Tom Mullen Talks Freedom

Summary: Joe Paterno, the winningest coach in college football, left Penn State in disgrace in 2011 after allegedly covering up the crimes of child molester Jerry Sandusky, the defensive coordinator widely credited for Paterno’s second national championship in 1986. But after a decade-long investigation into the case, John Ziegler says he can not only prove Paterno’s innocence, but Sandusky’s as w...

Summary: All the unaccountability and separation from reality that make government healthcare a failure help produce foreign policy disasters like the Iraq and Ukraine Wars as well. Additional Reading: The Culture of Entitlement in Medicine Is Russia Really the Aggressor in Ukraine? Free Gift from Tom: Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid , at itsthefedstupid.com . It’s a...

Summary: The Democrats and Neocon Republicans (but I repeat myself) have held lavishly televised congressional hearings to supposedly investigate the “insurrection” on January 6, 2021. But they don’t want the American public to hear testimony from Ray Epps or the subject of Jason Rink’s new film, Q Sent Me , which premiers November 11 on MyMoviesPlus.com .   Guest bio: Jason Rink is an award-...

Summary: With post-Covid lockdown inflation raging and an indifferent Biden administration sending tens of billions to Ukraine, the Republican Party expected a “red wave” in the 2022 midterms. It didn’t happen because both the GOP and conservative worldview are uninspiring alternatives to the left progressive agenda. It’s time for a new liberty party. Links: Free Excerpt: Where Do Conservatives an...

Summary: Twitter is and always has been private property, including when it was publicly traded. Calling it “the new public square” plays into the hands of the communists who took over the civil rights movement in the 20th century and invented the “public accommodations” concept, blurring the line between private and public property.   Links: Calling Twitter ‘the new public square’ is communi...

Summary: Elon Musk takes over Twitter, a Covid Regime propagandist asks for amnesty, and the US runs out of diesel. Libertarian Car Guy Eric Peters joins Tom to discuss. Guest bio: Eric Peters is widely known as “The Libertarian Car Guy” for his writing on how the government attacks our freedom through regulation of automobiles. But his lively pen and keen insight go far beyond the automotive. Add...

Summary: David Parker is a little like Charlton Heston in The Omega Man – he’s a conservative in hyper-liberal San Francisco. He joins Tom to talk about his latest book, A San Francisco Conservative . Guest bio: David Parker is the author of Income and Wealth and A San Francisco Conservative . In addition to a career in education spanning more than 40 years as a music teacher in San Francisco’s pu...

Summary: The horror classics of the 1930s and 40s were low on gore but high on atmosphere and filmmaking excellence. Links: Frankenstein Bride of Frankenstein Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) The Mummy (1932) Great Monsters of the Movies The Brilliance of the Original Frankenstein Films Free Gift from Tom: Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid , at itsthefedstupid.com . It’s...

Summary: Voting in elections can seem futile as you’re one vote among thousands or millions. But as a juror, you are one of twelve or twenty-three and can change the course of someone’s life if they are wrongly accused or guilty of unwittingly breaking a bad law. Jim Ostrowski joins Tom to talk about his free educational seminar on using your power as a juror to defend liberty. Guest bio: James Os...

Summary: Tom Luongo of Gold, Goats, and Guns returns to discuss the Fed’s new, targeted tightening tools, the latest European elections, and Ukraine. Guest Bio: Tom Luongo is a former research chemist, amateur dairy goat farmer, anarcho-libertarian, and obstreperous Austrian economists. He now publishes the Gold Goats, and Guns newsletter and podcast and contributes to a variety of publications, i...

Summary: Elon Musk has decided Twitter is worth $44 billion after all, at least for the moment. But is it really “the new town square” with 70 million total U.S. users (including bots)? Also, the stock market tanks on good economic news, based on reduced expectations for inflation (money printing). Links: Number of monthly active Twitter users in the United States from 1st quarter 2010 to 1st quar...

Summary: Paul Manafort was prosecuted by the Mueller team for crimes unrelated to the 2016 election and for which he maintains his innocence. His new book, Political Prisoner: Persecuted, Prosecuted, but Not Silenced , not only shines a light on an out-of-control Justice Department, but on the DC Swamp’s lies about Ukraine, including its former president, Viktor Yanukovych. Guest Bio: Paul J. Mana...

