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Paper Money and the Constitution

by Rick Lynch January 1, 2009

Why do we have a Constitution? How and why did it come into existence? Just what, exactly, prompted the calling of the Constitutional Convention, which gave birth to it? Most Americans believe, logically enough, that with the passing of the British from the scene it was simply time to create a new government to take the place of the ...

America’s Anti-Militarist Heritage

by George Leef January 1, 2009

Ain’t My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism by Bill Kauffman (Metropolitan Books, 2008); 284 pages, $25. Americans don’t have much historical memory anymore. That isn’t just because of the dumbing down of the educational system and the fact that most young people read very ...

An Interview with Guantánamo Whistleblower Stephen Abraham, Part 2

by Andy Worthington December 30, 2008

Part 1 | Part 2 In the first part of this interview with Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Andy Worthington, the author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, examined why the government’s allegations against the prisoners at Guantánamo are unreliable. A veteran of U.S. Army intelligence, Lt. Col. Abraham worked for OARDEC ...

Bush Shows that Politics is Theater

by Sheldon Richman December 26, 2008

Politics is corrupt theater. Actors set the mood, and some members of the audience have their pockets picked. Exhibit A is President Bushs surprise trip to Baghdad on Thanksgiving. Whats important is not the secrecy or the collusion by anointed members of the news media. Its the use of ...

Madoff Scandal Exposes Government Failure

by Sheldon Richman December 24, 2008

The common reaction to the Bernard Madoff $50 billion financial scam was wholly expected. As Los Angeles Times columnist Tim Rutten wrote, “The lesson is one that becomes clearer with each excruciating turn of the Wall Street screw. The long, bipartisan experiment with financial deregulation has failed utterly. The ...

An Interview with Guantánamo Whistleblower Stephen Abraham, Part 1

by Andy Worthington December 22, 2008

Part 1 | Part 2 Since the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, the closure of the “War on Terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba has become a hot topic. Throughout his election campaign, Obama pledged to close Guantánamo, and he reiterated his promise during his first TV interview as President-Elect, on ...

Video Message 4: Monetary Policy

by Jacob G. Hornberger December 22, 2008

Economic Liberty Lecture Series: James Bovard (video)

by James Bovard December 19, 2008

On November 13, 2008 at The Future of Freedom Foundation’s “Economic Liberty Lecture Series,” James Bovard gave a speech entitled “Bailout Bosh and Other Economic Frauds of Our Times.”

Why I’m Sending a Donation to FFF

by James Glaser December 19, 2008

I did it. I called Jacob Hornberger at The Future of Freedom Foundation (703 934-6101) and gave a donation. The key here for me is the “future” — future of freedom. At the rate America is going, I am wondering freedom for my children ...

Economic Stimulus Amounts to Central Planning

by Sheldon Richman December 17, 2008

That there will be a huge “stimulus” package in the early days of the Obama administration is a certainty. Nearly everyone thinks the government must do something drastic to, using President-elect Obama’s word, “jolt” the economy into recovery. That something is deficit spending on “infrastructure.” But it’s not as ...

A Collapsing Empire — Opportunities for Restoring the Republic (video)

by Karen Kwiatkowski December 17, 2008

On June 8, 2008, Karen Kwiatkoski gave the following Speech at FFF’s conference Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety.

Will Europe Take the Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners?

by Andy Worthington December 15, 2008

As rumors continue to fly regarding Barack Obama’s plans to close the notorious “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, one country in the European Union, Portugal, took the opportunity offered last Wednesday by the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — one of whose Articles declares, “Everyone has the right to seek and ...