Luap Nor is at it again. He wants to investigate whether we’ve still got gold at Fort Knox.

Paul called a congressional hearing Thursday to grill federal officials about his bill to audit and inventory all of the gold reserves at Fort Knox, Ky., West Point, N.Y., and Denver, even though Treasury officials insist that the gold is audited annually and is all there.

Maybe we should let him in on the secret? Auric took it. /James Bond

No wait. Simon took it. /John McClane

/facepalm

The gold’s there, and it is still a fraction of our national net worth, but we haven’t been on a gold standard in decades, so whether the gold is there or not is all besides the point. Paul’s on a fishing expedition for no other reason than he can.