The Failure of the Republican “Revolution,” Part 7 by Jacob G. Hornberger August 1, 1996 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 With the Republican takeover of both houses of Congress in 1994, the Republicans announced that a new "revolution" had swept America, led by Senator Robert Dole ...
If Liberty Mattered — Once More, a Presidential Candidate’s Press Conference, Part 6 by Richard M. Ebeling August 1, 1996 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 Fortune: Mr. Candidate, your call for the repeal and abolition of all of the core programs of the welfare state is not one shared by a majority in either major ...
Freedom, Not Growth by Sheldon Richman August 1, 1996 All politicians favor economic growth. They all promise to create jobs and "grow the economy." That is a vintage Republican issue, but the Democrats aren't dummies. Many of them have learned that the old appeal to class warfare and other quasi-Marxist themes are passé. They too have thrown themselves onto the growth bandwagon. Bill Clinton's so-called New Democrats can ...
Zoning: The New Tyranny by James Bovard August 1, 1996 Modern zoning laws presume that no citizen has a right to control his own land and that every citizen has a right to control his neighbor's land. Zoning laws have become far more invasive and restrictive in recent years. If you want to use your own land, increasingly you have to beg, bribe, and grovel to the nearest government ...
War Psychology: A Tool for Shaping Public Policy by Catherine M. Farmer August 1, 1996 "War has shaped our constitutional order, the course of our national development, and the very mentality of our people," argued Professor Ralph Raico in the February 1995 issue of Freedom Daily . He may be right. However, laying aside the issues of global, national, and regional clashes, it's important to understand the psychology of war, as well, and recognize its ...
For Starters, What Is Government? by Stu Pritchard August 1, 1996 Soon! Soon! Welcome contemplation of the voting booth will silence political shouting. Most of us will have had a bellyful of charge and countercharge, of shrill bombast, of candidates almost questioning each other's parentage. How refreshing it would be to hear one reply as did the Virginian in the novel of that name: "When ...
Book Review: The Road from Serfdom by Richard M. Ebeling August 1, 1996 The Road from Serfdom: The Economics and Political Consequences of the End of Communism by Robert Skidelsky (New York: Viking Penguin, 1996); 214 pages; $24.95. It has been five years since the collapse and formal demise of the Soviet Union. The "evil empire" has passed into the dustbin of history. Democracy and the market economy have been hailed as triumphant in ...
The Failure of the Republican “Revolution,” Part 6 by Jacob G. Hornberger July 1, 1996 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 The Roosevelt Revolution in the 1930s was not a revolution of arms. It was not a revolution of armies. Nevertheless, it counts as one of the ...
If Liberty Mattered — Once More, a Presidential Candidate’s Press Conference, Part 5 by Richard M. Ebeling July 1, 1996 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 The Candidate: Ladies and gentlemen of the press, now that it has become clear who my two leading opponents will be in this presidential race, I feel that my decision ...
What’s So Great about Democracy? by Sheldon Richman July 1, 1996 In this election season, it might be good to ask, What's so great about democracy? There is almost a religious fervor in some people when they talk about the democratic process. I don't get it. I do see an advantage in voting over violence in the selection of officeholders. When succession is determined violently, innocent people get caught in the crossfire. ...
Minimum-Wage Law as Political Racketeering by James Bovard July 1, 1996 President Clinton and many congressmen are hankering to raise the federal minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.15 an hour. The minimum wage epitomizes government pseudo-paternalism, and Clinton's proposal should receive harsh condemnations from anyone who has looked at the history of minimum-wage policies. The minimum wage symbolizes the dishonest paternalism of today's welfare state. The state of Oregon, in a ...
Lessons from Your Fax Machine by Karen Selick July 1, 1996 Have you ever heard someone ask: "How did we ever get along in the days before we had fax machines?" Think back. Ten years ago, most people had never heard of fax machines. They had just been invented. They were enormous clunky things, costing thousands of dollars, producing fading copies on that awful, curling thermal paper. Their usefulness was ...