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Never-Ending U.S. Hypocrisy on Cuba

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In a visit to Cuba to improve relations, U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker dutifully lectured Cuban officials on what they need to do to improve conditions in Cuba. According to an article on ABCNews.com, Prizker said, We urge President Castro and his government to make it easier for Cuban citizens to trade and travel more freely, to enjoy the fruits of their labor, to access the Internet and to (be) hired directly by foreign companies. I’ve got a better idea for Pritzker, her boss President Obama, and the rest of the statists in Washington, D.C, both liberals and conservatives: Lead by example! Start by making it easier for American citizens to trade and travel freely to Cuba. Begin by lifting the decades-long U.S. embargo against Cuba, by which U.S. officials prosecute, convict, and incarcerate Americans citizens for traveling to Cuban and spending money there. Pritzker herself admits that this is a challenging task, given congressional opposition to lifting the embargo. All the more ...

Pope Francis and the U.S. Welfare-Warfare State

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Maybe — just maybe — Pope Francis’s visit to the United States will cause American Catholics and, for that matter, American Protestants (and maybe also Americans Jews, Muslims, and atheists) to reexamine some of their long-held views — views that are contrary to principles enunciated by Jesus Christ. No, I’m not referring to abortion, homosexuality, same-sex marriage, or celibacy for priests. What I’m referring to is what Jesus referred to as God’s second-greatest commandment: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,” which He said was just like the first, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” By his actions, Pope Francis reminds us that when he reaches out to help the poor, the poor are not limited to citizens of Vatican City or even to citizens of Argentina, where he was a citizen before becoming Pope. His view of the poor is universal — that is, it applies ...

The Idea of Open Borders Goes Mainstream

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Newsweek is about as mainstream as one can get, right? Now, consider the fact that yesterday Newsweek published an article by libertarian Jeff Tucker entitled “To Become Even More Prosperous We Should Open Our Borders,” which is a full-throated call for open immigration and free trade. The article was originally published on the website of The Foundation for Economic Education, where I worked as program director from 1987-1989. Like FFF, FEE is a libertarian educational foundation that has long called for open borders. In fact, when I first discovered libertarianism in the late 1970s, one of the FEE essays that had an impact on my libertarian intellectual development was one published in 1951 entitled, “The Freedom to Move (pdf)” by Oscar W. Cooley and Paul Lewis Poirot. Amidst a decades-long immigration uproar that revolves almost entirely around the hope that immigration controls can finally be made to work, I consider it astonishing that a mainstream publication like Newsweek suddenly decides ...

There Is Only One Libertarian Position on Immigration

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There is a common perception that there are two alternative libertarian positions on immigration: government-controlled borders and open borders. Nothing could be further from the truth. There is only one libertarian position on immigration, and that position is open immigration or open borders. After all, government-controlled borders and open borders are opposite positions. How could opposite positions on immigration both be ...

Donald Trump Visits My Hometown!

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Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump just visited my hometown of Laredo, Texas! Not surprisingly, Trump entered Laredo filled with fear. I say “not surprisingly” because Republicans live their lives filled with fear. Communists! Terrorists! Muslims! Illegal aliens! Drug dealers! Bin Laden! Saddam! Ho Chi Minh! Republicans are convinced that they’re all coming to get us. Knees are always a’knockin’ ...

Don’t Some Libertarians Favor Immigration Controls?

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I recently received a good question about libertarianism and open borders: Aren’t there some libertarians who favor immigration controls? If so, doesn’t that preclude anyone from saying that libertarians favor open borders? The answer to the first question is yes, and the answer to the second question is no. The fact that some libertarians favor immigration controls is irrelevant in determining ...