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The Cowardice of the Conservative

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Conservatives are an interesting bunch. In a desperate attempt to differentiate themselves from liberals, they like to mock folks on the Left while talking as if they themselves were in agreement with libertarians. I just vote Republican because theyre the lesser of two evils is a common excuse for their continued support of that party and its philosophy (for lack of a better word). But when you scratch below the surface of the typical conservative you find someone whose principles are about as far from libertarian as the leftist principles he condemns. As a friend of mine once said, Conservatives like to talk about limited government they just never say what they want it limited to. In short, conservatives are typically cowards who dont have the courage of their alleged convictions. For example, take the issue of immigration, a hot topic this ...

The Cowardice of the Conservative

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Conservatives are an interesting bunch. In a desperate attempt to differentiate themselves from liberals, they like to mock folks on the Left while talking as if they themselves were in agreement with libertarians. “I just vote Republican because they’re the lesser of two evils” is a common excuse for their continued support of that party and its philosophy (for lack of a better word). But when you scratch below the surface of the typical conservative you find someone whose principles are about as far from libertarian as the leftist principles he condemns. As a friend of mine once said, “Conservatives like to talk about ‘limited government’ — they just never say what they want it limited to.” In short, conservatives are typically cowards who don’t have the courage of their alleged convictions. For example, take the issue of immigration, a hot topic this ...

Background of the Middle East Conflict, Part 1

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The modern-day Middle East centers on Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt — clustered close to the Mediterranean Sea. Lying near the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Middle East has traditionally acted as a commercial, cultural, and military route between the worlds of East and West. The British “poet of empire,” Rudyard Kipling, wrote, “East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.” But, in the Middle East, the two have not only met, they have often collided because of overlapping or conflicting interests in the region. For one thing, the West’s demand for the abundant Middle East oil has risen dramatically in the last century, which makes the West vulnerable to price and other controls imposed by the Eastern powers. Moreover, the region gave birth to three of the world’s great religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Many of the world’s most sacred shrines and sites are located in the Middle East, particularly ...

Introduction to The Failure of America’s Foreign Wars

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The following is the introduction to The Failure of America’s Foreign Wars, published by The Future of Freedom Foundation in 1996. The twentieth century has been the era of the social engineer. Regardless of the labels the social engineer has chosen to use at various times and in different places—communism, socialism, fascism, Nazism, social liberalism, welfare statism, interventionism, one-worldism—they ...

A New Foreign-Policy Paradigm for America

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Ludwig von Mises observed that government intervention inexorably leads to more government intervention until the point comes that government assumes total control over the affairs of the citizenry. The idea is that since government interventions always produce perverse consequences, government officials will inevitably enact new interventions designed to fix the problems resulting from the earlier ones. The cycle repeats ...