The Free Market Can and Should Be Absolute by Laurence M. Vance January 3, 2023 The 1932 Democratic Party platform advocated “the removal of government from all fields of private enterprise except where necessary to develop public works and ...
The Historical Foundation of Civil Liberties, Part 2 by Tom G. Palmer January 2, 2023 Part 1 | Part 2 This article is from a transcript of the opening presentation of FFF’s September 21, 2021, conference “Restoring Our ...
From Totalitarian Paranoia to Authoritarian Madness by John W. Whitehead December 29, 2022 The danger signs were everywhere in 2022. With every new law enacted by federal and state legislatures, every new ruling handed down by government courts, ...
Monetary Freedom Instead of Central Banking by Richard M. Ebeling December 27, 2022 The United States and most of the rest of the world are, once again, in the midst of an inflationary crisis. Prices in general ...
Spreading the Light of Liberty by Jacob G. Hornberger December 21, 2022 Imagine a large, dark, windowless room filled with hundreds of people. Then imagine that one person lights a small candle, bringing a ray of ...
How We Got a National-Security Police State, Part 1 by Jacob G. Hornberger December 20, 2022 Part 1 | Part 2 The biggest mistake America has ever made since the inception of our country was the conversion of ...
There Is No Anarchy on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Jacob G. Hornberger January 4, 2023 Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial about Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s so-far failed bid to become Speaker of the House, which stated the following: "Voters elected a Republican House to … investigate the anarchy at the southern border." Anarchy? I thought “anarchy” meant the absence of government. Are the members of the Journal’s editorial board really claiming that there is ...
George Santos Will Be Right at Home by Jacob G. Hornberger January 3, 2023 The mainstream press is so upset over the lies that Congressman-elect George Santos has told that they are besides themselves. In their eyes, Santos sullies the much-vaunted concept of democracy that U.S. officials spread around the world through force of arms, a concept that pretends to result in only the most virtuous, honest people serving in government. Actually though, Santos will fit ...
My Favorite Period in History by Jacob G. Hornberger December 29, 2022 My favorite period of history is the United States in the years 1870-1915. Why? Because it is the freest period in the history of man. Was it a libertarian panacea? Nope. There were, in fact, infringements on liberty, such as the violation of women’s rights, the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1870, compulsory school-attendance laws in Massachusetts, and others. But in ...
Thirty-Three Years of FFF by Jacob G. Hornberger December 28, 2022 Thirty-three years ago, I founded The Future of Freedom Foundation. I wanted an educational foundation that presented the principled, uncompromising case for the libertarian philosophy. I marvel over the fact that there have been people who have supported our work and kept us going for more than three decades. It hasn’t been easy. From the very beginning, we have never ceased taking the ...
33 Years of FFF! December 30, 2022 The Future of Freedom Foundation has been fighting for the free society for 33 years! Listen to ...
Santa Claus and the Federal Government December 22, 2022 What is the relationship between Santa Claus and the government? FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Citadel ...
Christmas and the Welfare-Warfare State December 15, 2022 Given that it's Christmas time, let's contemplate life without a transfer society or an interventionist foreign policy. Go ...
The Right to Discriminate December 8, 2022 How should the Supreme Court rule in the case of a website designer who does not want ...
