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The Second Casualty of War

by Sheldon Richman April 7, 2003

President Bush has asked Congress for about $75 billion to begin paying for the war in Iraq and other costs related to it and the war on terrorism. (Some of the money will also pay for U.S. intervention in Colombia’s civil war.) Boy, is he living in a dream ...

Obedience to Orders, Part 3: A Response to Paul Maini, VMI Alumni Association

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 7, 2003

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Reader Responses |  Jacob Hornberger vs. the Brass |  Jacob Hornberger’s VMI Valedictory Addresss To: Mr. Paul Maini Executive Vice President VMI Alumni Association pmaini@vmiaa.org Dear Mr. Maini: My associates here at The Future of Freedom Foundation have been sent a copy of your critical email to ...

Hornberger v. The Brass

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 3, 2003

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Reader Responses |  Jacob Hornberger vs. the Brass |  Jacob Hornberger’s VMI Valedictory Addresss From Colonel #1 (Pentagon) to Hornberger: Sorry, but I don't find your Part 2 article or your note below convincing or acceptable. You didn't limit your comments to the treatment of POW's, ...

The West Point Firestorm

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 2, 2003

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Reader Responses |  Jacob Hornberger vs. the Brass |  Jacob Hornberger’s VMI Valedictory Addresss The following emails are responses to Jacob Hornberger’s series "Obedience to Orders." Also see "Hornberger vs. the Brass." ##### I can’t tell you how inspiring your essays – which target the bovine instinct that ...

Unnecessary Tragedy

by Sheldon Richman April 2, 2003

The U.S. military’s killing of at least seven Iraqi civilians — including five little children — at a U.S. checkpoint on Route 9 south of Karbala certainly isn’t going to help win the hearts and minds of the people of that war-torn country. Whose fault was it? To answer that question, ...

Obedience to Orders, Part 2

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 2, 2003

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Reader Responses |  Jacob Hornberger vs. the Brass |  Jacob Hornberger’s VMI Valedictory Addresss Last week we posted my article Obedience to Orders, Part 1, which has generated a load of reader responses, including many from cadets and officers from both West Point and ...

Blackmail Bad, Bribery Good

by Scott McPherson April 1, 2003

Tony Blankley, the editorial page editor of the Washington Times, is extremely upset. It seems the French, in an attempt to keep Eastern European nations from backing President Bushs war plans, are threatening to withhold European Union membership to countries who sign on to the U.S. agenda. According to Blankley, French president Jacques Chirac revealed himself to be a vulgar, ...

Economic Liberty and the Constitution, Part 11

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2003

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 |  Table of Contents One of the important cases in the history of ...

An American Empire! If You Want It instead of Freedom, Part 1

by Richard M. Ebeling April 1, 2003

Part 1 | Part 2 Fifty years ago, the classical liberal author and journalist Garet Garrett published a collection of essays called The People's Pottage (1953). In the midst of the Korean War, he tried to persuade the American people that the United States was on a new course that conflicted with the original conception of the nation. Its ...

What’s Missing From This Picture?

by Sheldon Richman April 1, 2003

Writing in the Los Angeles Times last year, Ellen Ruppel Shell, author of The Hungry Gene, said, Obesity is the consequence of environment acting on genetic inclination, and that genetic predisposition combined with an increasingly obesegenic environment underlies the current pandemic. Whats missing from this picture? Human volition, free will. Whats remarkable about Shells statement is how unremarkable it is these days. ...

Private Fisheries Work Best

by Bart Frazier April 1, 2003

Poor Viktor Tsimbal. He was recently arrested for the high crime of selling fish eggs and now faces a prison sentence up to 30 years and a fine up to $1 million. If only it were legal to own sturgeon, Tsimbal would be considered an entrepreneur instead of a criminal. The ...

Gun Control Misses the Target

by Scott McPherson April 1, 2003

In the aftermath of the Washington-area sniper killings, editorial pages and ambitious politicians alike are clamoring for more gun-control laws. This is hardly surprising, given that the professed connection between guns and crime is practically an article of faith. But what if guns really have nothing to do with violent crime? What if even the most restrictive gun-control measures dont ...