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The two most important words in the lives of the American people for the past 60 years have been “national security.” The term has transformed American society for ...
Consider the following hypothetical. DEA agents in Columbus, Georgia, suspect that Joe Blow is selling cocaine and heroin to city youths. They’re sure he’s guilty but have been unable to come up with any evidence of his guilt. Under ...
Good for the ACLU! It is taking Jose Padilla’s civil suit to the U.S. Supreme Court for what will hopefully be an adjudication by the highest court in the land as to the power of the U.S. military and ...
In Egypt, up to a hundred thousand demonstrators have again engulfed Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest against the ruling military council. The rally involves supporters from opposite ends of the political spectrum, with secular activists ...
In Egypt, up to a hundred thousand demonstrators have again engulfed Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest against the ruling military council. The rally involves supporters from opposite ends of the political spectrum, with secular activists ...
“I love sweatshops.”
That was how economics professor Benjamin Powell, our Economic Liberty Lecture Series speaker last night, wrapped up his excellent talk on the benefits of sweatshops. An overflow crowd, mostly composed of George Mason University students, was treated ...
Egypt is developing into a fascinating situation, one that involves the United States. It’s worth paying attention to in the coming months.
Egypt has been ruled by a brutal military dictatorship for the past 30 years. The regime has been ...
I confess that I have trouble sometimes figuring out the nature and logic of the so-called war on terrorism. The following are what seem to be the principles of this “war”:
1. Since the “war on terrorism,” according to U.S. ...
Ludwig von Mises pointed out that one government intervention into economic activity inevitably leads to more interventions. The reason? Each intervention brings with it more crises and more chaos, which then cause public officials to enact new interventions to ...