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The Libertarian Angle: National Service, Syria, and the Fed

by Future of Freedom Foundation September 16, 2013

Jacob Hornberger and Sheldon Richman discuss Syria, monetary policy, and freedom in the U.S. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. You can find the podcast here.

Pot Crusaders or Freedom Crusaders?

by Laurence M. Vance September 16, 2013

The states of New Hampshire and Illinois recently legalized marijuana for medical use. New Hampshire’s governor, Maggie Hassan, signed House Bill 573 into law on July 23. The bill allows patients to purchase up to two ounces of marijuana from four regional dispensaries. To qualify for the program, a person must have “both a debilitating disease such as ...

TGIF: The People Say No to War

by Sheldon Richman September 13, 2013

The Constitution did not keep President Obama from attacking Syria. The people did. Think about that. Obama, his top advisers, and many of his partisans and opponents in Congress insist that the president of the United States has the constitutional authority to attack another country without a declaration of war or so-called “authorization for the use of military force” even ...

Into the Nightmare: My Search for the Killers of President John F. Kennedy and Officer J. D. Tippit

by Joseph McBride September 12, 2013

The following is an excerpt from Into the Nightmare: My Search for the Killers of President John F. Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit by Joseph McBride (Hightower Press, Berkeley, California, 2013). Copyright © 2013 Joseph McBride. All rights reserved. I laughed when I heard that President Kennedy was shot. But when I saw the look on the face ...

Here’s How the U.S. Can Help Rid the World of Chemical Weapons

by Sheldon Richman September 11, 2013

If President Obama is serious about ridding the world, and not just Syria, of chemical weapons, he and America’s closest allies in the Middle East should lead the way. Although the United States has ratified the 20-year-old Chemical Weapons Convention, it has not destroyed its entire arsenal, as required under the CWC. In reference to the United States, the

The Libertarian Angle: Syria and Foreign Interventionism

by Future of Freedom Foundation September 9, 2013

Jacob Hornberger and Sheldon Richman discuss Syria and U.S. foreign policy. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. You can find the podcast here.

TGIF: The Cynical U.S. Policy on Chemical Weapons

by Sheldon Richman September 6, 2013

“I didn’t set a red line. The world set a red line.” That was President Obama’s response this week to those who believe he wants to attack Syria in order to defend his own credibility. Secretary of State John Kerry said the same thing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. They were referring to the 88-year-old

Who Should Pay for the Education of Children?

by Laurence M. Vance September 5, 2013

Who but parents are responsible for deciding for their children the food they eat, the clothes they wear, the toys they play with, the church they attend, the company they keep, the music they listen to, and the programs they watch on television? We may not like some of the decisions that parents make for their children. Parents sometimes ...

We Must Not Be the World’s Policeman

by Sheldon Richman September 4, 2013

Even if everything Secretary of State John Kerry says about chemical weapons in Syria were true, the evidence would prove only that Bashar al-Assad committed crimes against civilians. It would not prove that the U.S. government has either the moral or legal authority to commit acts of war. These issues must be kept separate. We have reason to be ...

The Libertarian Angle: Syria

by Future of Freedom Foundation September 4, 2013

Jacob Hornberger and Sheldon Richman discuss the Syria. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly.

How I Came to Reject the Welfare State, Part 2

by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2013

Part 1| Part 2 During the part of my life that I was a welfare statist, I never gave any thought to how the government raised its money. I just assumed that the government operated like a business — that it earned its money and then figured out ways to spend it. Thus I could ...

It’s Not Edward Snowden Who Betrayed Us

by Sheldon Richman September 1, 2013

When you cut through the fog, the NSA controversy is about whether we should trust people with institutional power. Edward Snowden’s courageous exposure of massive secret surveillance separates those who say yes from those who say, “Hell no!” The trusting attitude can be found among progressives and conservatives alike (with notable exceptions), and even some who have identified themselves as ...