Daily Articles

The Libertarian Angle: Myths of the Industrial Revolution (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation November 17, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard discuss the myths of the Industrial Revolution. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Lesson of the Paris Massacre

by Benedict D. LaRosa November 17, 2015

Once again, free fire zones have turned into shooting galleries, this time in Paris.  On November 13, 2015, Islamic militants struck six sites in Paris almost simultaneously killing 129 people, and injuring some 350 more with bullets and explosives.  (These figures may change as better estimates become available.)  Some were killed and wounded in drive-by shootings as they sat ...

Don’t Expect 2016 Candidates To Restore Real Liberty

by Richard M. Ebeling November 16, 2015

Many in the media and some among the voting public are focused, now, on the field of candidates who are offering themselves as the presidential nominees of the Republican and Democratic Parties. Every few weeks those on the Republican side have been confronting each other in television news-bite talking sessions that are loosely called “debates.” The candidates lash out at ...

The Drug War against Black America

by Future of Freedom Foundation November 13, 2015

The Future of Freedom Foundation and the Morgan State University Pre-Law Association present a one-day conference on the campus of Morgan State University at the University Student Center Theater on Saturday, November 14, 2015, that will address the war on drugs and its adverse consequences on American society, ...

The Deep State: The Unelected Shadow Government Is Here to Stay

by John W. Whitehead November 11, 2015

“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government, owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.” ― Theodore Roosevelt America’s next president will inherit more than a bitterly divided nation teetering on the brink of financial catastrophe when he or she assumes office. He will also inherit a shadow government, one that is fully operational ...

The Libertarian Angle: Repeal Antitrust Laws

by Future of Freedom Foundation November 10, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard talk about how antitrust law is inimical to a free society. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Bill Gates, Climate Change and the Capitalist System

by Richard M. Ebeling November 9, 2015

Bill Gates of Microsoft is one of the wealthiest individuals in the world, so when he speaks it is not surprising that the world tends to listen. In a recent interview, Gates has said that capitalism is inherently unable to solve the problem of global warming, and instead there have to be world-encompassing government-business “partnerships” to save Planet Earth. In ...

The Real Issues You Won’t Hear from the 2016 Presidential Candidates This Election Year

by John W. Whitehead November 6, 2015

“Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.”—Gore Vidal The countdown has begun. We now have less than one year until the 2016 presidential election, and you can expect to be treated to an earful of carefully crafted, expensive sound bites and political spin about

Beards and a Free Society

by Laurence M. Vance November 5, 2015

Although baseball season is over, one thing still remains: the New York Yankees’ ban on players wearing beards. The beard ban was instituted by the Yankees’ principal owner. George Steinbrenner, in 1973. Long hair is not allowed either, but mustaches are permitted. Although Steinbrenner died in 2010, the policy remains in effect. The Yankees’ manager, Joe Girardi, said ...

War, Big Government, and Lost Freedom

by Richard M. Ebeling November 4, 2015

We are currently marking the hundredth anniversary of the fighting of the First World War. For four years between the summer of 1914 and November 11, 1918, the major world powers were in mortal combat with each other. The conflict radically changed the world. It overthrew the pre-1914 era of relatively limited government and free market economics, and ushered ...

The Libertarian Angle: The Debt Ceiling Charade (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation November 3, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard discuss how Congress repeatedly raises the debt ceiling, destroying the notion that any such ceiling actually exists. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Opposing America’s Participation in World War II

by Jacob G. Hornberger November 1, 2015

Even in the face of ongoing catastrophes arising out of U.S. interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere in the Middle East, proponents of empire and intervention still trot out America’s entry into World War II to justify their imperialist, militarist, and interventionist philosophy. World War II was the “good” war, they say — a necessary intervention, one that saved ...