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Trump, Free Speech, and Libertarianism

by Scott McPherson February 1, 2018

There is a modest amount of crossover between populism and libertarianism — as there is between libertarianism and other political philosophies — but leftists and progressives should hesitate before lumping us into the same category. For the most part populists are just big-government conservatives — which means they have more in common with the political Left than with us ...

The State of Our Union

by John W. Whitehead January 31, 2018

“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing ...

The Libertarian Angle: Free Trade and Minimum Wage

by Future of Freedom Foundation January 30, 2018

How does free trade benefit mankind? How does it affect liberty? FFF president Jacob Hornberger, Richard Ebeling, and special guest and George Mason University economist Donald J. Boudreaux hash it out. Go to the podcast.

Paul Leroy-Beaulieu: A Warning Voice About the Socialist Tragedy to Come

by Richard M. Ebeling January 29, 2018

The Russian Revolution of November 1917, now being marked by its centenary, ushered in a hundred years of political tyranny and terror, economic suffering, exploitation and corruption, along with unimaginable mass murder, among the tens of millions of people who came under the control and command of Marxist inspired socialist regimes around the world.  But before this tragic episode ...

Of Course It’s Welfare

by Laurence M. Vance January 29, 2018

Welfare by any other name is still welfare, even when it is not given to the poor, and even when it is called vouchers or subsidies. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Denver Has a Plan for Its Many Luxury Apartments: Housing Subsidies” (abridged from the January 9, 2018, print edition article “Denver’s Fix ...

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

by Future of Freedom Foundation January 25, 2018

Does the shutdown really matter? How to import tariffs hurt the average person? FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.

Round Ups, Checkpoints and National ID Cards

by John W. Whitehead January 24, 2018

“The roundups are getting worse. The checkpoints are getting worse. The harassment is getting worse. The things we were worried would happen are happening.”—Angus Johnston, professor at the City University of New York No one is safe. No one is immune. No one gets spared the anguish, fear and heartache of living under the shadow of an authoritarian police ...

Our Heritage of Open Immigration from S***hole Countries

by Scott McPherson January 22, 2018

The history of open immigration in this country makes a favorable case for poor and uneducated immigrants. It might just be the huddled masses we need most. From the end of the Mexican War, in 1848, until the 1920s, the only obstacle to travel across the southern border was terrain. Usually poor and uneducated, people crossed and traded across this ...

Government Shutdowns, If Only It was True!

by Richard M. Ebeling January 22, 2018

The media once more has been agog with the terror and fear of the government shutdown that occurred following the failure of the Congress to pass another stop-gap spending bill, when federal spending approval officially ran out at one minute past midnight on Friday, January 19, 2018. This is all smoke and mirrors because: (a) the government has not ...

About Those “S***hole” Countries

by Scott McPherson January 18, 2018

President Trump caused a stir when he allegedly referred to some Third World countries as “shitholes” in a recent meeting on immigration reform with congressional leaders. The president used the term to label those countries whose emigrants we're apparently supposed to shun. Predictably, the president was called a racist for his remarks. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said the ...

Get Up, Stand Up, Speak Up for Your Rights

by John W. Whitehead January 17, 2018

We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds: we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretence; experience has made us suspicious of others and kept us from being truthful and open; intolerable conflicts have worn us down and even made us cynical. Are we still of any use? ...

The Libertarian Angle: Immigration Circus Comes to Town (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation January 16, 2018

What is DACA? What is the libertarian angle on immigration? FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss President Trump's recent policy moves concerning illegal immigrants. Go to the podcast.