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Die in the Name of the Law

by Rich Schwartzman December 7, 2011

The story has become routine: another drug shooting. But it was not drug dealers shooting each other or hitting innocent bystanders during a drive-by, no. It was cops killing an innocent person during a raid that had no business taking place at all. The culprits were members of the Pima County Arizona sheriffs SWAT team. The victim was Jose Guerena ...

Statist Baggage on the Airlines

by Laurence M. Vance December 7, 2011

First it was the TSA; now its the airlines. In addition to getting their bodies squeezed by the TSA, airline passengers are now getting their wallets squeezed by the airlines as well. Some airlines have begun charging $5 for printing out your boarding pass at the airport. Even if you print from a self-service kiosk, you'll still pay a $1 printing ...

Neocons Don’t Believe Their Own Anti-Iran Propaganda

by Sheldon Richman December 7, 2011

Were being lied to about the purported Iranian nuclear threat, and the war party knows it. In ways eerily reminiscent of the 2002 buildup to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the American people are being fed a steady diet of war propaganda about Iran and its alleged quest for a nuclear weapon. As with Iraq's president, Saddam Hussein, comparisons to ...

The Debt Crisis and Fiat Money

by Tim Kelly December 5, 2011

The European Union (EU) has a sovereign-debt problem. Greek government bonds have been downgraded to junk status, and there is talk of default. Italy, Spain, and Portugal appear to be next, as they face skyrocketing interest rates just when their governments must borrow more to service their debt. Should these countries default, some of Europe's largest banks which are heavily ...

Imperialism and Oil

by Tim Kelly December 2, 2011

In March 2003, after months of propaganda about phony threats posed by Saddam Hussein's nonexistent weapons of mass destruction, as well as absurd suggestions by the White House that his regime was in league with al-Qaeda, U.S. forces invaded Iraq in an act of aggression that was every bit as brazen and illegal as Nazi Germany's blitzkrieg of Poland ...

Framing the “Great Debate” on World War II

by Wendy McElroy December 2, 2011

From September 1939 to December 1941, Americans debated the role the United States should play in World War II, which was then ravaging Europe. Should America actively support the Allies, especially Britain, by providing direct financial and indirect military aid? Or should America maintain its traditional role of nonintervention? (World War I had been the sole exception.) In 1941, the ...

We Need Your Support

by Jacob G. Hornberger December 1, 2011

Video Message 2 - Economic Liberty Lecture Series A Message from Jacob Hornberger - Video 2 from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo. The Future of Freedom Foundation is one of the most important organizations in the liberty movement. FFF does great work educating the public in the principles of free-market economics, individual liberty, and ...

Obama’s War Record Should Appall Progressives

by Sheldon Richman December 1, 2011

Why are liberals so desperately unhappy with the Obama presidency? asks New York Magazines Jonathan Chait, a self-proclaimed Obama apologist. He answers his own question: Liberals are dissatisfied with Obama because liberals, on the whole, are incapable of feeling satisfied with a Democratic president. See? It isn't Obama's fault. Its something in the so-called liberal, or progressive, psyche. (Liberalism originally ...

Economic Liberty and Its Abandonment, Part 1

by Jacob G. Hornberger November 30, 2011

Part 1 | Part 2 With federal spending continuing to soar out of control, the obvious question arises: How do we get our nation back on the right track — toward economic prosperity and economic liberty? To answer that question, it’s helpful to examine basic principles, including the founding principles of our nation and how our country turned away ...

Price Discrimination Is Fair and Just

by Laurence M. Vance November 29, 2011

While on a recent cross-country flight, I looked around at the 200 or so other passengers on the plane and thought, not about the snacks we would be served (pretzels), the movie we would be shown (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), or whether the babies on the flight would cry the whole way (they did), but about ...

“An Introduction to Libertarianism”: A Lecture to the Delphian School (video)

by Jacob G. Hornberger November 28, 2011

Jacob G. Hornberger speaks at the Delphian School in Sheridan, Oregon, on November 18, 2011.

Darwinian Stupidity

by Rich Schwartzman November 28, 2011

One has to question the mindset of the current administration in Washington. The country is $15 trillion in debt due to the ever-increasing welfare-warfare state. The warfare side of the equation is imperialistic to the point of crippling stupidity. Not only do we already have as many as 900 military bases, and military personnel in an estimated 130 different countries, ...