Freedom Daily Archive

Biden the Bogus Benevolent Dictator

by James Bovard November 1, 2022

On July 4, President Biden declared, “Liberty is under assault ... rights we assumed were protected are no longer.” Biden, however, was referring solely to a few Supreme Court decisions he deplored, not to the federal supremacy he championed for almost 50 years in the Senate and the White House. Though Biden took office preaching the need for “unity,” he ...

When Will Congress Admit Its Mistakes?

by Laurence M. Vance November 1, 2022

“I was wrong,” says a group of New York Times opinion writers. “Eight Times Opinion columnists revisit their incorrect predictions and bad advice — and reflect on why they changed their minds” is the statement that appears at the end of each of the articles. “I was wrong about inflation,” writes Paul Krugman. He “made a very bad call” when ...

A Swiss Oasis of Liberal Sanity in a Totalitarian Europe

by Richard M. Ebeling November 1, 2022

On September 16, 1939, barely more than two weeks after the beginning of the Second World War in Europe with the German invasion of Poland on September 1, the “Austrian”-oriented British economist Lionel Robbins finished the preface to his short book, The Economic Causes of War. The five chapters making up the 125-page volume had originally been delivered as ...

The Historical Foundation of Civil Liberties, Part 1

by Tom G. Palmer November 1, 2022

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 This article is from a transcript of the opening presentation of FFF’s September 21, 2021, conference “Restoring Our Civil Liberties.” When we think about civil liberties, it’s very common in contemporary discourse to distinguish civil liberties from economic liberties, even political liberties. And occasionally, you’ll hear the term civil liberties ...

Why the JFK Assassination Should Matter to Everyone, Part 2

by Jacob G. Hornberger October 1, 2022

Part 1 | Part 2 When I finished reading Douglas Horne’s book Inside the Assassination Records Review Board, I knew that the Kennedy assassination could no longer legitimately be considered a “conspiracy theory.” Horne’s book pushed the assassination over the line by establishing beyond a reasonable doubt that the November 22, 1963, assassination was, in fact, a regime-change operation ...

Biden’s “Begging for Barrels” Saudi Disgrace

by James Bovard October 1, 2022

Why don’t you talk about something that matters?” President Biden replied to a journalist asking about why he fist-bumped Saudi dictator Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) during his “begging for barrels” trip to the Middle East in July. Biden hoped the Saudis would rescue his presidency by pumping more oil in order to lower American gasoline prices and prevent the ...

Two Agendas

by Laurence M. Vance October 1, 2022

Although the next U.S. presidential election is not until 2024, this is still an election year. Most candidates are running for state and local offices. On the national level, voters in the 50 states only vote for three offices. They select members of the House of Representatives by district for two-year terms, two senators for six-year terms, and, by ...

Liberalism, True and False

by Richard M. Ebeling October 1, 2022

The death of liberalism has been hailed or feared for well over a century now. In the United States, the tribal collectivists of identity politics and critical race theory insist that America has never been about freedom. It has always been a racist society born with the institution of slavery. The idea of liberal individualism is a ruse to ...

Why the JFK Assassination Should Matter to Everyone, Part 1

by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2022

Part 1 | Part 2 As everyone knows, the term that is commonly used when the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is raised is “conspiracy theory!” It is a term that the CIA long ago advised its assets in the mainstream press to employ against people who were questioning or challenging the official narrative of the assassination. The ...

Thank Joe Biden for Your COVID-Positive Nurse

by James Bovard September 1, 2022

If you pick up a COVID infection during your next visit to a hospital or medical office, maybe send a thank-you card to President Biden. His COVID vaccine mandate was one of the most perverse public-health edicts in modern times. Vaccination status went from being a proxy for health to being a substitute for sane healthcare policy. Last September, Biden ...

Vouchers Are Not the Answer

by Laurence M. Vance September 1, 2022

The deadly shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, earlier this year has Americans once again focusing on the dangers of the gun-free zones known as public schools. And if it is not a shooting, then it is acts of violence by students against other students or teachers or bullying and harassment by students that result in other ...

If America Were Totalitarian, Where Would You Want to Live?

by Richard M. Ebeling September 1, 2022

Suppose that one evening as the sun was setting and dusk was settling in, a strange mist fell over the United States that resulted in the entire population of the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, falling into a deep and restful sleep. Similarly, as evening settled in across the Russian Federation, the same type of mist enveloped ...