Articles by Matt Malkus

  • The U.S. Government’s Love Affair with Discrimination - March 25th, 2010

    Note: The inspiration for this article originated in Chapter 1 of Judge Andrew Napolitano’s “Lies The Government Told You,” which I would be remiss not to mention. However, the Judge mostly focuses on the history of discrimination against African-Americans and former slaves, and the resulting affirmative action laws that exist today. I felt that a [...]

  • The Implications of Federal Education - March 18th, 2010

    The U.S. Department of Education was established on May 4, 1980 with its primary objective being to “[assure] access to equal educational opportunity for every individual,” as well as to improve educational quality across America. One of the largest arguments for the creation of a federal department, however, was to coordinate the federal loan programs set forth in LBJ’s “Great Society” program. Flash forward several decades from these grand government schemes and these proclamations seem dubious at best.

  • The Dangers of “Wartime Powers” - March 10th, 2010

    A few weeks ago at CPAC, a Friday panel was assembled to answer the question: “Does security trump freedom?” Among the panelists were Robert “Skip” Ash, who teaches a course on “national security law” at Regent University, and also serves at the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) as their Senior Litigation Counsel for National Security Law. The deck was stacked beforehand: The ACLJ claims to be “focused on National Security issues and waging an effective and constitutional war on terrorism” (Constitutional? What Constitution?), and the debate moderator was Jay Sekulow, who serves as the organization’s Chief Counsel.

  • What Constitution are the Tea Partiers Using? - March 4th, 2010

    The wave of “Tea Party” activism and renewed interest in the Constitution in the wake of the 2008 elections has mostly been fueled by a rightfully-deserved fear of the tyranny and reckless disregard for the rule of law that the current administration has displayed. Quite often, however, the Constitution is lost on many when the topic of discussion turns to foreign policy and the so-called “War on Terror.”

  • Trading Futures Spreads – Part 2 (“Check Your Premises”) - August 6th, 2008

    Last time, we touched on the basics of commodity spreads and went over the basic example of soybeans (S) and soybean meal (SM), or the “crush spread.” We noted that by tracking their ratio (S/SM), we could identify times when the relationship between these two contracts is out of alignment with the historical relationship, and [...]

  • Trading Futures Spreads – Part 1 - August 3rd, 2008

    [Editor's Note: Liberty Maven welcomes Matt Malkus to The Free Investor contributor team. We look forward to learning more about investing in general and "liberty style" investing in particular from Matt.] Note: This will be part one in a continuing series of articles related to commodity spreads, offering advantages and disadvantages, potential mistakes, and detailed [...]

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