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War, Foreign Policy, and Empire: The Changing Political Dynamic

by Anthony Gregory October 26, 2007

On June 3, 2007, Anthony Gregory gave the following Speech at FFF’s conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety. Anthony Gregory is a Policy Advisor for the Future of Freedom Foundation, a guest editor at Strike the Root, a blogger at Liberty and Power and the Stress Blog, and a ... [click for more]

War as Government Program

by Sheldon Richman October 19, 2007

On June 3, 2007, Sheldon Richman gave the following Speech at FFF’s conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety. [click for more]

Iran and Iraq: The Need for Pentagon Papers (video)

by Daniel Ellsberg October 12, 2007

On June 2, 2007, Daniel Ellsberg gave the following Speech at FFF's conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety. [click for more]

The Failed Legacy of Interventionism

by Jacob G. Hornberger October 10, 2007

Last week, the New Hampshire Union Leader went on the attack against Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s foreign-policy views, making the standard pro-empire, pro-intervention arguments that unfortunately have come to characterize the modern-day conservative movement. (Paul’s response to the editorial is here.) Nastily referring to Paul as ... [click for more]

A Foreign Policy of Peace and Freedom

by Scott McPherson October 10, 2007

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution wisely advised a path of nonintervention in the affairs of other nations. As students of history, America’s first statesmen established peace and free trade as a wiser foreign policy course over militarism, alliance-making, and empire. John Quincy Adams, the sixth president, best summed up America’s ... [click for more]

Why Enemies of Liberty Love Lincoln (video)

by Thomas J. DiLorenzo October 5, 2007

On June 2, 2007, Thomas J. DiLorenzo gave the following Speech at FFF's conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety. [click for more]

Are Presidents Entitled to Kill Foreigners?

by James Bovard October 5, 2007

What is the common term for ordering soldiers to kill vast numbers of innocent people? A war crime. But not when it is done on the command of the U.S. president. Killing innocent foreigners seems to be a perk of the modern presidency — akin to the band’s playing “Hail to the Chief” when ... [click for more]

A Bogus Libertarian Defense of War

by Sheldon Richman October 1, 2007

Many conservatives dubiously insist that a robustly interventionist foreign policy can coexist with a free-market domestic policy. That’s why they have no compunction about supporting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while claiming to support limited and unintrusive government at home. On the face of it, these seem highly incompatible. War requires the accumulation and exercise of awesome powers. ... [click for more]

I Suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Part 1

by James Glaser October 1, 2007

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 No veteran wants Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In fact most will fight it for years, and when things really get out of hand, they have to go through the embarrassment of asking the Veterans Administration for ... [click for more]

Blackhawks over Bourbon Street

by Glenn Jacobs October 1, 2007

Last summer it was announced that federal agents would soon join local authorities in policing New Orleans. In addition, National Guard troops will be staying in New Orleans until November, and Mayor Ray Nagin wants the Louisiana Air National Guard to conduct nightly patrols over the city. ... [click for more]

The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed (video)

by Ivan Eland September 28, 2007

On June 2, 2007, Ivan Eland gave the following Speech at FFF's conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety. [click for more]

The Importance of the Marketplace of Ideas — in Both War and Peace

by Richard M. Ebeling September 21, 2007

On June 2, 2007, Richard M. Ebeling gave the following Speech at FFF's conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety. [click for more]