“Extremism” as a Ticket to Tyrannize by James Bovard December 2, 2020 “Extremists” are one of the famous bogeymen that American politicians invoke to sanctify their own power. But the definition of “extremism” has forever been ...
Help Us Light the Darkness by Jacob G. Hornberger December 2, 2020 There is one light shining through the darkness of the ever-increasing tyranny under which we live. That light is libertarianism. We must continue doing ...
The Socialist Elixir Is a Deadly Cyanide by Richard M. Ebeling December 1, 2020 Suppose you saw someone holding a bottle that had a label with the word “cyanide” and he was about to drink from it. You ...
Religious Discrimination and Foster Care by Laurence M. Vance November 30, 2020 The new Supreme Court justice, Amy Coney Barrett, who became the 103rd associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court only on October 27, has ...
The Legacy of Thanksgiving Is Free Enterprise by Richard M. Ebeling November 25, 2020 Thanksgiving is normally a time of family festivities, when relatives and good friends come together for a fine meal, catching up with what has ...
The Continuing, Poisonous Russia Obsession by Ted Galen Carpenter November 23, 2020 For more than a decade, there has been pronounced animus toward Russia in the American news media and among hawks, especially congressional Democrats, in ...
The Late Great Walter Williams by Jacob G. Hornberger December 3, 2020 As most everyone in the libertarian movement knows by now, the great libertarian economist Walter Williams passed away a couple of days ago. HIs passing came as a big shock to me and, I suspect, to most other libertarians. Walter has been a giant, larger-than-life figure in the libertarian movement. I never thought about the possibility of his passing, even though he ...
The Federal Reserve Killed My Grandfather by Jacob G. Hornberger December 2, 2020 One day when I was in high school, my father told me about the death of his father. In the 1920s, my grandfather, who lived in San Antonio, owned the second-largest insurance agency in Texas. He had extended a large amount of credit to his customers. One afternoon he came home, and my dad said that his face was “white as a ...
The Mainstream Press Has Failed America by Jacob G. Hornberger December 1, 2020 While President Trump continues to maintain that the presidential election was marred by massive fraud, the mainstream press continues to maintain that Trump’s charges are “false” and “baseless” and that his allegations are damaging trust in America’s democratic electoral system. Actually, however, it’s the other way around: It’s the mainstream press, owing to its extreme deferential attitude toward the Washington, ...
Anti-Mask Isn’t Libertarian by Jacob G. Hornberger November 30, 2020 Ever since Covid 19 surfaced last spring, there has been a fierce debate over whether people should wear masks. Some people, including virtually everyone in the government, have argued that masks inhibit the spread of the coronavirus. Others have maintained the contrary, or have maintained that it’s their own business as to whether they wear a mask or not. Throughout the ...
The Late Great Walter Williams December 3, 2020 As you may have heard, the great libertarian economist Walter Williams passed away this week. Join FFF ...
The Robert Knudsen Mystery in the JFK Autopsy November 27, 2020 Are you familiar with the mystery surrounding the roll that Robert Knudsen, the official White House photographer, ...
Judy Shelton and the Fed November 19, 2020 Will President Trump's nominee for the Federal Reserve Board, Judy Shelton, who has expressed support for the ...
A Biden Foreign Policy November 13, 2020 What can we expect in foreign policy with Joe Biden as President? Join FFF president Jacob Hornberger, ...
