Has the American Dream Become the American Nightmare? by John W. Whitehead January 25, 2017 “Most Germans, so far as I could see, did not seem to mind that their personal freedom had been taken away, that so much of their splendid culture was being destroyed and replaced with a mindless barbarism, or that their life and work were being regimented to a degree never before experienced even by a people accustomed for generations ...
Naomi Brockwell: Time to End the War on Drugs by Naomi Brockwell January 24, 2017 Watch Naomi Brockwell present her perspectives on why America needs to end the war on drugs. This presentation is part of FFF’s Drug War Video Project, whose aim is to accelerate the end of this immoral and destructive government program.
James Mill, David Ricardo and the Triumph of Free Trade by Richard M. Ebeling January 23, 2017 We are in the midst of marking the centenary of the First World War, which was fought from 1914 to 1918. But, in fact, the first real modern world war enveloped Europe and other parts of the globe more than a century earlier from 1791 to 1815, during which first Revolutionary and then Napoleonic France was at war with ...
Nothing Is Real by John W. Whitehead January 20, 2017 “There are two ways by which the spirit of a culture may be shriveled. In the first—the Orwellian—culture becomes a prison. In the second—the Huxleyan—culture becomes a burlesque. No one needs to be reminded that our world is now marred by many prison-cultures…. it makes little difference if our wardens are inspired by right- or left-wing ideologies. The gates ...
Cutting Government Waste Is Not Enough by Laurence M. Vance January 19, 2017 It is no secret that agencies and programs of the federal government waste obscene amounts of the taxpayers’ money. Even members of Congress have pointed that out. Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has just released his annual catalog of egregious government spending. His 201-page “Wastebook” this year is titled “Wastebook: PORKémon Go” (last year’s “Wastebook” had a Star Wars ...
The Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Wall by Future of Freedom Foundation January 18, 2017 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling talk about Donald Trump's statements on immigration. Go to the podcast.
Ted Galen Carpenter: Time to End the War on Drugs by Ted Galen Carpenter January 17, 2017 Watch Ted Galen Carpenter present his perspectives on why America needs to end the war on drugs. This presentation is part of FFF’s Drug War Video Project, whose aim is to accelerate the end of this immoral and destructive government program.
Economic Ideas: David Ricardo on Wealth, Inflation, and Freedom by Richard M. Ebeling January 16, 2017 David Ricardo (1772-1823) was one of the most influential economic theorists of the first half of the nineteenth century. Born in London, England, his father’s family were orthodox Jews originally from Portugal who had moved to England from Holland. His father was a highly successful stockbroker. David Ricardo learned the family business, and most likely would have ...
Obama’s Legacy and What It Means for a Trump Presidency by John W. Whitehead January 13, 2017 “This light of history is pitiless; it has a strange and divine quality that, luminous as it is, and precisely because it is luminous, often casts a shadow just where we saw a radiance; out of the same man it makes two different phantoms, and the one attacks and punishes the other, the darkness of the despot struggles with ...
The Libertarian Angle: Obama vs Trump by Future of Freedom Foundation January 11, 2017 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling talk about the executive powers that Obama is bequeathing to Trump. Go to the podcast.
Neill Franklin: Time to End the War on Drugs by Neill Franklin January 10, 2017 Watch Neill Franklin present his perspectives on why America needs to end the war on drugs. This presentation is part of FFF’s Drug War Video Project, whose aim is to accelerate the end of this immoral and destructive government program.
Economic Ideas: Thomas Malthus on Population, Passions, Property and Politics by Richard M. Ebeling January 9, 2017 Those of us who have been fortunate enough to have been born in what is often still referred to as the Western World (Europe and North America) rarely appreciate the historical uniqueness of our material and related cultural well being compared not only to many still around the globe today, but relative to those who lived in that Western ...