A Century of Interventionism and Regime Change by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Overthrow: Americas Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer (New York: Times Books, 2006); 400 pages; $27.50. Since September 11, the U.S. government has overthrown the governments of Afghanistan and Iraq. Most Americans appear to think of these actions as defensible in principle and, at any rate, see them as reactions to the terrorist aggression of 9/11. The overwhelming history of U.S. conduct in other countries rarely occurs to the average American. Aside from some obvious instances, such as the Vietnam War and the nearly universally approved U.S. intervention into World War II, the history of U.S. foreign policy does not get the attention and consideration it deserves. So when the World Trade Center and Pentagon were hit by hijacked commercial airplanes nearly five years ago, the ...
A Century of Interventionism and Regime Change by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Overthrow: Americas Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer (New York: Times Books, 2006); 400 pages; $27.50. Since September 11, the U.S. government has overthrown the governments of Afghanistan and Iraq. Most Americans appear to think of these actions as defensible in principle and, at any rate, see them as reactions to the terrorist aggression of 9/11. The overwhelming history of U.S. conduct in other countries rarely occurs to the average American. Aside from some obvious instances, such as the Vietnam War and the nearly universally approved U.S. intervention into World War II, the history of U.S. foreign policy does not get the attention and consideration it deserves. So when the World Trade Center and Pentagon were hit by hijacked commercial airplanes nearly five years ago, the ...
The Bush Torture Memos by Future of Freedom Foundation March 25, 2010 President Bush is proposing to medievalize the American legal code by permitting the use of coerced confessions in judicial proceedings. This is one of the most stunning proposals in U.S. political life since Franklin Roosevelt banned private ownership of gold in 1933. It is vital for Americans to understand the thinking that led the government to this effort to legalize barbaric treatment. After 9/11, many Bush administration officials seemed determined to use any and every means to bludgeon people suspected of terrorism or terrorist intent. Two memos one from the Justice Department and the other from the Pentagon illustrate how the administration persuaded itself that it was entitled to do evil in the name of the greater good. In June 2004, Americans learned of a memo written by the Justice Department Office of ...
The Myth of War Prosperity, Part 1 by Future of Freedom Foundation March 25, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy by Robert Higgs (Oxford University Press: 2006); 240 pages; $35. During the run-up to the Iraq war, along with all the other myths circulating about U.S. foreign ...
The Myth of War Prosperity, Part 1 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy by Robert Higgs (Oxford University Press: 2006); 240 pages; $35. During the run-up to the Iraq war, along with all the other myths circulating about U.S. foreign ...
Thinking about Foreign Policy by Future of Freedom Foundation April 2, 2010 The reason there is so much sloppy thinking about foreign policy among libertarians (not to mention nearly everyone else) is that most people dont know how to approach the subject. You can see this whenever someone uses analogies such as the bully on a ...
Emergencies: The Breeding Ground of Tyranny by Future of Freedom Foundation April 2, 2010 When the New York Times recently reported that the Bush administration was routinely tracking international and domestic financial transactions, the president said he was doing these things under emergency powers granted to him by Congress. While many commentators have openly questioned the legality ...
Emergencies: The Breeding Ground of Tyranny by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 When the New York Times recently reported that the Bush administration was routinely tracking international and domestic financial transactions, the president said he was doing these things under emergency powers granted to him by Congress. While many commentators have openly questioned the legality ...
Private: Freedom Daily – 2007 by Future of Freedom Foundation January 1, 2007 January 2007 Empire or Republic by Jacob G. Hornberger Democracy and Government Schools by Sheldon Richman Hungary's New Lesson for America by James Bovard Soft-Hearted Economists Need Clear Heads by Bart Frazier Executive Orders and the Decline of Law, Part 1 by William L. Anderson Inflation Is Legalized Robbery, Part 2 by Gregory Bresiger The Myth of War Prosperity, Part 2 by Anthony Gregory
Hungarys New Lesson for America by Future of Freedom Foundation January 1, 2007 This past October was the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising against the Soviet military. Hungarians bravely expelled Soviet tanks from Budapest and trumpeted their intention to create a democracy. But the Soviets returned with almost 5,000 tanks, killing thousands of Hungarians and ...
The Myth of War Prosperity, Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation March 25, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy by Robert Higgs (Oxford University Press: 2006); 240 pages; $35. So the New Deal was far from a success. But most conservatives and even many leftist scholars ...
The Second Anniversary of Bushs Worst Bosh by Future of Freedom Foundation April 2, 2010 Two years ago last month, Bush gave his second inaugural address. As I watched the speech on television, I and perhaps millions of other Americans struggled to answer the obvious question about the speech: Is it puerile or is it merely tripe?
