Totalitarian Paranoia Run Amok by John W. Whitehead January 27, 2022 “Totalitarian paranoia runs deep in American society, and it now inhabits the highest levels of government.”—Professor Henry Giroux Once upon a time, ...
The Healthcare Road to Serfdom by Scott McPherson January 26, 2022 COVID-19 hysteria has done more to embolden the power-mad than a massive terrorist attack. Once content to whisper among themselves about the danger of ...
Abolish OSHA by Laurence M. Vance January 25, 2022 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) should be abolished. But it should not be abolished because of anything to do with COVID-19. In response ...
The Fabric of Civilization by Neera K. Badhwar January 24, 2022 The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia Postrel, Basic Books, 2021, 320 pages. Virginia Postrel’s Fabric of Civilization ...
Abolish the FBI. Now. by Scott McPherson January 21, 2022 In late December, pollster Scott Rasmussen released an interesting report. A poll conducted earlier in the month of 1,000 likely voters uncovered a welcome ...
Cancel Culture’s War on Free Speech by John W. Whitehead January 19, 2022 “Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners.” — George Carlin Cancel culture—political correctness amped up on steroids, the self-righteousness of a narcissistic age, and ...
The Cold War Racket Never Ended for the U.S. by Jacob G. Hornberger January 27, 2022 There is something important to recognize about the Cold War: It was not ended by the U.S. government. Instead, it was ended by the Soviet Union. If it had been up to the U.S. national-security establishment, the Cold War would have gone on forever because it is the best racket in U.S. history, one that continually expanded the tax-funded largess, power, and influence ...
Where is JFK When You Need Him? by Jacob G. Hornberger January 26, 2022 President Kennedy had a unique way of viewing his communist adversaries during the Cold War. He would put himself in their shoes and try to figure out what was motivating them to take the actions they were taking. He would then attempt to fashion a solution to a particular crisis that satisfied the other side’s concerns.
A Time for Introspection by Jacob G. Hornberger January 25, 2022 With the crisis over Ukraine getting bigger by the day, this would be a good time for the American people to engage in some serious introspection, especially given the recent withdrawal of U.S. forces from their forever deadly and destructive war in Afghanistan. One option, of course, is to continue business as usual. That’s what is clearly going on today. Congress continues ...
Liberty Entails the Right to Possess and Consume Drugs by Jacob G. Hornberger January 21, 2022 By now, even the most ardent of drug warriors has to admit that the drug war has been a manifest failure, at least if the goal was to eradicate drug use in America. At the same time, most everyone must now acknowledge the widespread violence, death, suffering, mass incarceration, infringements on civil liberties, asset forfeiture, and racial bigotry that have come with the ...
Hayek’s Contribution to Liberty January 20, 2022 What were Friedrich Hayek's major contributions to the principles of the free market and the free society? ...
What We Should Do About Gitmo and Ukraine January 13, 2022 What do we need to do to get America back on the right track with respect to ...
Santa and the Federal Government December 23, 2021 Santa Claus know whether you have been naughty or nice -- and so does the federal government. ...
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