Civil Asset Forfeiture Suffers a Crushing Defeat by George Leef October 1, 2018 There are a few issues where Americans on both sides of our political divide are in agreement and one of them is the wrongfulness of civil asset-forfeiture laws. Under those laws (which exist at federal, state, and local levels), a person can be deprived of his property merely because a law-enforcement official suspects that it might have somehow been ...
Social Security Is More than Unsustainable by Laurence M. Vance September 28, 2018 It seems that Russia is having the same problem as the United States when it comes to its government retirement system: the system is unsustainable because the number of retirees receiving benefits is growing faster than the number of workers supporting the system. Soon after his inauguration for a fourth term as president of Russia, Vladimir Putin spoke about his ...
The JFK Assassination, Episode 14 by Jacob G. Hornberger September 28, 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.
The Rise of Capitalism and the Dignity of Labor by Richard M. Ebeling September 27, 2018 The market, or capitalist, economic system has transformed the material world in wondrous ways over the last 200 years. Poverty, once the natural condition of virtually all of humanity, is being lifted from people’s shoulders, not only in the Western world but also increasingly around the globe. But the criticisms of free market liberalism continue, among them the idea ...
Empire of Lies by John W. Whitehead September 26, 2018 “Back in the heyday of the old Soviet Union, a phrase evolved to describe gullible western intellectuals who came to visit Russia and failed to notice the human and other costs of building a communist utopia. The phrase was “useful idiots” and it applied to a good many people who should have known better. I now propose a ...
The Libertarian Angle: Ebeling’s 10 Favorite Books & Authors: Ayn Rand by Future of Freedom Foundation September 25, 2018 Richard Ebeling is the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Free Enterprise Leadership at The Citadel. He became a libertarian while still in high school and has been involved in the libertarian movement for many decades. Who did he look up to? What books have influenced him the most? Richard and FFF president Jacob Hornberger ...
Richard Ebeling’s Top Favorite Books: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Richard M. Ebeling September 24, 2018 Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal (1967) was my first real introduction to individualist and free market ideas when I was a teenager. I only read Ayn Rand's novels later after this one and The Virtue of Selfishness. I had been interested in politics and current events, but ...
The JFK Assassination, Episode 13 by Jacob G. Hornberger September 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.
Adherence to Principle: My Talk to the Tidewater Libertarian Party by Jacob G. Hornberger September 20, 2018 This is a talk delivered on August 18, 2018, by Jacob Hornberger, president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, to the Tidewater, Virginia, Libertarian Party.
A Real Agenda for a Renewal of Free Market Liberalism by Richard M. Ebeling September 20, 2018 To mark its 175th birthday, the highly regarded and widely read British news magazine The Economist published a “manifesto” in its September 15, 2018, issue outlining its agenda for a renewed and relevant political and economic liberalism for the 21st century. But can it restore the liberal ideal at a time when liberalism is under attack from so many ...
Freedom Frauds: Obama’s Forgotten Constitutional Depredations by James Bovard September 19, 2018 Bureaucratic bulldozing? Groping TSA agents? Federal secrecy and aggressive prosecution of journalists? This is the legacy that Obama passed to Trump. Go to the audio podcast. View other episodes of Freedom Frauds.
Suspending the Constitution by John W. Whitehead September 19, 2018 “That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.”—Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale We can pretend that the Constitution, which was written to hold the government accountable, ...