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FFF Needs Your Help: Principles and Freedom (video)

by Jacob G. Hornberger November 19, 2014

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Familiar Bedfellows

by Sheldon Richman November 19, 2014

Hillary and Henry sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G-E-R! It says a lot about former secretary of state and presumed presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton that she’s a member of the Henry Kissinger Fan Club. Progressives who despised George W. Bush might want to examine any warm, fuzzy feelings they harbor for Clinton. She has made no effort to hide her admiration for ...

The Berlin Wall and the Spirit of Freedom

by Richard M. Ebeling November 18, 2014

This November marks the 25th 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 ...

The Libertarian Angle: Uncompromising Libertarian Principles (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation November 17, 2014

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman discuss the hot topics of the day. This week: the case for an uncompromising, pure vision of libertarianism. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

TGIF: Free-Market Socialism

by Sheldon Richman November 14, 2014

Libertarians are individualists. But since individualist has many senses, that statement isn’t terribly informative. Does it mean that libertarians are social nonconformists on principle? Not at all. Some few libertarians may aspire to be, but most would see that as undesirable because it would obstruct their most important objectives. Lots of libertarian men have no problem wearing a jacket and ...

Gordon Tullock: Economist Who Explained Why Government Corruptly Grows

by Richard M. Ebeling November 13, 2014

Why is it that government grows in size and scope, and is so difficult to stop or reverse? Political economist, Gordon Tullock, who passed away on November 3, 2014 at the age of 92, was a path-breaker is explaining how and why big government keeps getting bigger. Gordon Tullock was one of the founders of what has become known as ...

Court Journalists and War Propaganda

by Wendy McElroy November 12, 2014

“Court historians” are part of the partnership between intellectuals and the state. They are the scholars whose version of history champions the agenda and actions of a ruler from whom they usually receive status and wealth. The essence of court history was captured by a statement arising from the late nineteenth-century militaristic academics at the University of Berlin, who ...

Stop Those Who Would Stop Uber

by Sheldon Richman November 11, 2014

The nerve of some people! Imagine coming to a city and doing business without first asking permission from local officials! That’s what Uber has done in cities all over the United States and Europe, and it’s created quite a storm among politicians and licensed taxi drivers, who have held up traffic in, among other places, Boston, London, and Paris just ...

The Libertarian Angle: Republican Electoral Victory

by Future of Freedom Foundation November 10, 2014

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman discuss the hot topics of the day. This week: the Republican landslide. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.  

TGIF: The Political Sterility of Jon Stewart

by Sheldon Richman November 7, 2014

Political satire has a long and honorable history: Aristophanes, William Shakespeare, Jonathan Swift; W.S. Gilbert; Mark Twain; George Orwell; Lenny Bruce; Dick Gregory; Tom Lehrer,  David Frost, and That Was the Week That Was; George Carlin; Spitting Image, Yes, Minister; the Smothers Brothers; the early Saturday Night Live, Dave Barry, The Onion, South Park, Family Guy, and so many more. Unfortunately, while it ...

Election 2014: The Good News and Bad

by Sheldon Richman November 6, 2014

The 2014 midterm election delivered both good news and bad. The good news is that the losers lost. The bad news is that the winners won. Journalist Mike Barnicle says he’s never seen an election in which the people feel so distant from the government. I wish his diagnosis were right, but I suspect it is not. True, voter turnout likely ...

A Small Victory for Freedom

by Laurence M. Vance November 6, 2014

One of the most ridiculous things about the government’s war on drugs is that it classifies marijuana in the same category as dangerous drugs such as heroin, thus making marijuana worse than morphine, cocaine, methamphetamine, and phenobarbital. Marijuana is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). As a Schedule I drug, marijuana ...