Foreign Policy & War

Barack Obama: The Peace Candidate?

by Sheldon Richman June 25, 2008

Why would anyone think that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is the peace candidate? True, before President Bush sent an invasion force to Iraq and before Obama was in the Senate, he made a speech saying intervention would be a mistake. But after the invasion, in 2004, he said he wasnt sure how he would have voted when the ...

FFF Conference Photos – Day 3, June 8, 2008

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 20, 2008

The following are photos from day 3 of The Future of Freedom Foundation's conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties.” Q & A with Sheldon Richman David Henderson ...

FFF Conference Photos – Day 2, June 7, 2008

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 18, 2008

The following are photos from day 2 of The Future of Freedom Foundation's conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties.” Anthony Gregory starts Day 2 Joanne Mariner takes ...

FFF Conference Photos – Day 1, June 6, 2008

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 13, 2008

The following are photos from day 1 of The Future of Freedom Foundation's conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties.” Opening Remarks by Foundation President Jacob Hornberger Robert ...

Obama and McCain Are Both Wrong

by Sheldon Richman June 2, 2008

Barack Obama’s call for talks with “our enemies” is shaping up as a major bone of contention between him and John McCain in the presidential campaign. As usual, both the Democrat and the Republican get it wrong. Obama says he would sit down with so-called adversaries such as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...

Photos from FFF’s Conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties” — Album (134 photos)

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 1, 2008

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The Folly of Interventionism

by George Leef June 1, 2008

Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire by Doug Bandow (Xulon Press, 2006); 383 pages, $19.99. George Washington unfortunately sided with the big-government federalists when it came to domestic policy, but his famous Farewell Address contained some sage advice for America when it came to foreign policy — not to get ...

From Empire and Intervention to Freedom and Republic (Video)

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 1, 2008

Jacob G. Hornberger on "From Empire and Intervention to Freedom and Republic" at the Future of Freedom Foundation's Restoring the Republic, 2008.

Last-Minute Conference Update

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 30, 2008

Our exciting June 6-8 conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties” begins next week! There’s still time to register. We have now opened up the conference to daily registration — $195 for one day and $360 for two days, including 3 meals per day at the Hyatt Regency ...

Ron Paul to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at FFF Conference

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 28, 2008

The Future of Freedom Foundation is pleased to announce that Congressman Ron Paul, who has just been added to the roster of speakers at the Foundation’s upcoming June 6-8 conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties,” will be awarded The Future of Freedom Foundation’s first-ever “Lifetime Achievement Award for Advancing Liberty.” ...

FFF Speaker Spotlight: James Bovard and Sheldon Richman

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 23, 2008

If I were asked to rank libertarians for integrity, courage, and devotion to principle, I would place James Bovard and Sheldon Richman in a tie for first place. One of my personal highlights of being president of The Future of Freedom Foundation is having had the honor of working closely with ...

FFF Speaker Spotlight: Laurence Vance and Karen Kwiatkowski

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 9, 2008

Laurence Vance is one of the most courageous libertarians I have ever known. A devout Christian, he has been relentless and uncompromising in emphasizing two important points about U.S. foreign policy: (1) Since the U.S. has waged a war of aggression, rather than a defensive war, against Iraq, the killing of ...