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Two Views of Social Order: Conflict or Cooperation (video)

by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. August 24, 2007

On June 1, 2007, Lew Rockwell gave the following Speech at FFF's conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety.

War, Peace, and the Struggle for Liberty (video)

by Justin Raimondo August 24, 2007

On June 1, 2007, Justin Raimondo gave the following Speech at FFF's conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. The speech can viewed below in its entirety.

Big Government at Home and Abroad

by Jacob G. Hornberger August 17, 2007

On June 22, 2007, Jacob Hornberger was invited to speak before the Houston Property Rights Assocation. The speech can viewed below in its entirety.

Casual Talk of War

by Sheldon Richman August 13, 2007

The opponents of the Bush wars and the accompanying expansion of government power have been disappointed countless times before. Just the other day the Democrats in Congress acquiesced in the Bush administration’s heavy-handed bid for the power to conduct warrantless eavesdropping on American citizens and residents in the name of ...

Winning Is Losing

by Sheldon Richman August 10, 2007

It’s amazing what passes for news these days. Two Brookings Institution “liberals” who favored the invasion of Iraq before it occurred and have since led the war-cheerleading section are now getting attention for writing on the New York Times op-ed page that if the Bush administration stays the course, ...

War and Leviathan: The Trick that Works Every Time (video)

by Robert Higgs August 10, 2007

Robert Higgs on "War and Leviathan: The Trick That Works Every Time" at the Future of Freedom Foundation's Restoring the Republic, 2007.

Losing and Restoring the Republic

by Jacob G. Hornberger August 1, 2007

It is impossible to overstate the fundamental differences between the foreign-policy philosophy of our American ancestors and the foreign-policy mindset that guides our country today. The philosophy of our ancestors was nicely summed up in the Fourth of July address to Congress in 1821 by John Quincy Adams. In essence Adams said, There are lots of bad things all over ...

War Is a Government Program

by Sheldon Richman August 1, 2007

It is always amusing to hear conservatives complain — as they are complaining now and used to complain during the Vietnam War — that if it weren’t for the politicians, the generals could win America’s wars. Those with this mindset believe the politicians are always getting in the way by subordinating military considerations to — ugh! — political considerations. ...

Drunken-Driver Checkpoints: Every Driver Guilty

by James Bovard August 1, 2007

Tens of thousands of innocent Americans are stopped each month at police checkpoints that treat every driver as a criminal. These checkpoints, supposedly started to target drunk drivers, have expanded to give police more intrusive power over citizens in many areas. The demonization of alcohol is leading to a growing nullification of the constitutional rights of anyone suspected of drinking ...

Following a Couple Wannabes

by Bill Thompson August 1, 2007

In case you missed it, America has been at war in Iraq for four years, as of tomorrow . And despite more than 25,000 American casualties and a dwindling list of good reasons to stay, some modern-day Audie Murphys think those who make the common-sense suggestion to get our brave soldiers out of ...

Benjamin Ricketson Tucker, Part 1

by Wendy McElroy August 1, 2007

Part 1 | Part 2 The first issue of the radical individualist periodical Liberty (1881–1908) opened with the words, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, these three: but the greatest of these is Liberty. Formerly the price of Liberty was eternal vigilance, but now it can be had for fifty cents a year. The publisher and author of those words, ...

How Grandma Got Legal

by Mae M. Ngai August 1, 2007

“Made in America — by immigrants” and “We too have a dream” read signs at the May 1 marches across the country. By invoking an American ideal, today’s newcomers are staking their claim as the latest generation of nation-builders. But their critics object to this appeal to history; they ...