Daily Articles

Cause of Corrupt Government

by Clarence Manion May 1, 2001

A PRECISION TOOL designed for one purpose will be entirely ineffective — nay, it may even be destroyed — in an attempt to use it for another purpose. Every housewife knows that you cannot use an electric dishwasher as a garbage disposal unit. Yet the same American people who know so ...

Book Review: Government: Whose Obedient Servant?

by Richard M. Ebeling May 1, 2001

Government: Whose Obedient Servant? A Primer in Public Choice by Gordon Tullock, Arthur Seldon, and Gordon L. Brady (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 2000); 184 pages; $15. IN SPITE OF THE COLOSSAL DISASTER of socialism throughout the world and the corrupt inefficiencies and distortions caused by the interventionist-welfare state, virtually every country in the world clings to various elements of these ...

America’s Imperialism

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 2, 2001

Perhaps the release of the U.S. pilots who were spying on China will cause the American people to reevaluate the U.S. government's foreign policy. For decades, the U.S. government has stood for empire, extending its military domain and supervision over much of the globe, much as the Roman empire did in its day. The empire ...

Powell Praises Castro

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 2, 2001

The Associated Press reported that in response to questioning at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Secretary of State Colin Powell said that Fidel Castro has "done some good things for his people." Powell was referring to Castro's two proudest socialist accomplishments -- public schooling and national health care. With Powell's boss, President George W. ...

Parent Power: Why National Standards Won’t Improve Education

by Sheldon Richman April 1, 2001

Parent Power: Why National Standards Won’t Improve Education

Sell the Schools

by Sheldon Richman April 1, 2001

In the state of Arkansas, it’s 1925 again. That was the year of the famous Scopes “monkey” trial in Tennessee. Now a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives has introduced a bill in essence prohibiting the public schools from using textbooks that say Darwin’s theory of evolution is ...

Another Drug-War Lesson in Peru

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2001

The war on drugs has now taken two more casualties — 35-year-old missionary Veronica Bowers and her 7-month old child Charity. Last Friday, April 20, a Peruvian interceptor jet attacked and shot down a defenseless single-engine Cessna in which Bowers and her baby were traveling. Surviving the attack were her ...

Yahoo! We Have Free Speech

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2001

A RECENT RULING by a French Court in a lawsuit brought against Yahoo.com reflects the dramatically different way in which Americans and Europeans view the importance of individual liberty. The case involved Yahoo’s online auctions of Nazi memorabilia. In France, as in Germany, such sales constitute a severe criminal offense. While ...

Welfare State Morality

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2001

AS A COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE, President Bush wants to give federal aid to faith-based organizations. His plan has drawn attacks from both leaders on the religious Right and civil libertarians on the Left. Religious leaders object to Bush’s plan on the ground that it will lead to governmental interference with religious organizations. The point they make ...

FDR — The Man, the Leader, the Legacy Table of Contents

by Ralph Raico April 1, 2001

  Part 1 (April 1998) Early years Part 2 (May 1998) 1905 – 1914 Part 3 (July 1998) 1914 – 1916 Part 4 (August 1998) 1916 – 1918 Part 5 (November 1998) End of the war; 1920 campaign Part 6 (April 1999) 1924 campaign; 1928 campaign — Roosevelt becomes governor of New York. Part 7 (June 1999) Governor Roosevelt: 1928 – 1932 Part 8 (November 1999) The ...

The Disunited States of Europe: The Politics of Power and Privilege, Part 2

by Richard M. Ebeling April 1, 2001

Part 1 | Part 2 FOR SIX DAYS, during December 6-12, 2000, the 15 member-nations of the European Union (EU) met in Nice, France, for a conference that was meant to set the direction and structure for the organization well into the 21st century. On the EU’s agenda were: (a) plans for expanding the European Union to include many of the ...

The Rule of Law, R.I.P.

by Sheldon Richman April 1, 2001

THERE IS LITTLE LEFT of the rule of law in the United States of America. To be sure, things are worse elsewhere, but that gives no comfort. We live under a regime in which the traditional features of the rule of law are largely absent. No one claims to be against the rule of law. Quite the contrary. But most ...