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Gary Gibson

Gary Gibson is the managing editor for Whiskey and Gunpowder. He joins the Whiskey staff as a long-time fan and reader of both Whiskey and Gunpowder and the Daily Reckoning. A graduate of Fordham University, Gary now spends his days reading about and writing on limited government, sound money, personal responsibility and resource investing.

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    The State Can’t Stop At Night Watchman • April 10, 2012

    Yesterday in his insightful and wonderfully rendered article Dr. North wrote: “A state that does not claim the ability to heal, the legal right to heal, and the moral responsibility to heal is a night-watchman state. It does not make comprehensive claims for delivering men, so it does not make comprehensive claims on the allegiance …Read more…

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    U.S. to Become Tax Debtors’ Prison • April 5, 2012

    If you’re planning to leave the U.S. for any reason, you may soon need to make sure your taxes are all paid up. The U.S. government is looking to plug up leaks on its tax slave ship. From CBS… LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A bill authored by a Southland lawmaker that could potentially allow the …Read more…

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    Did Trayvon “Have It Coming”? • April 2, 2012

    Trayvon Martin had it coming. We read those words to that effect from an article linked to by a libertarian website we visit very regularly. “In Zimmerman’s case, Martin was an athletic six-foot-two-inch tall football player that had him on his back pounding on him. Martin got what he deserved.” So wrote Paul Huebl, a …Read more…

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    Ben Bernanke Considers Your Happiness and Security Expendable • March 29, 2012

    “Ben Bernanke the money bomber has resorted to delivering his anti-gold, pro-fiat sermons to captive audiences on US college campuses,” writes Dan Denning of The Daily Reckoning Australia. That’s right. Bernanke is taking his easy money message to the streets. According to Bloomberg: “Now that the weather is nice, I’m half-expecting Ben Bernanke to set …Read more…

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    Is a Mortgage a Better Inflation Hedge Than Gold and Silver? • March 13, 2012

    Sell Your Gold. Buy a House. Put Nickels in It. Normally we would not look upon buying a single family house for personal use as an investment. But these are strange times we live in. Why don’t we consider a single-family house for personal use an investment? In a completely free market (and a free …Read more…

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    Why Gas Prices Are Actually Falling • February 24, 2012

    In a world of rising gasoline prices, Forbes tells us that gasoline prices are not actually rising, and in fact are lower than ever. And they ain’t lyin’! Writing for Forbes Louis Woodhill gets this seeming contradiction right. He views the price of gas not in terms of the depreciating monopoly money issued by the …Read more…

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    Does Privacy Equal Child Pornography? • February 15, 2012

    “You can either stand with us…or with the child pornographers.” That’s the latest “with us or against us” salvo trotted out to justify more government intrusion into private life. This time, it comes from Canada’s public safety minister as a response to concerns over the new Protecting Children From Internet Predators Act. Reuters reports: “ …Read more…