fiction was at predicting the future. We don't have flying cars, and we don't speak to people on screens…
Raw and brutal Tom Woods emerges once a decade. Here he is.
Published: Mon, 11/26/18
I can't remember the last time writing an email felt so cathartic. Here we go. Ben Settle has taught me a lot, but more than anything else I benefited…
"There’s no other way to put it: the 'Tom Woods bump' put me on the map."
Published: Mon, 11/26/18
So says the creator of Meme Policeman, which is now up to 23,000 Facebook followers. "Since then," he adds, "I regularly get hundreds of website hits…
How and why you should exploit me -- today
Published: Sun, 11/25/18
Want to know what utter devastation feels like? "Hey, everyone, check out my new blog!" ::crickets:: "Visit my new website!" ::tumbleweed rolls by::…
A virtually foolproof way to avoid the ax in the next recession
Published: Sat, 11/24/18
As Gary North has pointed out, mid-level employees are usually dispensable, and often get the a during a recession. How can you avoid the a ? By…