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Persecuting a Conciliator

by Sheldon Richman August 25, 2010

If a YMCA or a YMHA were planned for 51 Park Place in Lower Manhattan, two blocks from the Twin Towers’ former site, who would have noticed? Instead, the equivalent of a Muslim Y (without the implied male exclusivity) is to be built there. What’s the big deal? There can be only one answer: Consciously or not, a majority of Americans ...

Guantánamo: A Mentally Ill Yemeni and a Minor Taliban Recruit

by Andy Worthington August 2, 2010

As of today, the results of the Guantánamo prisoners’ habeas corpus petitions stand at 38 victories for the prisoners against 15 victories for the government, after two recent rulings. On July 21, Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. granted the habeas petition of Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, a 34-year old Yemeni, while, in another courtroom, Judge Reggie Walton ...

Leading Humanity Out of the Darkness, Part 3

by Jacob G. Hornberger August 1, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 The 40-year-old war on drugs has long been a favorite government program of both liberals and conservatives. It is a program by which statists have brought nothing but death and destruction to our nation and to people all over the world. It is impossible to count ...

The Moral Case for Drug Freedom, Part 1

by Laurence M. Vance August 1, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 My title is a radical one, and deliberately so. There is a reason I did not say, “The Moral Case for Drug Legalization,” or, “The Moral Case for Drug Decriminalization,” or, “The Moral Case for Drug Regulation,” or, “The Moral Case for Medical Marijuana,” or, “The Moral Case for Relaxing Drug Laws,” or, “The Moral ...

Media Outreach at The Future of Freedom Foundation

by Jacob G. Hornberger July 28, 2010

Dear Friend of FFF: Americans are now recognizing the terrible threat to our freedom and well-being posed by ever-increasing spending, debt, and inflation. At the same time, people are questioning the never-ending occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. With the approaching midterm elections in November, these issues are certain to be in the forefront of public debate and discussion. We want to ...

Guantánamo and Habeas Corpus: Wins and Losses, Part 2

by Andy Worthington July 26, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 Last week, in the first part of this two-part series, I began looking at how the conservative-dominated D.C. Circuit Court has responded to the rulings in the District Court regarding the habeas petitions of the prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, where, to date, 38 out of 53 cases have been won ...

Guantánamo and Habeas Corpus: Wins and Losses, Part 1

by Andy Worthington July 19, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 For the last two years, the prisoners held in the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have been challenging the basis of their detention through habeas corpus petitions filed with the District Court in Washington, D.C., where they have met with a notable degree of success. Of the 51 cases decided,

Freeing the Innocent from Guantánamo

by Andy Worthington July 13, 2010

On Thursday, in the District Court in Washington, D.C., Judge Paul Friedman took the tally of victories by the Guantánamo prisoners to 37, out of 51 cases decided, when he granted the habeas corpus petition of Hussein Almerfedi, a 33-year old Yemeni, and instructed the Obama administration to “take all necessary and appropriate steps to facilitate the release of ...

Who Are the Three Ex-Guantánamo Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Slovakia?

by Andy Worthington July 6, 2010

A week ago Thursday, three former Guantánamo prisoners who were released in Slovakia in January this year, after the U.S. government concluded that it was unsafe for them to be returned to their home countries, which all have poor human rights records, embarked on a hunger strike to protest the conditions in which they are ...

Leading Humanity Out of the Darkness, Part 2

by Jacob G. Hornberger July 1, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Ever since it was established, the income tax has constituted an ever-growing assault on income, savings, and capital, which are the keys to a prospering nation, one in which the real standard of living is growing generation after generation. Here is how this corrupt and sordid process ...

The Libertarian Legacy of R.C. Hoiles, Part 2

by Wendy McElroy July 1, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 Hoiles began his newspaper career by working for the Alliance Review (Ohio), a daily owned by his brother Frank. In 1919, he and Frank bought the Lorain Times Herald, (Ohio), of which R.C. owned two-thirds. In 1921, they each purchased a one-third share in the Mansfield News (Ohio), ...

Obama’s Moral Bankruptcy Regarding Torture

by Andy Worthington June 28, 2010

Saturday was the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, established twelve years ago to mark the day, in 1987, when the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment or Treatment came into force, but you wouldn’t have found out about it through the mainstream U.S. media. No editorials or news ...