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Anything for War? George W. Bush and the Shadow of FDR

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In 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared, “I am perfectly willing to mislead and tell lies if it will help win the war.” Now in wartime it certainly may be necessary for a general or a commander in chief to try to misinform or deceive the enemy about a planned attack or about the defense positions and strength of one’s own troops. Military victory and saving the lives of one’s own armed forces may depend upon it. But FDR misled and lied about more than simply matters of “military security.” He deceived the American people during the two years prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor about his secret commitments to Great Britain to enter the war on the Allied side, about his aggressive naval confrontations with German U-boats in the North Atlantic at a time when the United States was a neutral power, and about his planning of a military confrontation with Japan in the Pacific while he was ...

Keep the Borders Open

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This article was originally published in the January 2002 edition of The World and I. In times of crisis, it is sometimes wise and constructive for people to return to first principles and to reexamine and reflect on where we started as a nation, the road we’ve traveled, where we are today, and the direction in which we’re headed. Such a reevaluation can help determine whether a nation has deviated from its original principles and, if so, whether a restoration of those principles would be in order. It is impossible to overstate the unusual nature of American society from the time of its founding to the early part of the 20th century. Imagine: no Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, income taxation, welfare, systems of public (i.e., government) schooling, occupational licensure, standing armies, foreign aid, foreign interventions, or ...

A Libertarian Visits Guatemala

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LAST SUMMER, I had one of the most uplifting experiences I have had in the many years that I have been advancing libertarianism. My week at Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala will always rank near the top in terms of events that have charged up my batteries big-time. I had heard of FMU as far back as 1987, when I was working as program director at The Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. And I have long known its founder, Manuel Ayau, who currently sits on FEE’s board of trustees. I also knew that the school had a reputation for teaching free-market principles. But I was totally unprepared for what I encountered. The college had invited me to deliver a series of lectures on libertarianism to students, professors, board members, and alumni of the college. The lectures would be given each evening and, together with discussion, would last 1 1/2 hours. Here were the topics: Monday. The nature and meaning of ...

The Fundamental Rights of the European Union: Individual Rights or Welfare-State Privileges? Part 2

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Part 1 | Part 2 IN NOVEMBER 1934, during the dark years of growing tyranny throughout Europe, British historian Ramsey Muir penned a short article that appeared in the pages of the journal The Nineteenth Century and After. His theme was “civilization and liberty.” He asked how it was that of all the civilizations around the world, only the ...