It had to happen. It was always inevitable that the U.S. government’s much-vaunted “war on terrorism” would devolve into absolute chaos, especially by attracting authoritarian and totalitarian regimes into the “war on terrorism” maelstrom.
Ever since President George W. Bush ...
The recurring debt-ceiling circus is approaching, once again. The maximum amount of debt that the federal government is permitted to incur is about to be reached … again. That means that the federal government will not be permitted to ...
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A few days after the 9/11 attacks, I was attending a big libertarian dinner at an area ...
When he was president, Bill Clinton famously said, ““There’s nothing patriotic about hating your government or pretending you can hate your government but love your country.”
Clinton would have a hard time convincing the Chinese people of that.
Yesterday, the New ...
I thought I would give you an update on recent and upcoming activities here at FFF:
1. On Saturday, October 10, I am speaking at a conference on U.S. foreign policy at Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth sponsored by ...
The controversy over federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which apparently has brought about the resignation of GOP House Speaker John Boehner, only goes to show how warped and perverted Republicans and conservatives have become.
Consider what the controversy involves: Republicans ...
The Pope’s visit to the United States has raised, among other things, issues relating to poverty, socialism, and capitalism.
I grew up a liberal. By the time I returned to my hometown of Laredo, Texas, to practice law in 1975, ...
I wonder how many people realize that the first JFK conspiracy theorist was none other than President John F. Kennedy himself.
It all began with Kennedy reading a novel called Seven Days in May, which revolved around a military ...
Americans are agog over the U.S. military’s decision to go along with the longtime custom of the Afghan police to sexually abuse young boys.
I can certainly understand why Americans would be dismayed over such a decision, but I ...
Maybe — just maybe — Pope Francis’s visit to the United States will cause American Catholics and, for that matter, American Protestants (and maybe also Americans Jews, Muslims, and atheists) to reexamine some of their long-held views — views ...