Government Shutdown or Not, the Police State Will Continue to Flourish by John W. Whitehead January 2, 2019 “There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.”—Ludwig von Mises The government has shut down again. At least, parts of the government have temporarily shut down over President Trump’s demand for a $5 billion border wall. Yet while these political games dominate news headlines, send the stock ...
Understanding the JFK Assassination, Part 4 by Jacob G. Hornberger January 1, 2019 This series will be published in a forthcoming book. Details to follow.
Truth Is an Outlaw in Washington by James Bovard January 1, 2019 “Truth isn’t truth,” declared Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s personal attorney, on Meet the Press last August. Giuliani’s comment was the “Trump era’s epitaph,” according to a Washington Post columnist. But truth really is defined differently inside the Beltway — when it is not in total hiding. Trump could face a “perjury trap” from Special Counsel Robert Mueller because of the ...
Your Tax Dollars at Work by Laurence M. Vance January 1, 2019 We have all seen the signs. They might be referring to a road-widening project, a new city or county park, sidewalks being repaired, new airport terminals being constructed, potholes being filled in, additional trees being planted, or some sort of downtown development. But regardless of the project, the signs are usually the same: Your Tax Dollars at Work. Now, it ...
Liberal Internationalism: True and False, Part 2 by Richard M. Ebeling January 1, 2019 Part 1 | Part 2 The classical liberal international order of the nineteenth century was not planned or designed by anyone. It was, for the most part, the natural outgrowth of the expanding influence of a new political philosophy of freedom, free markets, and free trade. It began to emerge in the wake of the twenty-five years of war ...
The Little House on the Prairie of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Wendy McElroy January 1, 2019 Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser (Metropolitan Books, 2017); 625 pages. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Caroline Fraser, is one of the finest biographies I have read, and a fully deserving winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Prairie Fires is the definitive depiction ...
Let’s Strive for Liberty! by Jacob G. Hornberger December 26, 2018 While Republicans and Democrats debate who won the elections, we libertarians are certain of one thing: regardless of the political makeup of Congress, the federal government will continue destroying our freedom. That’s because the welfare-warfare state system that provides those people with their power and largess is antithetical to the principles of a genuinely free society. We libertarians have two ...
A Video Message from Jacob and Richard by Future of Freedom Foundation December 21, 2018 This message was taken from a recent of edition of “The Libertarian Angle.” Please consider including The Future of Freedom Foundation in your end-of-year giving. You can make a tax-deductible donation here. Please also read FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger’s “Let’s Strive for Liberty.”
The JFK Assassination, Episode 25 by Jacob G. Hornberger December 21, 2018 In this series of short videos, FFF president Jacob Hornberger summarizes and details the circumstantial evidence pointing toward the U.S. national-security state as the orchestrator of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Watch the entire series. Go to the podcast.
A Video Message from Jacob Hornberger by Jacob G. Hornberger December 20, 2018 Please consider including The Future of Freedom Foundation in your end-of-year giving. You can make a tax-deductible donation here. Please also read FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger’s “Let’s Strive for Liberty.”
Trump Is Right to Withdraw Troops from Syria by Danny Sjursen December 20, 2018 If Afghanistan is America’s longest war, and Iraq it’s dumbest, well then Syria must rank as the nation’s forgotten, and, potentially most treacherous war. Only you’d never know it. The big three television news networks hardly mention the U.S. military’s continued involvement there and national newspapers relegate the Syrian campaign to the deep recesses of their foreign policy sections. ...
No One Should Receive Federal Grants for College by Laurence M. Vance December 20, 2018 Until 1994, inmates in federal and state prisons were eligible to receive federal Pell Grants to finance their college education while they served their time. A pilot program, Second Chance Pell, was instituted in 2015 to open up Pell Grants to a select group of inmates working towards their college degrees. According to a recent NPR ...