Eisenhower Was Right by Jacob G. Hornberger February 16, 2004 A small article on page A12 of the January 29 issue of the New York Times is revealing with respect to the extent of the power of the military-industrial complex in American life. The article reports that the Army’s chief of staff, Gen. Peter Schoomaker, told the House Armed Services Committee ...
Feeding Obesity by Scott McPherson February 13, 2004 Obesity-related medical costs for 2003 totaled $75 billion, according to research conducted by the nonprofit group RTI International and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And, their report concludes, taxpayers are footing more than half the bill for these ailments. How’s this? Because, reports the ...
Don’t Look to Politicians for Inspiration by Sheldon Richman February 11, 2004 The other day I heard someone lament that the current field of presidential contenders includes no one who can be looked to for inspiration. My first response was to wonder why anyone would look to that group for inspiration in the first place? Why indeed? I’m not sure where Americans got ...
Compilation of Articles on the Sanctions against the Iraqi People by Future of Freedom Foundation February 9, 2004 American Policy Gave Hussein Reason to Deceive by Stanley Meisler Los Angeles Times Sanctions: The Cruel and Brutal War Against the Iraqi People, Part 1 by Jacob G. Hornberger Future of Freedom Foundation
The Government Doesn’t Belong in Television by Scott McPherson February 6, 2004 Any material element or resource which, in order to become of use or value to men, requires the application of human knowledge and effort, should be private property — by the right of those who apply the knowledge and effort. — Ayn Rand, “The Property ...
We Need Real Free Trade Now by Sheldon Richman February 4, 2004 People in parts of the developing world are becoming more free, better educated, and increasingly dexterous with modern communications, such as the Internet. As a result, they are more vigorously participating in the world economy. They are in a position to make things and do things for us ...
The Civilian or the Soldier? An Answer to Critics by Scott McPherson February 2, 2004 In response to my January 12 commentary, “Enola Gay, Just War, and Mass Murder,” a number of people wrote me to complain about the following statement: “Can the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima be justified on the grounds that many thousands of U.S. troops would have been killed in an invasion? ”Certainly not. A ...
Are We Electing a Military Ruler or a President? by Jacob G. Hornberger February 2, 2004 Amidst all the hubbub among the Democratic Party candidates for president over who supported President Bush’s invasion of Iraq and who didn’t, have you noticed that not one of them has brought up the Constitution and, specifically, the constitutional requirement that the president secure a congressional declaration of ...
Sanctions: The Cruel and Brutal War against the Iraqi People, Part 2 by Jacob G. Hornberger February 1, 2004 Part 1 | Part 2 By 1996, an increasing number of people were speaking out against the sanctions against Iraq, which motivated U.S. officials to embrace a diplomatic fig leaf that would protect them from adverse public opinion while, at the same time, enabling them to continue their cruel and brutal policy against the Iraqi people. That was when ...
Drugs and Schooling: The Meaning of State Education by Sheldon Richman February 1, 2004 When an opponent declares, “I will not come over to your side,” I calmly say, “Your child belongs to us already.” —Adolf Hitler What do government schooling and the mislabeled “war on drugs” have in common? Both are primary mechanisms of social engineering, each designed to subordinate ...
Iraqi Sanctions and American Intentions: Blameless Carnage? Part 2 by James Bovard February 1, 2004 Part 1 | Part 2 While Pentagon officials bluntly admitted in 1991 that sanctions aimed to punish the Iraqi people, candor evaporated as the death toll rose. The State Department’s website announced in June 1999, Sanctions are not intended to harm the people of Iraq. That is why the sanctions regime has always specifically exempted food and medicine. This ...
I’ll Take Free Choice by Sheldon Richman February 1, 2004 Intellectuals who disdain the common man’s freedom never run out of rationalizations for government control. In a recent New York Times op-ed touting his book, The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, psychology professor Barry Schwartz criticized political reforms aimed at expanding choice. He argued that “for many ...