In every economic exchange, both sides benefit, each from his own individual, personal perspective. That’s because each trader gives up something he values less for something he values more. Thus, at the moment of the trade, each of the ...
Newsweek is about as mainstream as one can get, right?
Now, consider the fact that yesterday Newsweek published an article by libertarian Jeff Tucker entitled “To Become Even More Prosperous We Should Open Our Borders,” which is a full-throated ...
A U.S. extradition case involving a former Salvadoran colonel is resurrecting memories involving the U.S. anti-communist crusade during the Cold War and cold-blooded murders that came with it.
According to an article in last Sunday’s New York Times, in ...
Yesterday, I experienced a bit of hilarity in the decades-long, ongoing U.S. immigration crisis. A FFF reader sent me a video by a woman named Ann Corcoran, who heads up an organization named Refugee Resettlement Watch. As I watched ...
Ask yourself: What kind of society do you want?
I would think that most people would answer: I want to live in a free society and one that is prosperous, peaceful, and harmonious.
Obviously, those of us Americans living today do ...
Given that today is the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, it serves as a good day to place that event in the context of how we began as a nation, where we are today, and what we need ...
For the next year, we are all going to have to endure the presidential campaign and its accompanying blowhard speeches, insipid commentaries, and vapid debates.
At the same time, many people will be terribly excited over the opportunity they get ...
Consider the impact on the civil liberties of the American people of four of the non-stop wars that the U.S. government has been waging for a very long time: the war on drugs, the war on terrorism, the war ...
Not surprisingly, the Washington Post is outraged over Iran’s prosecution of Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who is charged with espionage and “aiding a hostile government.”
A Post editorial called the charges “patently absurd” and also condemned the manner in ...
Take a close look at those refugees who are fleeing the war-torn Middle East and trying desperately to save their lives by escaping to Europe. Look at their faces. Examine their clothing.
Those are the people that Emma Lazarus was ...