The NY Sun reports ‘the Senate awakes’ with the introduction of the Centennial Monetary Commission; John Tamny says bitcoin trashing unwittingly makes the case for the gold standard; Brian Domitrovic explains what investors do, and what policymakers need to do, when the price of gold falls.

Politics and Government

From Forbes.com, Ralph Benko asks, one year into the master plan of the vast left wing conspiracy, if the “Mad Tea Party” can beat the Tea Party?

On Fox Business, Art Laffer criticizes President Obama for trying to tax us into prosperity. 

Monetary Reform

The NY Sun reports “the Senate awakes” with the introduction of the Centennial Monetary Commission.

On Forbes.com, John Tamny says bitcoin trashing by the punditry unwittingly makes the case for the gold standard. 

From Forbes.com, Brian Domitrovic explains what investors do, and what policymakers need to do, when the price of gold falls. 

In The Week, John Aziz writes Nassim Taleb used to be my hero, but today, he is just plain wrong. 

On Fox Business, Elizabeth McDonald criticizes the Fed’s miracle-grow policy.

On TGSN, Ralph Benko commemorates “the feast of the Epiphany” and the wise-man’s gift of gold; Kathleen Packard discusses the tapering impact of quantitative easing.