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An Immigration Conversation with a Conservative

by Richard M. Ebeling November 12, 2024

Donald Trump’s reelection as president of the United States has been partly identified with his promise to “close the border” to illegal immigration and the threat of a mass deportation of millions of those who have been living in America, sometimes for almost a lifetime. If this threat is carried out, it would be one of the largest forced ...

The Deep State’s Plot to Destabilize the Nation Is Working

by John W. Whitehead November 8, 2024

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out ... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” — H. L. Mencken If the three-ring circus that is the looming presidential election proves anything, it ...

Another Win Against Anti-Competitive Licensing Laws

by George Leef November 7, 2024

One of the many ways that government stifles competition to aid special-interest groups is occupational licensing — laws that make it illegal for people to offer their services unless they have procured the state’s approval by going to the expense of obtaining a license. Invariably defended as laws needed to protect consumers, licensing laws are actually enacted at the ...

Disaster Relief and Foreign Aid

by Laurence M. Vance November 4, 2024

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 through November 30) has so far resulted in 15 tropical storms, 10 of which became hurricanes (winds exceeding 73 mph), and four of which were classified as major hurricanes (category 3, 4, or 5 — with winds over 110 mph). Many residents of North Carolina, Florida, and other southern states are still ...

Immigration, Drugs, Guns, and Interventionism

by Jacob G. Hornberger November 1, 2024

The welfare-warfare state way of life under which Americans have been born and raised has created a highly dysfunctional society, one in which the federal government has destroyed the freedom of the American people, killed countless millions of people in foreign countries, debased the value of people’s money, and put our nation onto a trajectory of national bankruptcy. By focusing ...

Protectionism Is More Idiotic Than It Looks

by James Bovard November 1, 2024

Donald Trump’s re-election assures that protectionism will become even more fashionable inside the Beltway. Trump recently declared that tariff is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” and the exaltation of trade barriers has become the latest political mania. Washington hustlers are loudly promising to enrich the nation by selectively blockading American ports. Unfortunately, the Trump team and the ...

Prostitution and a Free Society

by Laurence M. Vance November 1, 2024

Libertarianism is based on the timeless principles of individual liberty, commercial freedom, property rights, and a government strictly limited to the protection of these things. Therefore, libertarianism neither shies away from hard topics nor has to adjust its principles to remain relevant or keep up with the times. Consequently, libertarianism is viewed by some as a radical philosophy both ...

The Election Is About Big Government Getting Bigger

by Richard M. Ebeling November 1, 2024

Shortly after this article is published, we will know the outcome of the 2024 presidential campaign. But whether the winner is one or the other of the two major political party candidates, one thing is certain: the intrusive and heavy hand of government will continue to have sway over our lives after the victor is sworn in as the ...

The New Deal as the Great Reset, Part 1

by Robert E. Wright November 1, 2024

Part 1 | Part 2 A conservative opinion outlet recently ran an op-ed entitled “Conserving the New Deal,” which asserted that President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s policies were “great,” as in something good that conservatives should emulate. The New Deal was indeed “great,” but in the same sense as the Great War and the Great Depression were — a big ...

A Tsunami Approaches

by John W. Whitehead October 25, 2024

“What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could understand it, it could ...

FFF’s New Online Conference: “The Case for Open Borders”

by Jacob G. Hornberger October 22, 2024

We are pleased to announce The Future of Freedom Foundation's newest online conference entitled, “The Case for Open Borders.” As with our previous online conferences, it will consist of a series of weekly presentations via Zoom. The presentations will start at 7 p.m. Eastern Time and last for one hour. There will be plenty of time for Q&A.

Government Coverups and Censorship Are the Problem

by John W. Whitehead October 18, 2024

“What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a people ...