In an email to my father on July 18th, 2013 from my computer on Forward Operating Base Wolverine, I wrote, “This country is the hopeless dream of arrogant experts.” To this day, that line sums up my feelings about the entire war in Afghanistan. Now that the war is...
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Resist Biden’s Teetering Vax Mandate!
by Ron Paul | Nov 10, 2021 | Featured Articles
The Biden vaccine mandate appears to be falling apart before it’s even in place. From first responders to truck drivers to everyone in-between, the message is clear: many thousands are willing to be fired from their jobs rather than be forced to take a medical...
‘Trooper of the Year’ Sentenced to 17.5 Years for Producing, Distributing Child Porn
by Matt Agorist | Nov 9, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In 2018, Louisiana State Police Trooper of 18 years, Jason Boyet received one of the department’s highest honors—Trooper of the Year. Fast forward two years, and this hero cop was thrown in a jail cell after being arrested on charges of production and distribution of...
The Frances Haugen Insurgency
by Laurie Calhoun | Nov 8, 2021 | Featured Articles
Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen has taken the world by storm by stealing and sharing reams of company communications in which the social media giant’s cavalier attitudes toward a range of behaviors among its users are revealed. She compares what she regards as...
Twenty Years of Tracking U.S. ‘Progress’ In Afghanistan
by Jim Bovard | Nov 8, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The 20-year U.S. war in Afghanistan ended with a bang in August as a terrorist attack killed a dozen Marines at the Kabul airport. For almost 20 years, The Future of Freedom Foundation has been one of the few organizations that stalwartly criticized the Afghanistan...
TGIF: Another Climate Conference
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 5, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Sometimes we've got to be grateful for hypocrisy. If those who pretend to be world leaders actually delivered a fraction of what they promise in Glasgow, Scotland, where the UN's COP26 (Conference of Parties) Conference on Climate Change runs through Nov. 12, we'd be...
Joe Biden Approves $650 Million Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia
by Dave DeCamp | Nov 5, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Pentagon announced Thursday that the State Department approved a potential sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia worth about $650 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said Saudi Arabia requested a purchase of 280 AIM-120C air-to-air missiles, 596...
The Federal Government Is Whipping Companies Into Enforcing Vaccine Mandates
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured Articles
Advocates for vaccine mandates—led by the Biden Administration—are apparently unconcerned that the mandates are likely to drive down total employment and reduce access to government services. In many cases these are the same services that mandate-pushing politicians...