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The JFK Assassination, Episode 28

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 18, 2019

In this series of short videos, FFF president Jacob Hornberger summarizes and details the circumstantial evidence pointing toward the U.S. national-security state as the orchestrator of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Watch the entire series. Go to the podcast.

The Madness of the Wall Debate

by Gary D. Barnett January 18, 2019

"The Wall was an edifice of fear. On November 9th, it became a place of joy." - Former German President Horst Köhler, Berlin, November 9th 2009 America has become the epitome of divisiveness, one side against the other, both against the middle. This is a malignancy that has grown into mass hatred, and no good can result from such animosity among ...

The Libertarian Angle: Drug War Meets Trade War (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation January 17, 2019

What happens when you have a raging drug war and an escalating trade war? Declining freedom for everyone. FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Professor Richard M. Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.

Ludwig von Mises as the Victim of Quinn Slobodian’s Intellectual Dishonesty

by Richard M. Ebeling January 16, 2019

We live at a time when one of the worst accusations that can be thrown at someone is the charge of “racist.” Have that word tied to your name and it not only results in moral condemnation, it potentially throws into discredit almost anything and everything that person has said or done. That makes it a serious matter when ...

Border Patrol Is Turning America Into a Constitution-Free Zone

by John W. Whitehead January 16, 2019

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”— William Pitt How far would you really go to secure the nation’s borders against illegal aliens? Would you give the government limitless amounts of money to fight yet another endless war? Surround the entire country with concrete walls and ...

The JFK Assassination, Episode 27

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 11, 2019

In this series of short videos, FFF president Jacob Hornberger summarizes and details the circumstantial evidence pointing toward the U.S. national-security state as the orchestrator of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Watch the entire series. Go to the podcast.

We Have a Farm Bill

by Laurence M. Vance January 11, 2019

We have a farm bill — finally. The previous farm bill (The Agricultural Act of 2014) expired on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018. Although this left several agricultural, environmental, conservation, and nutrition programs in limbo, they were kept alive through continuing appropriations bills. Every five years, Congress passes a farm bill that sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy and appropriates ...

Beware the Emergency State

by John W. Whitehead January 11, 2019

“For seven decades we have been yielding our most basic liberties to a secretive, unaccountable emergency state – a vast but increasingly misdirected complex of national security institutions, reflexes, and beliefs that so define our present world that we forget that there was ever a different America. ... Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have given way to ...

The Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Wall and Shutdown (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation January 10, 2019

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling, professor at The Citadel, discuss the ongoing political tussle over the border wall and the ensuing government shutdown. Go to the podcast.

The Dangers of Negative Interest Rates and a Cashless Economy

by Richard M. Ebeling January 10, 2019

The recent gyrations in the stock market and the uncertainties surrounding American trade policies with China and other parts of the world have raised the question of when the next recession will inevitably follow the current economic recovery from the 2008-9 financial crisis. In the face of a future economic downturn, some economic policy analysts are already making the ...

Break the Cycle

by John W. Whitehead January 8, 2019

“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.” — Edmund Burke Folks, it’s time to break the cycle. Let’s make 2019 the year we say no to the laundry list of abuses—cruel, brutal, immoral, unconstitutional and unacceptable—that have been heaped upon us by the government for way too long. Let’s make 2019 the year we stop living in ...

Classical Liberalism and the Limits to Compromise

by Richard M. Ebeling January 7, 2019

The tense and seemingly polarized political environment in America today has raised the issue of whether there is some way to reduce the ideological and government-policy conflicts by finding some middle way between the “extremist” positions of “left” and “right.” The fundamental question in all of this is, Can and should liberty be compromised in the pursuit of such ...