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Business Ethics and Morality of the Marketplace

by Richard M. Ebeling November 21, 2019

Who do people consider to be less ethical or honest than either telemarketers or used car salesman? If you said Washington politicians, you’d be right on the button. According to Gallup News Services, members of Congress are right at the bottom of perceived ethical behavior and honesty. Every year Gallup issues the results of a public opinion survey concerning people’s ...

Discrimination and Liberty

by Christine Smith November 18, 2019

Wise individuals discriminate all the time. Think about it. In today’s society, “discrimination” has become a trigger word used to vilify anyone who chooses not to associate with another because of a difference he rejects. As such, liberty is being trampled as freedom of speech, association, and even thought become prohibited. But “discrimination” is not a bad word. It is a ...

Oklahoma Frees Some of Its Political Prisoners

by Laurence M. Vance November 15, 2019

Communist and other authoritarian and totalitarian governments around the world have always, throughout history and at this very time, arrested (or sometimes just simply seized) and jailed (or sometimes just killed) political dissidents and other nonconformists whom they considered to be “enemies of the state” whose only crime was disagreeing with some government law or policy. Those so horribly ...

Casualties of War

by John W. Whitehead November 14, 2019

Come you masters of war / You that build the big guns You that build the death planes / You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls / You that hide behind desks I just want you to know / I can see through your masks…. You fasten all the triggers / For the others to fire Then you sit back ...

The Case for Globalism, So-Called

by Richard M. Ebeling November 13, 2019

The global economy seems to be coming under attack from a variety of directions. On one side, there are the reborn “democratic socialists” and other “progressives” who insist that the international capitalist system exploits workers and minority groups. On the other side, there are nationalists and other nativists who fear the loss not just of jobs but the cultural ...

Inessential Government Workers

by Laurence M. Vance November 12, 2019

Government “shutdowns” in the United States occur when Congress and the president cannot agree on appropriations bills to fund the federal government before the previous ones expire. Since the current budget and appropriations process began in 1976, the federal government “shut down” three times during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, once under George H.W. Bush, twice under Bill Clinton, once ...

The “Officer Friendly” Police Fantasy

by James Bovard November 11, 2019

Police in Tempe, Arizona, announced plans in July for a “positive ticketing” campaign to pull over drivers who had violated no traffic laws. A Phoenix TV station reported that the police would give the people they targeted free soft-drink coupons for Circle K as a reward for their “good driving behavior.” Police in other areas have run similar programs ...

A New Kind of Tyranny

by John W. Whitehead November 7, 2019

What happens to Julian Assange and to Chelsea Manning is meant to intimidate us, to frighten us into silence. By defending Julian Assange, we defend our most sacred rights. Speak up now or wake up one morning to the silence of a new kind of tyranny. The choice is ours. — John Pilger, investigative journalist All ...

The History and Meaning of Berlin Wall

by Richard M. Ebeling November 5, 2019

This November marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the shaky East German communist government resigned, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. Large crowds formed on both sides of the Wall. East and West Berliners climbed on top, and then people began using sledgehammers and pickaxes to cut holes in ...

The Kennedy Autopsy 2: LBJ’s Role In the Assassination

by Future of Freedom Foundation November 4, 2019

Seven years ago, Jacob Hornberger’s bestselling The Kennedy Autopsy detailed the mysterious events surrounding the autopsy that the U.S. military conducted on President’s Kennedy’s body on the night of November 22, 1963. Hornberger’s new book, The Kennedy Autopsy 2, expands on his earlier work. ...

Yes, Virginia, There Is A Deep State And It’s Feeding The Anti-POTUS Mob

by David Stockman November 1, 2019

The prepared statement of the latest UkraineGate whistle-blower is well worth the read. It tells you all you need to know about why the Deep State apparatchiks are coming out of the woodwork in a massive assault on America's duly elected president. They are deathly afraid Trump will begin to dismantle a far-flung Empire which has wreaked havoc around the ...

Max Weber on Politics as a Vocation

by Richard M. Ebeling October 31, 2019

Political election seasons are always interesting times. An array of candidates offer themselves to the voters, each one promising a bundle of policy programs targeting what government will do for those who elect them, as well as all those who did not vote for them. They are all about how much they want to “give back” and to do ...