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Liberal Internationalism: True and False, Part 1

by Richard M. Ebeling December 1, 2018

Part 1 | Part 2 For more than the seventy years of the post–World War II era, the prevailing global order in the West was and has been called “liberal internationalism.” It has had two components, a political one and an economic one: “democracy” and “capitalism.” Both are being challenged at the present time in various parts of the world, ...

Freedom Frauds: The ‘Truth Will Out’ Fairy Tale

by James Bovard November 27, 2018

Truth will out? Really? Truth will out is the biggest fairy tale in Washington. From the Warren Commission, to the Gulf of Tonkin, to WMD in Iraq, the truth has not accomplished much. Go to the audio podcast. View other episodes of Freedom Frauds.

Ludwig von Mises on Liberalism, Nationalism, and Self-Determination

by Richard M. Ebeling November 26, 2018

Ludwig von Mises was one of the most important Austrian economists of the 20th century, having left his mark on economic theory and policy by demonstrating that socialist central planning was inherently unworkable because of the abolition of a market-based pricing system for purposes of economic calculation, and by developing a theory of the business cycle that argued that ...

Freedom Frauds: My Biggest East Bloc Bust

by James Bovard November 21, 2018

Here’s the story of how Jim blundered into an East German Interrogation Comedy Show while traveling illegally behind the Iron Curtain. Go to the audio podcast. View other episodes of Freedom Frauds.

Freedom Frauds: How Government Ruined My Work Ethic

by James Bovard October 31, 2018

Jim Bovard explains how one summer on the government payroll destroyed his work ethic for life. Go to the audio podcast. View other episodes of Freedom Frauds.

America Is on the Brink of a Nervous Breakdown

by John W. Whitehead October 31, 2018

“As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air – however slight – lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.” ― Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas Yet ...

Has America Become a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy?

by John W. Whitehead October 25, 2018

“The poor and the underclass are growing. Racial justice and human rights are nonexistent. They have created a repressive society and we are their unwitting accomplices. Their intention to rule rests with the annihilation of consciousness. We have been lulled into a trance. They have made us indifferent to ourselves, to others. We are focused only on our own ...

You Want to Make America Great Again?

by John W. Whitehead October 18, 2018

“If the freedom of speech be taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”—George Washington Living in a representative republic means that each person has the right to take a stand for what they think is right, whether that means marching outside the halls of government, wearing clothing with provocative statements, ...

Out-of-Control Government: How, Why, and What to Do

by Richard M. Ebeling October 17, 2018

There is always a variety of government programs and activities that people either think are not worth the money or should not be the business of government in the first place. Yet it seems almost impossible to rein in government. It keeps growing in size and scope in one direction after another. Why? And is there any way to ...

What Should Be Illegal?

by Laurence M. Vance October 15, 2018

Like many Americans, on a recent trip to Washington, D.C., I stayed in Virginia because hotel rooms are cheaper in places such as Arlington than in Washington. After a day of sightseeing in the nation’s capital, I noticed while driving back into Virginia a large overhead sign at the Virginia state line reading, “Radar Detectors Illegal.” It turns out ...

Why Stop with Truman?

by Laurence M. Vance October 1, 2018

The RMS Titanic left Southampton, United Kingdom, on April 10, 1912, headed west to New York. It was the ship’s maiden voyage. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew on board. Four days later, and only about 375 miles south of Newfoundland, the ship hit an iceberg and sank within three hours. More than 1,500 people ...

Empire of Lies

by John W. Whitehead September 26, 2018

“Back in the heyday of the old Soviet Union, a phrase evolved to describe gullible western intellectuals who came to visit Russia and failed to notice the human and other costs of building a communist utopia. The phrase was “useful idiots” and it applied to a good many people who should have known better. I now propose a ...