By Tony Levero, The Loyola Greyhound
He has been portrayed as a gold-crazed anarchist by his opponents and as a relentlessly principled visionary by fans. Whatever his reception, Congressman Ron Paul never fails to draw a strong reaction, and he did just that when he spoke to a capacity-filled McGuire Hall last week.
The Republican representative from Texas' 14th District integrated his "Case Against the Fed" as part of the Moral Foundations of Capitalism lecture series led by Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo of the Sellinger School of Business which was funded by a contribution from the BB&T Foundation.
Dr. Paul stressed that he takes every opportunity to speak to young people: "I consider the idea of liberty to be a young idea. Dictatorships, authoritarianism, and kings and tyrants have been around for thousands of years. I feel that the college kids, the young people, are responding so well to this idea of liberty."