The Libertarian Angle: Memorial Day by Future of Freedom Foundation June 1, 2017 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling talk about the the public displays associated with Memorial Day. Go to the podcast.
The Worst Mistake in U.S. History by Jacob G. Hornberger June 1, 2017 The worst mistake in U.S. history was the conversion after World War II of the U.S. government from a constitutional, limited-government republic to a national-security state. Nothing has done more to warp and distort the conscience, principles, and values of the American people, including those who serve in the U.S. military. A good example of how the national-security state has ...
Smears and Hyperbole: Neo-McCarthyism Run Amok on Russia Policy by Ted Galen Carpenter June 1, 2017 Donald Trump’s comments during the 2016 presidential campaign that he wanted the United States to have more-cooperative relations with Vladimir Putin’s Russia have triggered a mixture of hysteria and viciousness among his political adversaries. Hawks conduct a concerted campaign to demonize Russia and portray it as a dire threat not only to the security of the West, but as ...
Militarism or Isolationism? by Stephen Wertheim May 1, 2017 Under Donald Trump, American foreign policy is returning, many commentators say, to the isolationism that preceded World War II. This line of interpretation (and often attack) emerged during the election: While Hillary Clinton warned that her opponent would “tear up our alliances,” an array of experts supplied such fears with a historical pedigree. As Council on Foreign Relations president ...
The Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Attack on Syria by Future of Freedom Foundation April 18, 2017 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss the recent missile attack launched by President Trump on Syria. Go to the podcast.
Obama’s AWOL Anti-War Protest by James Bovard March 1, 2017 Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency in 2008 as a peace candidate. He signaled that he would fundamentally change America’s course after the reckless carnage unleashed by the George W. Bush administration. However, by the end of Obama’s presidency, the United States was bombing seven different foreign nations. But Obama’s warring rarely evoked the protests or opposition that the Bush ...
The Libertarian Angle: Noninterventionism by Future of Freedom Foundation January 4, 2017 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss the history and ramifications of a noninterventionist foreign policy. Go to the podcast.
The New Deal, Part 2: Foreign Policy by Joseph R. Stromberg December 1, 2016 Part 1 | Part 2 As noted in part 1, the New Deal was in serious political trouble by 1937. (See Frederic Sanborn, “Collapse of the New Deal,” in W.A. Williams, ed., Shaping of American Diplomacy, II.) Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace’s book New Frontiers (1934) was an early sign of the administration’s turn toward foreign markets as ...
The Libertarian Angle: The Death of Fidel Castro by Future of Freedom Foundation November 30, 2016 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss the impact of Fidel Castro's death on the future of Cuba and Cuban-American relations. Go to the podcast.
The Libertarian Angle: The Philippines Divorces the U.S. by Future of Freedom Foundation October 26, 2016 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss the recent actions of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in denouncing the role of the U.S. in Philippines' history and severing ties with the U.S. military. Go to the podcast.
America’s Plunge from Republic to Empire by Wendy McElroy August 1, 2016 We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. If you ask when, the answer is that you cannot make a single stroke between day and night. The precise moment does not matter. There was no painted sign to say, “You now are entering Imperium.” Yet it was a very old road and the voice of history ...
America’s Misadventures in the Greater Middle East by Stephen Kinzer August 1, 2016 America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History by Andrew J. Bacevich (Random House, 2016), 480 pages. America’s Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East by Chas W. Freeman Jr. (Just World Books, 2016), 256 pages. Few forces in American public life are as powerful as the one that pulls people in Washington into the foreign ...