The Perils of Nation-Building, Part 2 by Doug Bandow February 1, 2004 Part 1 | Part 2 Giving up on expansive nation-building ambitions is the only sensible course of action, for there are few successful models upon which to draw for Iraq. America’s obvious successes are Germany and Japan, yet neither looks like Iraq: both comprised ethnically homogenous populations, possessed democratic traditions, and sported an educated, professional class. The U.S. effort was ...
A Lesson from Vietnam, Part 2 by Wendy McElroy February 1, 2004 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 With American encouragement, Diem defied the deadline for a national election. This signaled the beginning of a struggle to the death with Hanoi. Until then, the North had waited to see whether Ho could be voted into power. The communists themselves were brutal and had violated various terms of the ...
Gun Control: A Poor Substitute for Good Government by Scott McPherson February 1, 2004 Following the horrific mass murder of 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, in the spring of 1999, the anti-gun Left went into overdrive to pass further restrictions on Americans’ Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Their argument was that without access to guns ...
Book Review: Guns, Freedom, and Terrorism by George Leef February 1, 2004 Guns, Freedom, and Terrorism by Wayne LaPierre (Nashville, Tenn.: WND Books, 2003); 246 pages; $24.99. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Nowhere is that phrase proven to be true more often than in the unending battle between those in our society who believe that the way to reduce violence is to take away from individual persons the ...
The Hypocrisy of Powell’s Lecture by Jacob G. Hornberger January 30, 2004 Well, no one can ever say that the retired army general and U.S. secretary of state, Colin Powell, doesn’t have gall. In Moscow, Powell criticized the Russian government for “certain developments in Russian politics and foreign policy in recent months” which “have given us pause.” In an obvious attempt to extend the world policeman’s ...
Need a Ride? Try Freedom and the Free Market by Scott McPherson January 30, 2004 The promulgators of government control are no longer content to fabricate rights to such things as education, health care, and a smoke-free workplace. Now they’re even demanding that people have a right to a taxicab. In the process, they’re also deflecting attention away from the negative consequences of ...
Bush Legacy: Less Freedom by Sheldon Richman January 28, 2004 If anyone still looks to the Republican party of President George W. Bush for limits on government power, it’s long past time to look elsewhere. They certainly won’t be found among the Democrats either. But this is no reason for Pollyannaish rhapsodies about the Republicans, who are more offensive ...
Spreading the Word by Bart Frazier January 28, 2004 To: Friends and Supporters of The Future of Freedom Foundation From: Bart Frazier, program director Date: January 28, 2004 Subject: FFF Op-Ed Program Most of you associate FFF with our Email Update. Every day you get the best news culled from the internet addressing issues important to libertarians as ...
Bush, Marriage, and Iraq by Thomas Kearney January 23, 2004 The headline on the front page of the January 14, 2004, edition of the New York Times read, “Bush Plans $1.5 Billion Drive for Promotion of Marriage.” According to administration officials, the money would be used to train couples to develop interpersonal skills in order to sustain “healthy ...
Better Them Than Us by Scott McPherson January 19, 2004 In response to soaring violent crime, Brazil has passed what some are considering one of the strongest anti-gun laws in Latin America, and Brazil’s pro-gun lobby, backed up by the powerful National Rifle Association, was powerless to stop it. Rather than mourn, however, Americans who fight against “gun control” ...
A Bush-Clinton Ticket Would Be Unbeatable by Jacob G. Hornberger January 14, 2004 In view of President Bush’s State of the Union address, I’ve got a great idea as to how the president can guarantee himself reelection — dump Dick Cheney as his vice-presidential running mate and select Bill Clinton instead. Think about it: Bush and Clinton share the exact same philosophical vision for the role of government ...
A Successful War Is Being Waged on the Bill of Rights by Don Cooper January 14, 2004 Two years after launching of the War on Terrorism and the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the most successful war being waged by the United States seems to be against the U.S. Constitution, not terrorists. Although the war in Afghanistan removed the Taliban from power and damaged Osama bin Ladens al-Qaida ...