Daily Articles

The Fear Of Terrorism Is Destroying Our Freedom

by Richard M. Ebeling December 28, 2015

The year that is just closing, 2015, has been full of events that continue to dominate the news, including renewed racial tensions on the streets of American cities, growing fears about terrorist attacks on the territory of the United States, and one of the most fear-focused presidential campaign seasons in living memory. Through it all there is one underlying thread ...

What If Jesus Had Been Born 2,000 Years Later in the American Police State?

by John W. Whitehead December 23, 2015

“Two thousand years later … the memory of the revolutionary zealot who walked across Galilee gathering an army of disciples with the goal of establishing the Kingdom of God on earth, the magnetic preacher who defied the authority of the Temple priesthood in Jerusalem, the radical Jewish nationalist who challenged the Roman occupation and lost, has been almost completely ...

The Libertarian Angle: Christmas and Libertarianism

by Future of Freedom Foundation December 22, 2015

Merry Christmas! Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and  Richard discuss the libertarian angle on Christmas! The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

There Is No Social Security Santa Claus

by Richard M. Ebeling December 21, 2015

At this annual time of good cheer it might seem Grinch-like to challenge the spirit of Santa Claus, but the reality is that there is no jolly, bearded, rotund man in a red suit who brings us goodies for free. And the Congressional Budget Office has ...

Five Years Is Five Years Too Long

by Laurence M. Vance December 17, 2015

I mentioned in my article “The Prospects for Drug Freedom” back in 2012 that Oregon was one of the first states to legalize medical marijuana and that sixteen other states and the District of Columbia had done likewise. I am happy to report that after three years, that number is now up to twenty-three states, Puerto Rico, ...

Reclaiming the Christmas Spirit

by John W. Whitehead December 16, 2015

What a turbulent year it’s been. For those of us who have managed to survive 2015 with our lives intact and our freedoms hanging by a thread, it has been a year of crackdowns, clampdowns, shutdowns, showdowns, shootdowns, standdowns, knockdowns, putdowns, breakdowns, lockdowns, takedowns, slowdowns, meltdowns, and never-ending letdowns. As I point out in my book Battlefield America: The ...

The Libertarian Angle: The Disaster of Progressivism

by Future of Freedom Foundation December 15, 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 disaster that is progressivism. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Compulsory Unions Equals Less Worker Freedom

by Richard M. Ebeling December 14, 2015

Personal choice and freedom of association are two fundamental and essential principles of any truly free society, and this includes a free market workplace. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration is spending taxpayer dollars to undermine those principles in other countries around the world. The Washington Times reported on December 11, 2015 that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has organized ...

Support FFF: Our End-of-Year Update

by Jacob G. Hornberger December 14, 2015

I am writing to seek your financial support to help us continue the battle for liberty in the year ahead. The advocates of the welfare-warfare state say that paternalism is freedom, compulsory charity is a virtue, federal spending and debt will bring prosperity, and perpetual war will bring peace. Their world is built on lies and deception, ...

Does Fear Lead to Fascism? A Culture of Fear and the Epigenetics of Terror

by John W. Whitehead December 9, 2015

“No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”—Edward R. Murrow, broadcast journalist America is in the midst of an epidemic of historic proportions. The contagion being spread like wildfire is turning communities into battlegrounds and setting Americans one against the other. Normally mild-mannered individuals caught up in the throes of this disease have been transformed ...

The Libertarian Angle: TSA Tyranny (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation December 8, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob, Richard, and special guest James Bovard discuss the the tyranny that is the Transportation Security Administration. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Paper Money Versus The Gold Standard: An Explanation

by Richard M. Ebeling December 7, 2015

We are living in a time that can only be considered monetary chaos. The U.S. Federal Reserve has manipulated key interest rates down to practically zero for the last six years, and expanded the money supply in the banking system by $4 trillion dollars over that time. And with the true mentality of the monetary central planner, the Fed ...