Plumbing New Depths on Guantánamo by Andy Worthington December 27, 2010 With just two weeks to go before the ninth anniversary of the opening of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo, almost everyone in a position of authority in the United States has failed to resolve, in a satisfactory manner, the bitter legacy left by the Bush administration. In fact, to judge by two recent developments, anything resembling progress ...
The Power of Ideas on Liberty (Video) by Jacob G. Hornberger December 24, 2010 The Power of Ideas on Liberty from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo. //
Time to Rein in Federal Spending by Laurence M. Vance December 21, 2010 The debate in Congress over the extension of the Bush tax cuts has obscured the issue of government spending. After all, it is because members of Congress love to spend money that isn’t theirs that we “need” an income tax to begin with. Government spending is out of control. The federal budget is fast approaching $4 trillion. The budget deficit ...
Guantánamo Prisoners Sacrificed in Political Horse-Trading by Andy Worthington December 20, 2010 How messed up is American politics? Well, here are a few clues. Two weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.1 trillion continuing resolution, which funds the government through to September 30 next year. As The Hill explained, the resolution was needed “because Congress failed to pass any of the 12 regular appropriations bills for 2011, ...
The Jacob Hornberger Show: Public Schooling vs. Educational Liberty by Jacob G. Hornberger December 18, 2010 //
Beware the Campaign for War against Iran by Sheldon Richman December 17, 2010 Despite the horror with which the war party has received the WikiLeaks dump of secret diplomatic cables, at least some of the revelations were cheered. Those who have been agitating for an attack on Iran were pleased to see cables apparently reporting that the heads of Arab states also favor war. As the New York Times put it, The documents ...
Cut the Tax Cuts by Laurence M. Vance December 15, 2010 For several years now we have been told that the Bush tax cuts will be expiring at the end of 2010. That time is now here — unless Democrats and Republicans in Congress can reach an agreement to extend them. The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act ...
Make Bill of Rights Day Americas Anti-Politician Day by James Bovard December 14, 2010 Wednesday, December 15, is the 219th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights — the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Bill of Rights Day should be the preeminent Anti-Politician Day on the American calendar. Instead, it has become simply another pretext for rulers to delude the ruled. Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1787, “A Bill of Rights is ...
Guantánamo: A Dismal Week for America by Andy Worthington December 13, 2010 Just when it seemed that President Obama’s paralysis regarding Guantánamo couldn’t get any worse — with any further trials or prisoner releases apparently on permanent hold because any other course of action would be politically inconvenient — the House of Representatives and the Director of National Intelligence have stepped in to make the prospect of closing Guantánamo even ...
The Jacob Hornberger Show: “The Libertarian Society” (Video) by Jacob G. Hornberger December 11, 2010 The Jacob Hornberger Show broadcasts live Saturday night at 7pm EST. Visit FFF's Ustream Channel to watch the show live. Download the MP3 here, or subscribe to the RSS feed
Economic Liberty Lecture Series by Bart Frazier December 10, 2010 Economic Liberty Lecture Series from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo. //
Wikileaks: Suppressing the Investigation of Torture by Andy Worthington December 7, 2010 In the relatively small number of U.S. diplomatic cables released to date by WikiLeaks, from its cache of 251,287 documents, the most disturbing revelations concerning the “war on terror” deal with the pressure that the Bush administration exerted on Germany in 2007, regarding the planned prosecution of thirteen CIA agents involved in the rendition and torture of Khaled El-Masri, ...