Summary: Former economist, police officer, and business owner Mike ter Maat believes Americans need a whole new relationship with their government. It’s called the Gold New Deal and he’s running for the Libertarian Party nomination for president on it. Guest Bio: Mike campaigned in 2021-22 as the Libertarian Party candidate in the January special Congressional election in Florida’s District 20.&nb...

Summary: Larry Sharpe was the Libertarian Party nominee for Governor of New York in 2018 and almost certainly would be again in 2022. But the exclusively Democrat-Republican legislature has seen to it that no third party candidates will appear on this year’s ballot. Larry is fighting back in court and on the ground. Guest Bio: Larry Sharpe was the Libertarian Party nominee for Governor of New York...

Summary: Inflation forces everyone to pay higher prices, but some people benefit, whether they intend to or not. Economist Thomas Eddlem joins Tom to talk about who wins and who loses in an inflationary environment. Guest Bio: Thomas R. Eddlem is a freelance writer who holds a masters degree in applied economics from Boston College. He has written for Antiwar.com, the Foundation for Economic Educa...

Summary: Everyone knows something is going on with the World Economic Forum and its “Great Reset” agenda. But what is the end game? Marc Murano joins Tom to discuss his new book, The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown Guest Bio: Marc Morano is the publisher of the award-winning ClimateDepot.com website, a global warming and eco-news center founded in 2009. Prior to that, Morano...

Summary: The list of pieties assumed unquestionable is growing exponentially. Economist and bestselling author Bryan Caplan takes a flamethrower to some of the most counterproductive in his new book, Don’t Be a Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice. Guest Bio: Bryan Caplan is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times Bestselling author. He has written The Myth of the Rat...

Summary: U.S. media is completely unreliable in terms of informing the American public about the war in Ukraine it is funding. Colonel Douglas Macgregor lends his expert opinion and insights to paint a more accurate picture of the situation on the ground, the effects of sanctions, and the likely future of the war. Guest Bio: Douglas Macgregor is a decorated combat veteran, the author of five books...

Summary: Trump is running against the establishment again ahead of a possible 2024 presidential campaign. It’s worthwhile to take a hard look at what he actually did in office during the Covid lockdowns, the greatest assault on liberty in American history. Links : Dr. Fauci: Trump 'got it right away' when he saw the data Cuomo warns of constitutional crisis 'like you haven't seen in decades' if Tr...

Summary: A large portion of the liberty movement is devoted to exposing conspiring elites. But all their nefarious plans are toothless without public support. Unfortunately, they usually get it. Links : Federal Reserve Recent balance sheet trends FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release (balance sheet) Blaming elites is childish; It’s time to put aside childish things Free Gift from Tom: Download a fre...

Summary: The exploited rock star myth is just another version of the Marxist falsehood that employers are “exploiting” their workers by paying them more than anyone else is willing to pay them or that they can earn themselves. But making victims of musicians earning millions and living in mansions is particularly dumb, even for Marxists. Links (aka “shameless self promotion”): Into the Twilight (T...

Summary: Buddy Holly would have been 86 years old today. His influence on popular music remains enormous.   Links: The Buddy Holly Collection The Real Buddy Holly Story Rave On: The Biography of Buddy Holly Remembering Buddy: The Definitive Biography of Buddy Holly The Holly Days bio Free Gift from Tom: Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid , at itsthefedstupid.com ....

Summary: Every Labor Day, we suffer the obtuse argument that labor unions are responsible for weekends and holidays off. But it is really the free market, to the extent it is allowed to work, that allows the capital formation necessary to shorten working hours and raise real wages. Additional Reading: Corporations and Labor Unions: Great Ideas Corrupted By Government How Labor Unions Hurt Workers...

Summary: There are plenty of economic arguments against the Federal Reserve System. It causes price inflation, misdirects capital, exasperates wealth inequality, and causes the boom-bust cycle. But it’s also an immoral system that is predicated on theft. Free Gift from Tom: Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid , at itsthefedstupid.com . It’s also available in paperback he...

Summary: For some parts of society, Covid-19 vaccine mandates are a thing of the past. For others, like Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) graduate student and Young Americans for Liberty activist Chloe Knopf, they are still standing in the way of school, work, and living a normal life. Chloe is fighting the vaccine mandate at SCSU preventing her from attending classes. Guest Bio: Chloe...