Don’t Shoot the Dogs by John W. Whitehead March 22, 2019 “In too much of policing today, officer safety has become the highest priority. It trumps the rights and safety of suspects. It trumps the ...
Clarity on Diversity and Pluralism by Richard M. Ebeling March 21, 2019 Freedom and the free society are once again under direct attack by those who espouse far-greater degrees of government control over people’s lives. Wrapping ...
Libertarians and Abortion by Christine Smith March 20, 2019 As issues of life and death become more pronounced in our society, it is time for those who value freedom, liberty, and nonaggression to ...
The Libertarian Angle: National Debt and the Debt Ceiling (video) by Future of Freedom Foundation March 19, 2019 The national debt keeps going up and the federal budget keeps running in the red. Jacob Hornberger and Richard ...
The Student Debt Conundrum by Laurence M. Vance March 18, 2019 Using data from the Federal Reserve, Student Loan Hero — an organization that provides “resources, tools and information” to help ...
Political Contests Are Between Competing Socialisms by Richard M. Ebeling March 15, 2019 Another election cycle has begun, even though it is less than a half a year since the November 2018 congressional elections. Donald Trump seems ...
Iraq and the Destruction of American Liberty by Jacob G. Hornberger March 22, 2019 This week marks the 16th anniversary of the U.S. government’s invasion of Iraq. The anniversary helps to remind us of the important role that country has played in the destruction of American liberty. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, which was ordered by President George W. Bush, was justified under the rubric of “weapons of mass destruction” or “WMDs.” The argument ...
Conscription Is Slavery by Jacob G. Hornberger March 21, 2019 Last month a federal judge in Texas declared the all-male military draft to be unconstitutional because it applies only to men and not also to women. The decision flies in the face of a decision by the Supreme Court in 1981 that upheld the constitutionality of the draft-registration process. Back then, however, women were not permitted to serve in combat roles, which ...
Medicare for All Will Bring a Full Federal Healthcare Takeover by Jacob G. Hornberger March 20, 2019 Why are Democrats now calling for Medicare for all? The reason is obvious: Obamacare failed to fix America’s healthcare crisis. If Obamacare had succeeded in fixing America’s healthcare crisis, there would be no reason to be calling for a new reform, one that would vastly expand the role of the federal government into healthcare. But make no mistake about it. ...
Free Trade: A Key to a Rising Standard of Living by Jacob G. Hornberger March 19, 2019 Trade is a key to a rising standard of living in society, especially for those at the bottom of the economic ladder. In every exchange, both sides benefit from their own individual subjective perspective. That’s because at the moment of the trade, they are both giving up something they value less for something they value more. Thus, trade enables people to improve their standard of ...
The Libertarian Angle: National Debt and the Debt Ceiling March 19, 2019 The national debt keeps going up and the federal budget keeps running in the red. Jacob Hornberger ...
The Libertarian Angle: The Virtues of Free Trade March 12, 2019 Free trade is the most efficient system of resource distribution yet discovered, but more importantly, it is ...
The Libertarian Angle: Monetary Central Planning March 6, 2019 Would the free market allocate money as efficiently as other goods? Of course! FFF president Jacob G. ...
The Libertarian Angle: Venezuela and the Tyranny of Gun Control February 27, 2019 Possession of firearms does not guarantee freedom, but it certainly doesn't hurt. The leaders of Venezuela surely ...
