Daily Articles

Simon Newcomb and the Let-Alone Principle

by Richard M. Ebeling July 19, 2019

Wherever we turn, there are some people who are busy telling the rest of us how we should live; with whom we should interact, and under what circumstances; how much we should be paid, and where and how we may work and produce; what we should pay for something we want to buy, and how it can ...

Protect the Right to Criticize the Government

by John W. Whitehead July 18, 2019

“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional theory is that we the people are the sovereigns, the state and federal officials only our agents. We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can ...

The Libertarian Angle: Busing and Public Schooling (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation July 16, 2019

Government and schooling--what could go wrong? FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard Ebeling discuss the busing programs of the 1960s. Go to the podcast.

The Real Korean Question

by Laurence M. Vance July 15, 2019

Last year in June, Donald Trump met with the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, in Singapore. Said Trump, We’re very proud of what took place today. I think our whole relationship with North Korea and the Korean Peninsula is going to be a very much different situation than it has been in the past. We ...

The Libertarian Angle: Misunderstanding Socialism (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation July 11, 2019

Socialism is growing in popularity with the young. One socialist society has failed after the other, and yet socialism retains respect. Why? FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.

Progressive Promises and the Cost To Liberty

by Richard M. Ebeling July 9, 2019

Promises, promises, promises. It is the season for political promises. The candidates competing to be the Democratic Party candidate for president in 2020 are out in force trying to outbid each other with promised horns-of-plenty to any and all who might be voting in that party’s primaries beginning in a mere matter of months.  There are a handful of ...

There Is Such a Thing As a Free Lunch

by Laurence M. Vance July 8, 2019

Economists who say that there is no such thing as a free lunch are forgetting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). SNAP, formerly called the food stamp program, is administered by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), but is operated by the ...

It’s Time to Declare Your Independence from Tyranny, America

by John W. Whitehead July 5, 2019

“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the ...

The Libertarian Angle: The Significance of July 4 (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation July 3, 2019

What did the American Revolution signify? What tenets of a free society are enshrined in The Declaration of Independence? FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.

The Real Spirit of the Declaration of Independence

by Richard M. Ebeling July 2, 2019

What is America, and what does it represent? These seem to be relevant questions at a time of political discord and disagreement that appears to make peaceful and polite discussion almost impossible. Certainly, asking such questions is appropriate at that time of the year when we celebrate the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July. Everyone in the political ...

Adhering to Principle to Achieve Liberty, Part 1

by Jacob G. Hornberger July 1, 2019

Part 1 | Part 2 I believe that when it comes to liberty, principles and ideals are everything. It has been principles and ideals that have given us such grand and glorious achievements as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, habeas corpus, due process of law, and trial by jury. I also believe that adherence to ...

America’s Benevolent Bombing of Serbia

by James Bovard July 1, 2019

Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton commenced bombing Serbia in the name of human rights, justice, and ethnic tolerance. Approximately 1,500 Serb civilians were killed by NATO bombing in one of the biggest sham morality plays of the modern era. As British professor Philip Hammond recently noted, the 78-day bombing campaign “was not a purely military operation: NATO also ...