Daily Articles

We Are the Government: Tactics for Taking Down the Police State

by John W. Whitehead August 21, 2015

“The people have the power, all we have to do is awaken that power in the people. The people are unaware. They’re not educated to realize that they have power. The system is so geared that everyone believes the government will fix everything. We are the government.”—John Lennon Saddled with a corporate media that marches in lockstep ...

The Libertarian Angle – Trumping the Political Process

by Jacob G. Hornberger August 18, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob discusses the presidential campaign of Donald Trump. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Agenda for a Freer and More Prosperous America

by Richard M. Ebeling August 17, 2015

There is little that happens in society in general and the market economy in particular that most on the political “left” do not think needs more government intervention, regulation, and redistribution to make “better.” One recent example of this is a lengthy “report” primarily prepared by Nobel Prize-winning economist, Joseph E. Stiglitz, for the Roosevelt Institute. Released in June 2015, ...

John Stuart Mill and the Dangers of Unrestrained Government

by Richard M. Ebeling August 13, 2015

One of the great voices for personal liberty was that of the British economist and political philosopher, John Stuart Mill. His essay, “On Liberty,” though penned well over 150 years ago, is a classic statement that the individual should be respected in his right of freedom of thought, speech and action. But John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was also one of ...

Don’t Be Fooled by the Political Game: The Illusion of Freedom in America

by John W. Whitehead August 13, 2015

The shaping of the will of Congress and the choosing of the American president has become a privilege reserved to the country’s equestrian classes, a.k.a. the 20% of the population that holds 93% of the wealth, the happy few who run the corporations and the banks, own and operate the news and entertainment media, compose the ...

Eighty Years of Socialism

by Laurence M. Vance August 12, 2015

Social Security reaches an important milestone in August of this year. The Social Security Administration is celebrating 80 years of “public service” with a tree-planting ceremony at the agency’s headquarters in Baltimore, a public-policy discussion in Washington, D.C., and activities at sporting events across the country. The Social Security Administration is celebrating 80 years of socialism. With little opposition, ...

The Libertarian Angle – JFK vs. the National Security State

by Jacob G. Hornberger August 11, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and guest co-host James DiEugenio talk about the assassination of JFK and the national security state. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Conservatives Deceived Me on Immigration

by Thomas R. Eddlem August 11, 2015

I grew up in the conservative movement at the end of the Cold War, but eventually realized I had been misled on the issue of immigration. When I finally took the trouble to research the issue after receiving a private offer to write a series of anti-immigration tracts (a contract from which I declined), I found that most ...

Harming Our Health: How Licensing Laws Can Kill

by Mary Ruwart August 10, 2015

The following is an excerpt from the updated edition of Healing Our World: The Compassion of Libertarianism. How to Enrich the Poor, Protect the Environment, Deter Crime & Defuse Terrorism by Mary J. Ruwart, Ph.D, with a forward by Ron Paul. Go to this webpage for a synopsis of the book and a 50 percent discount through ...

They Live, We Sleep: A Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy

by John W. Whitehead August 5, 2015

“You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they’re people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong.”—They Live We’re living in two worlds, you and I. There’s the world we see (or are made to see) and then there’s the one we sense (and occasionally ...

The Libertarian Angle – “Serfdom U.S.A.”

by Jacob G. Hornberger August 4, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob discusses how Americans live the lives of serfs on the plantation. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

Practicing Freedom: Markets, Marriage, and Migration

by Richard M. Ebeling August 3, 2015

Liberty is a demanding ideal to believe in and live by. It requires consistency of principle and acceptance of much in the actions of others that we may disagree with or even find personally repulsive. Unfortunately, too many in our society do not sufficiently value the right of the individual to live his own life as he choses. They wish ...