Worrisome Wording by Don Boudreaux June 4, 2003 Whose brainchild is “Click It or Ticket”? I wish I knew; I’d send him a dozen black roses. Whenever I drive past a highway sign heralding this admonition, I’m tempted to unbuckle my seatbelt in protest against being governed by people whose artlessness is exceeded only by their arrogance. ...
Wartime Confessions of a Talk-Radio Heretic by Charles Goyette June 4, 2003 This speech was given before the Phoenix Economics Group in Phoenix, Arizona on March 19, 2003. I left my radio studio this evening to be here just as President Bush’s ultimatum to Saddam Hussein expired. The ...
Cuban Military Tribunals Reflect Contempt for Our Constitution by Jacob G. Hornberger June 2, 2003 The federal government has announced that it intends to go forward with military tribunals for trials of suspected terrorists. The trials will not be held in the United States, however, but instead in Cuba, where military tribunals are also a central part of Fidel Castro’s “war on terrorism.” In fact, ...
The Rot at the Center of the Empire by Jacob G. Hornberger June 1, 2003 The announcement that the U.S. government had relied on fake and false evidence in the attempt to secure approval of its invasion of Iraq was, by and large, met by a collective yawn from the American people, especially the members of Congress. Its just one more example of the depths of moral depravity to which our nation has fallen. Think ...
War and the Bankruptcy of the Bush Administration by Richard M. Ebeling June 1, 2003 The war on terrorism and the war on Iraq have become the defining characteristics of the Bush administration and the Republican Party in general. Indeed, without the current war hysteria, President Bush and the Republicans have nothing to stand for and run on in next year’s congressional and presidential elections. Think back to August 2001, just a few weeks before ...
Recent Articles on Military Tribunals and the Padilla, Hamdi, and Moussaoui Cases by Future of Freedom Foundation June 1, 2003 The following articles have been linked in FFF's Email Update: Crossing the Rubicon by Jacob G. Hornberger Future of Freedom Foundation Unjust, Unwise, UnAmerican Editorial Economist Rules ...
Lying about War by Sheldon Richman June 1, 2003 Can we believe the government? For some people, there is no pretense of objectivity about the question. Republicans have no problem doubting the word of a Democrat president, and Democrats are skeptical about Republican chief executives. But that’s politics. For others, it’s a blasphemous question no matter who’s in office. Some would ...
Articles on Race and the Drug War by Future of Freedom Foundation June 1, 2003 The following articles have been linked in FFF's Email Update: Racism and the Drug War by Jacob G. Hornberger The Future of Freedom Foundation Drug War Justice for the Rich and Powerful by ...
Vietnam Redux: All Power to Lying Politicians by James Bovard June 1, 2003 Americans are once again dying overseas because politicians have dragged the nation into an unnecessary war. Once the U.S. military invaded Iraq, Bushs approval ratings shot up through the roof. As American blood was flowing, most Americans approved of Bushs conduct. And yet it is precisely when a politicians approval is highest when his power is greatest that the greatest ...
Health-Care Socialism by Scott McPherson June 1, 2003 Some ideas die hard. Among the most resilient is the Utopian belief that health care could be cheap, free, and available to all, if only we’d let the government take care of it. It was in the spirit of reviving this tragically unwise socialist idea that former president Bill Clinton and Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) addressed separate audiences last ...
Why Socialism Is the People’s Choice by James Ostrowski June 1, 2003 Why is socialism more popular than capitalism? We have had 150 years to dissect socialism in theory. We have had 100 years to see socialism in action. Socialism, extensive government control over the economy, is a disaster in theory and a disaster in practice. The superiority of capitalism over socialism has been amply demonstrated by Ludwig von Mises, F.A. ...
Freedom of Movement by Jim Rogers June 1, 2003 ...Removing the barriers to the free movement of people, labor, capital, and intellectual capital is what the European Union is all about and what the euro is designed to promote. If you are a member of the European Union, you no longer need a visa or passport for internal travel no more than does a U.S. citizen to go ...