Viva La Lemonista Revolucion! | Future of Freedom Foudation

By setting up a lemonade stand on Saturday, Aug. 20, you'll be making a stand for freedom says Wendy McElroy.

In Defense of the Shadow Scholar | Mises Daily

Jonathan M. Finegold Catalan makes the moral case for writing terms papers for fun and profit.

Ron Paul to Congress: If Debt Is the Problem, Why Do You Want More of It?

Slouching Toward Guatemala | LewRockwell.com

Thanks to "the collection of whores, con-men, and penny-ante sharpers from East Jesus, Nebraska" known as Congress, the U.S. has become a banana republic without the bananas says Fred Reed.

Bollywood vs. Jihad | Reason magazine

Shikha Dalmia says bellydancers from India, not bombs from Nevada, will win the Global War on Terrorism.

Raise The Debt Ceiling Rap | Reason.tv

Time to Re-Privatize Fire Departments | Competitive Enterprise Institute

The Southside Fire Department in Chatham, Ga. is leading the way back to the future say Iain Murray and Matthew Melchiorre.

100 Basis Points to Armageddon | The Daily Reckoning

In light of the alternative, "destruction" never looked so good says Bill Bonner.

Temptations of Empire | Reason Magazine

James Payne reviews the timely publication of The Rule of Empires: Those Who Built Them, Those Who Endured Them, and Why They Always Fall, by Timothy H. Parsons and Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600–1900, by Stephen R. Bown.

3 Reasons Why The Debt-Ceiling Debate is Full of Malarkey | Reason.tv