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Last-Minute Conference Update

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 30, 2008

Our exciting June 6-8 conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties” begins next week! There’s still time to register. We have now opened up the conference to daily registration — $195 for one day and $360 for two days, including 3 meals per day at the Hyatt Regency ...

Ron Paul to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at FFF Conference

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 28, 2008

The Future of Freedom Foundation is pleased to announce that Congressman Ron Paul, who has just been added to the roster of speakers at the Foundation’s upcoming June 6-8 conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties,” will be awarded The Future of Freedom Foundation’s first-ever “Lifetime Achievement Award for Advancing Liberty.” ...

FFF Speaker Spotlight: James Bovard and Sheldon Richman

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 23, 2008

If I were asked to rank libertarians for integrity, courage, and devotion to principle, I would place James Bovard and Sheldon Richman in a tie for first place. One of my personal highlights of being president of The Future of Freedom Foundation is having had the honor of working closely with ...

Why I am a Libertarian

by Mark Richards May 21, 2008

Over the years many people — family members, co-workers, and others — with whom I have come in contact have asked me why I think and believe what I do with regard to politics, economics, history, philosophy, and related topics. To put it another way, these people are curious as to ...

The New Politics: Squaring the Circle

by Sheldon Richman May 12, 2008

How many times will people be fooled by a presidential contenders claim that he is a new kind of politician? Sen. Barack Obama has made this the centerpiece of his campaign. He strives to hold himself above the partisan fray and talks about changing Washington. As a result, some people look on Obama as a savior who needs to be ...

Don’t Miss This Conference!

by Anthony Gregory May 12, 2008

I am honored to be returning as a speaker to the second annual Future of Freedom Foundation conference on foreign policy and civil liberties, which takes place June 6 through June 8 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, Virginia, and, as last year, features a fantastic array of speakers. Last years conference was tied for my favorite libertarian event ...

FFF Speaker Spotlight: Laurence Vance and Karen Kwiatkowski

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 9, 2008

Laurence Vance is one of the most courageous libertarians I have ever known. A devout Christian, he has been relentless and uncompromising in emphasizing two important points about U.S. foreign policy: (1) Since the U.S. has waged a war of aggression, rather than a defensive war, against Iraq, the killing of ...

One-Party System

by Sheldon Richman May 2, 2008

I can predict the winner of the presidential election even now: the government. In a one-party system, that's how things work. One-party system? Yes. The American political scene makes much more sense if you think of the two parties as two divisions of the same party. Admittedly that is hard to do at first. All American politics is presented as ...

FFF Speaker Spotlight: Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. and Robert Higgs

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 2, 2008

Ever since I discovered libertarianism, two of my foremost heroes have been — and continue to be — Lew Rockwell and Bob Higgs, who will both be speaking at our exciting upcoming June 6-8 conference “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties.” Lew is president of the Ludwig von ...

The Demise of Conscience, Part 3

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 1, 2008

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Americans who have supported the invasion and occupation of Iraq, including U.S. soldiers who have killed people in Iraq, might say, “Look, I thought there were going to be WMDs, just like the president did. We all just made an honest mistake.” There are major problems, however, with that position, at ...

Would-Be Rulers without Clothes

by Sheldon Richman May 1, 2008

In a presidential debate with Sen. Barack Obama in Texas, Sen. Hillary Clinton scoffed at the idea that buying medical insurance should be voluntary. “It would be as though Social Security were voluntary Medicare, one of the great accomplishments of President Johnson, was voluntary.... We would not have a social compact with Social ...

Ellsberg’s Lessons for Our Time

by James Bovard May 1, 2008

Daniel Ellsberg is the kind of American who should receive a Medal of Freedom. Except that the Medals of Freedom are distributed by presidents who routinely give them to “useful idiots” and apologists for their wars and power grabs. It should be renamed the Medal for Enabling or Applauding Official Crimes in the Name of Freedom. Ellsberg knowingly risked spending ...