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The Sham of the Padilla Trial

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 30, 2007

Jury selection in the Jose Padilla case is now under way in federal district court in Miami, but the trial is nothing more than a sham. Why? Because no matter how the jury rules, Padilla is almost certain to remain incarcerated for a long time. If Padilla is convicted by the jury, the judge ...

Why Markets Are Dreaded

by Tibor R. Machan April 27, 2007

In one of those vapid, in-house disputes often published in The New York Review of Books’s letters-to-the-editor sections, we can read about a disagreement among educational experts under the heading “Scandals in Higher Education: An Exchange” (4/26/07). Well, not much of a disagreement because none of the participants gives ...

Single-Day Registrations Now Available

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 27, 2007

Because we have received many requests for daily registrations for our June 1-4 conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties, we have decided to open up the conference to per-day registrations. The new per-day registration fees will be as follows: Friday, June 1: $195 Saturday, June ...

The Lesson of Virginia Tech

by Sheldon Richman April 25, 2007

The lesson from the horrors at Virginia Tech is that no one can really, fully delegate to another his right to and responsibility for self-defense. You may feel the municipal or campus police are looking out for you, but no police force can guarantee to be where you need it when ...

The Real Tragedy of Waco

by Glenn Jacobs April 23, 2007

April 19 marked the 14-year anniversary of the BATF-FBI massacre of the Branch Davidians at Waco, Texas. Some might say that the use of the word “massacre” is harsh, instead opting to call it a “tragedy.” After close examination of the events of April ...

Leading CEO to Speak at FFF Conference

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 23, 2007

Note: Please forward this page to your friends. Richard Vague, one of the nations leading CEOs, has been added to the roster of speakers at The Future of Freedom Foundations upcoming conference "Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties." Mr. Vague joins 23 other outstanding libertarian, liberal, and conservative speakers who will address these two critical issues during our ...

Speaker Spotlight: Laurence Vance and Ted Galen Carpenter

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 20, 2007

This week were spotlighting Laurence Vance and Ted Galen Carpenter, both of whom are among the 24 speakers at our June 1-4 conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, Virginia. If there was ever a person who reflected the genuine patriotism ...

What’s to Lose?

by Sheldon Richman April 20, 2007

The other day President Bush charged the congressional Democrats with wanting to “legislate defeat” in Iraq. It’s a standard political ploy to smear one’s opponents, but maybe we should follow this line of thought (if that’s not too dignified a word) and see where it leads. What would an American defeat ...

Once Again, Gun Control Doesn’t Work

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 18, 2007

To belabor the obvious, murderers do not obey restrictions on gun possession, contrary to the long-repeated suggestion of the gun-control crowd — that if we simply enact such restrictions into law, murderers will comply with them. As we once again see in the context of the Virginia Tech massacre, ...

Imus’s Free-Speech Rights Were Not Violated

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 16, 2007

Contrary to what some people are suggesting, the firing of Don Imus for his racist comments about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team did not constitute censorship and it did not violate Imus’s freedom of speech. Instead, the controversy revolved around the principles of private property, freedom of contract, and the ...

Discounted Hotel Rooms Almost Gone

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 13, 2007

We are almost out of discounted hotel rooms for our June 1-4 conference Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties. If you plan to stay at the Hyatt Regency Reston, where the conference is being held, now is the time to register for the conference and to make your hotel ...

Preventing Opposition to War

by Sheldon Richman April 13, 2007

The idea, discussed by me and others, that it is good that most Americans are not directly touched by the President Bush’s wars is of course not the whole story. Our rulers could have forced us to be more involved. They could have passed a special war tax, launched a high-profile “Buy ...