Destroying the Everglades by Bart Frazier June 1, 2007 When most people think of southern Florida, they conjure up images of Disney World and spring break. Yet further south than Mickey and Daytona International Speedway are the Florida Everglades, one of the most unusual ecosystems in the world and a true mecca for wildlife enthusiasts. Over the past half century, ...
The Diagnosis of a Dying Republic, Part 1 by Anthony Gregory June 1, 2007 Part 1 | Part 2 Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2006), 368 pages; $26. About 10 years ago, we libertarians were accustomed to hearing constitutionalist conservatives voicing our shared concern about the American ...
Why Ron Paul’s Answer Terrifies Them by Jacob G. Hornberger May 23, 2007 In one short answer to a moderator’s question in the South Carolina debate in which Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul suggested that U.S. foreign policy motivated the 9/11 terrorists, Paul produced an earthquake that is shaking the Republican establishment. The chairman of the Michigan Republican Party proposed banning Paul from future ...
Thank You, Ron Paul by Sheldon Richman May 18, 2007 Ron Paul, a Republican congressman running for president, is saying what needs to be said about the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq war. Clearly, his rivals and the news media can’t handle the truth. At the most recent Republican debate Paul not only repeated his opposition to the illegal and unconstitutional war, ...
Speaker Spotlight: Sheldon Richman and Bart Frazier by Jacob G. Hornberger May 18, 2007 14 days from today! Our conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties kicks off! Its still not too late to register. With Ron Paul's star rising on the Republican presidential scene because of his non-interventionist foreign-policy views, we just might be seeing the start of an exciting resurgence of the non-interventionist foreign policy on which our nation ...
Giuliani’s Attack on Ron Paul Falls Flat by Jacob G. Hornberger May 16, 2007 Ron Paul once again roiled Republican presidential politics on the issue of foreign policy during last night’s debate, finishing second in the post-debate poll conducted by Fox News and first in the poll conducted by MSNBC. Pointing out that U.S. foreign policy is the root cause of the anger and hatred that ...
Speaker Spotlight: Ted Galen Carpenter and Bob Barr by Jacob G. Hornberger May 11, 2007 Three more weeks to our June 1-4 conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. If you havent yet registered, you still have time to do so. This is sure to be one of the most exciting and most memorable conferences in libertarian history! Monday morning of the conference wraps up with two great speeches by Ted Galen Carpenter ...
Ron Paul and the MSNBC Debate by Jacob G. Hornberger May 9, 2007 During the recent MSNBC Republican presidential debate, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul made three profound points on U.S. foreign policy that the American people would be wise to heed. Needless to say, Paul’s three points, being libertarian in nature, aren’t likely to be favorably received within the Washington, D.C., establishment, especially among lobbyists ...
Speaker Spotlight: Ron Paul and Andrew Napolitano by Jacob G. Hornberger May 4, 2007 This week we spotlight Congressman Ron Paul and Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Andrew Napolitano, our two Sunday dinner speakers for our upcoming June 1-4 conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties in Reston, Virginia. If there is a genuine hero of our time with respect to the advancement of liberty, it is Ron Paul. The ...
Boxer’s Confusion about Ownership by Tibor R. Machan May 4, 2007 California Senator Barbara Boxer sent around a letter to the editor that was published in The OC Register on April 30th, hoping to clarify my California Wild Heritage Act. She states in this letter that the approximately 2.3 million acres included in the bill are all publicly owned lands. Not one acre of private land is included in the ...
Bush War Policy Comes Crashing Down by Sheldon Richman May 4, 2007 It’s been a rough several weeks for President Bush and the war party. Observe some recent headlines: “Training Iraqi troops no longer driving force in U.S. policy” — The McClatchy Newspaper story pointed out, “Military planners have abandoned the idea that training Iraqi troops will enable American soldiers to start ...
Empire or Freedom? by Jacob G. Hornberger May 1, 2007 The 9/11 attacks brought to the surface a dilemma that everyone, especially libertarians, must now confront: whether to choose a pro-empire, pro-intervention foreign policy or a free society. No one can deny that we now live in a country in which the president, on his own initiative, has the omnipotent power to send the nation into war against any country ...