Fair versus Free by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 The Federal Communications Commission seeks to enforce a "fairness doctrine" on radio and TV stations. We suffered numerous "fair trade" laws, until they were declared unenforceable. One businessman vies with another in proclaiming his faith in competition provided that it is "fair." Yet, scrutinize word for word the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and you will not find the word "fair." The First Amendment does not protect the "fair" exercise of religion, but the "free" exercise thereof; it does not restrain Congress from abridging the "fairness" of speech or of the press, but the "freedom" of speech or of the press. The modern tendency to substitute "fair" for "free" reveals how far we have moved from the initial conception of the Founding Fathers. They viewed government as policeman and umpire. They ...
Freedom Daily – 1998 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 January 1998 Compromise and Concealment-The Road to Defeat: Part V by Jacob G. Hornberger Monetary Central Planning and the State, Part XIII: FDR's New Deal by Richard M. Ebeling Recall the Government Meat Inspectors by Sheldon Richman The Justice Department's Other Criminal Cover-Up by James Bovard Book ReviewSocialism and War: The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, vol. 10 by Richard M. Ebeling back to top February 1998 Compromise and Concealment-The Road to Defeat: Part VI by Jacob G. Hornberger Monetary Central Planning and the State, Part XIV: The New Deal and Its Critics by Richard M. Ebeling Immigration Controls Cause Exploitation by Sheldon Richman Plundering Immigrants and Other Travelers by James Bovard Foreign Aid, Help or Hindrance? Part 1 by Doug Bandow Book ReviewInterventionism: An Economic Analysis by Richard M. Ebeling back to top March 1998 Loving the Children by Jacob G. Hornberger Monetary Central Planning and the State, Part XV: John Maynard Keynes and the "New Liberalism" by Richard M. Ebeling Hair ...
Commentaries – 2009 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 December 2009 Serious Problems with Obama's Plan to Move Guantnamo to Illinois by Andy Worthington What Does It Take to Get Out of Obama's Guantnamo? by Andy Worthington There's No Such Thing as a Free Mammogram by Sheldon Richman Do We Really Need a Central Bank? (Video) by Steve Horwitz Cleared for Release and Still in Limbo by Andy Worthington Kill the Insurance Mandate by Sheldon Richman Medical Marijuana Does Not Equal Freedom by Sheldon Richman Guantnamo: Idealists Leave Obama's Sinking Ship by Andy Worthington November 2009 Libertarianism Is the Only Way Out by Jacob G. Hornberger Gold, Freedom, and the Fed by Jacob G. Hornberger Judge Orders Release of Algerian from Guantnamo (But He's Not Going Anywhere) by Andy Worthington Inconsistent Conservatives and Progressives by Sheldon Richman Health-Care "Reform": It's All About Power by Sheldon Richman An Evening ...
Commentaries – 2006 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 December 2006 End Draft Registration! by Sheldon Richman Would You "Support the Troops" in Bolivia? by Jacob G. Hornberger Anti-Life Ethics in Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger Death by Consensus by Sheldon Richman Is Any War Civil? by Sheldon Richman End the Other War Too by ...
Gold and Freedom, Part 4 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 On April 5, 1933 about a month after taking office President Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order commanding every American to turn in his gold to the federal government. The order was ...
Gold and Freedom, Part 4 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 On April 5, 1933 — about a month after taking office — President Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order commanding every American to turn in his gold to the federal government. The order was ...
Blame Republicans for Big Government by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Government power is growing, and unless President Barack Obama and the majority in Congress have a libertarian epiphany, it will continue to grow for years. Obama’s 2010 budget will come in at more than $3.4 trillion, with a deficit of well over $1 trillion. Though the deficit will decline — ...
Blame Republicans for Big Government by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Government power is growing, and unless President Barack Obama and the majority in Congress have a libertarian epiphany, it will continue to grow for years. Obamas 2010 budget will come in at more than $3.4 trillion, with a deficit of well over $1 trillion. Though the deficit will decline ...
Blame Republicans for Big Government by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Government power is growing, and unless President Barack Obama and the majority in Congress have a libertarian epiphany, it will continue to grow for years. Obamas 2010 budget will come in at more than $3.4 trillion, with a deficit of well over $1 trillion. Though the deficit will decline ...
The Socialist Bailout of Wall Street, Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 During the recent presidential race, Republican John McCain accused Democrat Barack Obama of being a socialist, owing to Obama’s belief in using the federal government to “spread the wealth.” Obama, for his part, expressed surprise at being accused of being a ...
Freedom Daily – 2008 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 January 2008 To receive your personal copy of Freedom Daily, subscribe to our print version ($25 per year) or our email version ($15 per year). The Enemy-Combatant Attack on Freedom, Part 1 by Jacob G. Hornberger Woodstock May Have Saved Sen. McCains Life by Sheldon ...
Open Borders Work, Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 Opponents of immigration marshal a battery of objections to opening up borders. They claim that it would cost jobs, pose a huge welfare burden, and threaten Americans way of life even their security. Yet these ...
