Daily Articles

Kosovo Déjà Vu

by James Bovard July 1, 2003

As the world looks on at the growing mess in post-war Iraq, it is time to recall the U.S. government’s bombing campaign against Serbia. There are many similarities to the recent campaign in Iraq. President Bill Clinton’s war against Serbia epitomized his moralism, his arrogance, his refusal to respect law, and his fixation on proving his virtue by using ...

The Drug War Helps Terrorists

by Scott McPherson July 1, 2003

The U.S. government has become quite accustomed over the years to orchestrating world events to fit its own agenda. In our name, the government keeps American troops in more than half the countries of the globe, openly supports brutal regimes, and uses its intelligence agencies to manipulate the policies of foreign governments. But no matter how hard it tries, ...

The Abolitionist Adventure, Part 1

by Wendy McElroy July 1, 2003

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 “Resolved, that the compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell — involving both parties in atrocious criminality — and should be immediately annulled.” This resolution, passed by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, was written by the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. ...

Presidential Sophists on the Loose

by Sheldon Richman July 1, 2003

The controversy over President Bushs State of the Union allegation about President Saddam Hussein of Iraq and African uranium is a lesson in how to distinguish a PR flack from an honest commentator. The latter tries to ground his statements in evidence and logic. The flack performs embarrassing mental contortions that have no bearing on the matter. For example, to ...

Book Review: To Destroy a City

by Richard M. Ebeling July 1, 2003

To Destroy a City: Strategic Bombing and Its Human Consequences in World War II by Hermann Knell (Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2003); 373 pages; $32.50. On the night of July 27, 1943, 728 Allied bombers arrived over the German city of Hamburg at one o’clock in the morning. Ten thousand tons of high explosives and incendiary bombs were dropped on ...

An Important Message to Our Friends and Supporters

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 30, 2003

To: FFF Friends and Supporters From: Jacob G. Hornberger President The Future of Freedom Foundation 11350 Random Hills Road Suite 800 Fairfax, VA 22030 Tel: (703) 934-6101 Fax: (703) 352-8678 jhornberger@fff.org www.fff.org Dear Friends and Supporters of FFF: Im writing to give you an update on all the good things that are happening at The Future of Freedom Foundation and to seek your support for them. As you know, ideas have ...

Is Tax Freedom Now an Act of War?

by Scott McPherson June 27, 2003

In a speech before the National Press Club last January, former New York governor Mario Cuomo charged that President Bush’s tax cut proposals were a form of “class warfare.” Challenging Bush’s claims that liberals and Democrats were fomenting class warfare with their charges that his tax plan favors the rich, ...

Are We Feeling Duped Yet?

by Sheldon Richman June 27, 2003

A lot of silly things have been said about Iraq’s alleged arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, such as that Saddam Hussein could be ready to launch in 45 minutes. But perhaps the silliest of all is the Republicans’ charge that even to ask whether the Bush administration misled ...

The Market for Homelessness

by Scott McPherson June 25, 2003

Advertisers are a simple lot — they want you to buy what they’re selling. So in their quest for the perfect way to influence your purchasing decisions, they’re always on the lookout for a new pitch. Everyone is familiar with the typical television or radio commercial, and of course ...

I Support Economic Regulation!

by Scott McPherson June 20, 2003

The evils which men perpetually call on the State to cure by superintendence, themselves arise from non-performance of its original duty. — Herbert Spencer, Over-Legislation (1853) On a recent camping trip with my brother-in-law and his family, my wife expressed doubt that the British rail service could ever reach ...

Historical Preservation and the Market

by Scott McPherson June 18, 2003

There’s a controversy brewing over the Old North Church in Boston, from the window of which patriot Paul Revere received the signal that British troops were headed for Concord and spread the word through the Massachusetts countryside. It seems that the old church needs some work, and the U.S. government ...

Tax-Cut Illusions

by Sheldon Richman June 18, 2003

The problem with big government is that politicians and bureaucrats keep devouring more and more scarce resources instead of leaving them with those who created them. So instead of entrepreneurs’ using those resources to serve consumers, government operatives get to subsidize their supporters in order to keep their ...