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FFF Conference Photos – Day 2, June 7, 2008

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 18, 2008

The following are photos from day 2 of The Future of Freedom Foundation's conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties.” Anthony Gregory starts Day 2 Joanne Mariner takes ...

FFF Conference Photos – Day 1, June 6, 2008

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 13, 2008

The following are photos from day 1 of The Future of Freedom Foundation's conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties.” Opening Remarks by Foundation President Jacob Hornberger Robert ...

Obama and McCain Are Both Wrong

by Sheldon Richman June 2, 2008

Barack Obama’s call for talks with “our enemies” is shaping up as a major bone of contention between him and John McCain in the presidential campaign. As usual, both the Democrat and the Republican get it wrong. Obama says he would sit down with so-called adversaries such as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...

The War No One Mentions

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 1, 2008

With all the campaign talk about the various wars in which America is involved — the war on Iraq, the war on drugs, the war on poverty, the war on illiteracy, the war on terrorism, and the war on Afghanistan — there is one war that goes unacknowledged and unspoken about ...

Why the Peaceful Majority of Muslims Are Not Irrelevant

by Sheldon Richman June 1, 2008

A few years ago, FrontPageMag.com columnist Paul Marek wrote an article titled “Why the Peaceful Majority Is Irrelevant.” His thesis was that even if the majority of Muslims abhor violence, it doesn’t matter because “the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history.... The hard quantifiable fact is, that the ‘peaceful majority’ is the ‘silent majority’ and ...

Photos from FFF’s Conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties” — Album (134 photos)

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 1, 2008

Go to FFF's Flickr page to view photos

Federal Attitude Policy

by James Bovard June 1, 2008

The Transportation Security Administration has created more gantlets at American airports than most travelers realize. It has continually changed the rules for flying since it first deployed its 40,000+ army of screeners across the land. Americans are at much greater risk of being arrested or fined in the airport for not kowtowing to federal agents. ...

The Bricker Amendment: A Battle against the Imperial Presidency

by Gregory Bresiger June 1, 2008

Executive agreements shall not be made in lieu of treaties.... The President shall publish all executive agreements except that those which in his judgment require secrecy shall be submitted to the appropriate committees of Congress in lieu of publication. — Part of one of the proposed Bricker amendments The powers not delegated to the United States ...

Socialism and Medicine, Part 2

by William L. Anderson June 1, 2008

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 In 1965, the U.S. economy was unquestionably the most productive and vibrant in the world. Doctors and hospital administrators were enjoying high revenues, and at that time health insurers generally did not worry about such things as “cost containment.” Life in the medical field was a ...

The Folly of Interventionism

by George Leef June 1, 2008

Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire by Doug Bandow (Xulon Press, 2006); 383 pages, $19.99. George Washington unfortunately sided with the big-government federalists when it came to domestic policy, but his famous Farewell Address contained some sage advice for America when it came to foreign policy — not to get ...

From Empire and Intervention to Freedom and Republic (Video)

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 1, 2008

Jacob G. Hornberger on "From Empire and Intervention to Freedom and Republic" at the Future of Freedom Foundation's Restoring the Republic, 2008.

Can You Really Love Your Country?

by Sheldon Richman May 30, 2008

Why do people get upset with Barack Obama for not wearing a flag pin on his lapel or with Michelle Obama for suggesting she’s not been proud of her country until now? Why is failing to “support the troops” regarded as a sin? Because it’s a secular blasphemy to do or say ...