Daily Articles

From Presidential Power Grabs to Martial Law

by John W. Whitehead February 3, 2025

“Rule by indefinite emergency edict risks leaving all of us with a shell of a democracy and civil liberties just as hollow.”—Justice Neil Gorsuch That didn’t take long. Within days of Donald Trump’s second term, the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights disappeared from the White House’s website. While the Trump Administration insists the removal of ...

Howard Blitz Is Yuma’s Citizen of the Year

by Future of Freedom Foundation January 31, 2025

From the Yuma Sun: ‘Finding one’s passion in life is indeed a gift, but then making that passion one’s life commitment takes dedication, planning, organization, determination and time,” according to Bill and Judy Gresser. They believe that Howard Blitz, founder and chief executive officer of Yuma’s Freedom Library, exemplifies a ...

Using Russia to Suppress Speech at Home, Part 2

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 29, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 In 1989, the Cold War racket suddenly and unexpectedly came to an end. That was when the national-security establishment went into the Middle East, killing vast numbers of people and wreaking untold destruction. When the inevitable retaliation came in the form of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the national-security establishment had new official enemies ...

The Significance of the Eighteenth Amendment

by Laurence M. Vance January 27, 2025

Every month of the year is significant for a variety of reasons: holidays, historical events, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. However, when it comes to the U.S. Constitution, two months of the year stand out. December is a significant month when it comes to two amendments to the Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and ...

Animal Farm Politics: The Deep State Wins Again

by John W. Whitehead January 24, 2025

“No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”—George Orwell, Animal Farm It cost the American taxpayer $24 million to find out what we knew ...

50 Years Ago: Hayek’s Nobel Lecture on “The Pretense of Knowledge”

by Richard M. Ebeling January 22, 2025

Fifty years ago, on October 9, 1974, what has become known as the Nobel Prize in Economics was announced for that year in Stockholm, Sweden. It was a joint award to Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987) and Austrian economist Friedrich A. Hayek (1899–1992). Many in the economics profession would not have been particularly surprised by Myrdal being declared a ...

Social Security Expansion Shows True Nature of Social Security

by Laurence M. Vance January 17, 2025

In one of his last acts as president, Joe Biden signed into law the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (H.R.82). The legislation expands Social Security by repealing “provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for individuals who receive other benefits, such as a pension from a state or local government.” A White House ...

Biden’s Sordid Legacy: Ravaged Rights and Liberties

by James Bovard January 15, 2025

Joe Biden’s presidency ends on January 20, 2025. There will likely be a media stampede to hallow his reign and trumpet his virtues. But Biden perpetually trampled his January 20, 2021, oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” In his 2022 State of the Union address, Biden declared, “When dictators do not pay a price ...

Norway’s Nonviolent Resistance in WWII: The Power of a Paperclip, Part 1

by Wendy McElroy January 13, 2025

The 1942 Norsk (Norwegian) teachers’ resistance is one of the most successful campaigns of nonviolent defiance waged against the Nazis during World War II. About 12,000 to 14,000 strong, the teachers acted with unusual cohesion and courage. But the movement was not remarkable primarily for the extreme heroism it displayed; many resistance movements of the time showed equal courage. ...

The Police State Is America’s New Crime Boss

by John W. Whitehead January 7, 2025

“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.”—Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear The American police state has become America’s new crime boss. Thirty years after then-President Bill Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act into law, its legacy of mass incarceration, police militarization, and ...

Using Russia to Suppress Speech at Home, Part 1

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 6, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 By enacting the First Amendment, our American ancestors were acknowledging that the federal government would inevitably attract people who would try to shut down speech that the government disapproved of. After all, if there was no concern that federal officials would try to suppress speech, there would have been no reason to enact the ...

Time to Separate Alcohol from the State

by Laurence M. Vance January 3, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on all goods entering the United States from Mexico and Canada — two of America’s largest trading partners. Said Trump: “On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff ...