Politics

Why Do Republicans Want to Raise Taxes?

by Laurence M. Vance September 6, 2011

True or false: Barack Obama wants to raise taxes and Republicans in Congress want to cut them. The surprising answer is, False. Although it can usually be said that the president never met a tax hike or spending increase he didn’t like, such is not the case right now. One does not have to be a fan of Obama or ...

The Kennedy Autopsy, Part 1

by Jacob G. Hornberger August 23, 2011

The Kennedy Assassination Series: The Kennedy Casket Conspiracy, by Jacob G. Hornberger The Shot That Killed Kennedy by Jacob G. Hornberger The Kennedy Autopsy, Part 1 by Jacob G. Hornberger The Kennedy Autopsy, Part 2 by Jacob G. Hornberger The Kennedy Autopsy, Part 3 by Jacob G. Hornberger The Kennedy Autopsy, Part 4 by Jacob G. Hornberger The Kennedy ...

Minor Machiavellians

by Rich Schwartzman August 19, 2011

Lord Acton was right on when he spoke of the corrupting influence of power. Corruption happens in the tiny as well as the grand, on the local level as well as the national, even in something as insignificant as a civic association election. It was 2006 and an upstart retired admiral — Joe Sestak, a Democrat — had the audacity ...

Conservatives Dont Hate Government

by Sheldon Richman August 19, 2011

Sometimes I wonder whether the mainstream pundits listen to themselves. It’s hard to believe they would say the silly things they say if they did. For example, the talking heads on MSNBC, which works 24/7 for President Obama’s reelection, like to say that conservative Republicans “hate government.” “If you hate government,” Chris Matthews, host of Hardball, asks, “why would you ...

Which Republican Candidate Is More Conservative?

by Laurence M. Vance August 16, 2011

Although the next presidential election is more than a year away, campaigning has already begun. With a liberal Democratic incumbent in the White House, Republican candidates are loudly touting their conservative credentials. The battles over which candidate is more conservative are heating up. “I have fought against irresponsible spending while Governor Pawlenty was leaving a multi-billion-dollar budget mess in ...

Politicians in a Panic

by Sheldon Richman August 12, 2011

You can almost see the panic on their faces. The politicians, central bankers, and court economists seem to be thrashing around like bad swimmers caught in a riptide. Despite all attempts — stimulus spending, increased borrowing, the Fed Reserve’s low-interest-rate policy, presidential jaw-boning — the economy refuses to recover. Unemployment remains over 9 percent, investment is stagnant, and even ...

The Shot that Killed JFK

by Jacob G. Hornberger August 3, 2011

  The Kennedy Casket Conspiracy, by Jacob G. Hornberger The Shot That Killed Kennedy, by Jacob G. Hornberger The Kennedy Autopsy, Part 1, by Jacob G. Hornberger The Kennedy Autopsy, Part 2, by Jacob G. Hornberger The Kennedy Autopsy, Part 3, by Jacob G. Hornberger The Kennedy Autopsy, Part 4, by Jacob G. Hornberger The Kennedy Autopsy, Part 5, by ...

The Jacob Hornberger Show: Ron Paul and Gary Johnson Conservatives, Liberals, and Libertarians (video)

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 28, 2011

The Jacob Hornberger Show broadcasts live every Saturday night at 7pm EST. Visit FFF's Ustream Channel to watch the show live. Download the MP3 here, or subscribe to the RSS feed

His Majesty, the President

by Wendy McElroy May 13, 2011

In early April, the White House warned that President Obama would veto H.R. 1363, which would have provided only short-term defense funding and was being used by the GOP to compel budget cuts. A few days later, the White House threatened to veto H.R.1217, a bill that would have repealed a public-health fund intended to encourage Americans to ...

Blasphemy and the State

by Wendy McElroy April 28, 2011

On April 16 in Richmond, Virginia, Jesus of Nazareth was spared the death penalty but sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for the crime of blasphemy. Or, rather, a mock courtroom reenacted the sentencing phase of his original blasphemy case, which had resulted in a sentence of crucifixion. Since the mock Jesus had already been ...

The Jacob Hornberger Show: How Libertarians Are Different from Conservatives/Liberals

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 23, 2011

The Jacob Hornberger Show broadcasts liveSaturday nights at 7pm EST. Visit FFF's Ustream Channel to watch the show live. Download the MP3 here, or subscribe to the RSS feed

Republican Hypocrisy on Budget Cuts

by Laurence M. Vance March 28, 2011

With the national debt fast approaching $15 trillion, no member of Congress of either party, and no American citizen of any political persuasion, would argue against the proposition that the federal budget needs to be cut, and cut drastically. The Congressional Budget Office is forecasting a $1.5 trillion budget deficit for fiscal year 2011, giving us the third straight year ...