Daily Articles

The Libertarian Angle: Abolish the Income Tax

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 21, 2016

In this segment, Richard Ebeling and Jacob Hornberger explore the evil that is the income tax. Go to the podcast.

Saint or Sinner, Government Eyes Are Watching Every Move You Make

by John W. Whitehead April 20, 2016

“The way things are supposed to work is that we’re supposed to know virtually everything about what do: that’s why they’re called public servants. They’re supposed to know virtually nothing about what we do: that’s why we’re called private individuals. This dynamic - the hallmark of a healthy and free society - has been radically reversed. Now, they know everything ...

Educational Socialism versus the Free Market

by Richard M. Ebeling April 19, 2016

Academia has long been thought of as the “marketplace of ideas,” the arena where truth may be pursued through dispassionate discourse and openness to competing views. Yet higher education in America has moved a great distance from this ideal and its practice and into arenas of collectivist indoctrination. Too many of our colleges and universities have become cloistered “hothouses” of ...

Fleecing the American Taxpayer: The Profit Incentives Driving the Police State

by John W. Whitehead April 14, 2016

“The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.” ― Ron Paul If there is an absolute maxim by which the federal government seems to operate, it is that the American taxpayer always gets ripped off. This is true whether you’re talking about taxpayers being forced to fund ...

Society’s Newest Victims of Discrimination

by Laurence M. Vance April 11, 2016

The federal government has long been concerned about discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability. Although the Obama administration supports adding discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity to the list, they haven’t been officially added yet. Meanwhile, the administration has come to the rescue of another group that it feels is being ...

It’s Not Just the Unborn Being Denied Rights Under the Constitution

by John W. Whitehead April 8, 2016

“The unborn person doesn’t have constitutional rights.”—Hillary Clinton, Meet the Press (April 3, 2016) When presidential candidate Hillary Clinton declares that unborn babies do not have constitutional rights, she’s not just spouting partisan rhetoric in the heated national debate over abortion. She’s providing us with a glimpse into an increasingly troubling mindset among government officials who ...

What Sports Can Teach Us about Politics

by Wendy McElroy April 6, 2016

What can sports teach us about civil society and federal agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services? In his most famous speech, Senator Robert A. Taft (1889–1953) answered that question. Taft was a passionate defender of private enterprise in domestic policy as well as non-intervention in foreign affairs. This made him oppose the New Deal policies adopted under ...

The Libertarian Angle: Abolish the Fed (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 5, 2016

In this segment, Richard Ebeling and Jacob Hornberger discuss the why free trade is pragmatically a boon to civilization and ethically the only moral result when you allow people to live in freedom. Go to the podcast.

Why Progressives Don’t Understand and are Enemies of Liberty

by Richard M. Ebeling April 4, 2016

What does freedom mean? What is the purpose of government? And what should be the government’s relationship to each of us as individuals and as members of society as a whole? These issues recently came up during a dinner conversation with a new acquaintance with whom I’d not previously had such a discussion. The views that I expressed in the ...

The CIA, Terrorism, and the Cold War: The Evil of the National Security State

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2016

The following is Chapter 1 of The Future of Freedom Foundation’s newest ebook, The CIA, Terrorism, and the Cold War: The Evil of the National Security State by Jacob Hornberger. Purchase the book for $1 here. The two most important words in the lives of the American people for the past 60 years have been “national security.” The ...

Why I Favor Limited Government, Part 2

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2016

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 In 1954 The Foundation for Economic Education published a book entitled Government: An Ideal Concept, by its founder and president, Leonard E. Read. In the book, which was critical of the anarchy paradigm, Read pointed out ...

Obama’s Forgotten Victims

by James Bovard April 1, 2016

The White House kept one seat vacant in the gallery during Obama’s State of the Union Address in January “for the victims of gun violence who no longer have a voice.” This was part of Obama’s crusade for new federal restrictions on firearms ownership. But shouldn’t there have also been chairs left empty to memorialize other casualties — including those ...