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Censored, Surveilled, Watch Listed and Jailed

by John W. Whitehead April 28, 2016

“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984 In past ages, those who dared to speak out against tyranny—viewed as an act of treason—were blinded, castrated, disfigured, mutilated, rendered mute by having their tongues cut out of their heads, and ultimately ...

The Bathroom Wars: More Freedom is Going Down the Toilet

by Richard M. Ebeling April 27, 2016

Let me be frank and up front from the start. I was biologically born male, and I have always felt and viewed myself as male. In addition, I have never had an urge to cross-dress or a desire for a sex change operation. However, in a free society an individual is at liberty to dress however they want and pay ...

The Libertarian Angle: The Socialism of Public Housing

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2016

In this segment, Richard Ebeling and Jacob Hornberger discuss the immorality of public housing. Go to the podcast.

The Easter Rising and the Anglo-Irish War: 1916–1921

by Scott McPherson April 25, 2016

In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom. — from the Proclamation of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic, April 1916 As Great Britain entered the ...

Every Home Ought To Be a Safe Zone

by Laurence M. Vance April 22, 2016

There is a heroin epidemic in the United States, so we are told. And it is not just urban junkies who are addicted. Heroin has become readily available in suburban and rural areas. Diacetylmorphine or diamorphine results from the combining of morphine (an opioid derived from the opium poppy) with acetic anhydride. Opium poppies are cultivated ...

The Libertarian Angle: Abolish the Income Tax

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 21, 2016

In this segment, Richard Ebeling and Jacob Hornberger explore the evil that is the income tax. Go to the podcast.

Saint or Sinner, Government Eyes Are Watching Every Move You Make

by John W. Whitehead April 20, 2016

“The way things are supposed to work is that we’re supposed to know virtually everything about what do: that’s why they’re called public servants. They’re supposed to know virtually nothing about what we do: that’s why we’re called private individuals. This dynamic - the hallmark of a healthy and free society - has been radically reversed. Now, they know everything ...

Educational Socialism versus the Free Market

by Richard M. Ebeling April 19, 2016

Academia has long been thought of as the “marketplace of ideas,” the arena where truth may be pursued through dispassionate discourse and openness to competing views. Yet higher education in America has moved a great distance from this ideal and its practice and into arenas of collectivist indoctrination. Too many of our colleges and universities have become cloistered “hothouses” of ...

Fleecing the American Taxpayer: The Profit Incentives Driving the Police State

by John W. Whitehead April 14, 2016

“The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.” ― Ron Paul If there is an absolute maxim by which the federal government seems to operate, it is that the American taxpayer always gets ripped off. This is true whether you’re talking about taxpayers being forced to fund ...

Society’s Newest Victims of Discrimination

by Laurence M. Vance April 11, 2016

The federal government has long been concerned about discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability. Although the Obama administration supports adding discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity to the list, they haven’t been officially added yet. Meanwhile, the administration has come to the rescue of another group that it feels is being ...

It’s Not Just the Unborn Being Denied Rights Under the Constitution

by John W. Whitehead April 8, 2016

“The unborn person doesn’t have constitutional rights.”—Hillary Clinton, Meet the Press (April 3, 2016) When presidential candidate Hillary Clinton declares that unborn babies do not have constitutional rights, she’s not just spouting partisan rhetoric in the heated national debate over abortion. She’s providing us with a glimpse into an increasingly troubling mindset among government officials who ...

What Sports Can Teach Us about Politics

by Wendy McElroy April 6, 2016

What can sports teach us about civil society and federal agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services? In his most famous speech, Senator Robert A. Taft (1889–1953) answered that question. Taft was a passionate defender of private enterprise in domestic policy as well as non-intervention in foreign affairs. This made him oppose the New Deal policies adopted under ...