Jeff Halper, the American-born, Israel-based veteran human-rights activist is heroic. He has dedicated his life to working for justice for the Palestinian victims of Israeli settler colonialism, much of that as the director of the Israeli Committee Against House...
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TGIF: What Now, Libertarians?
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 12, 2021 | Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The prospects for individual liberty and the required rollback of the government seem as bleak as ever, but we can't let appearances, no matter how pervasive, be decisive. The spark within most people--the longing to chart one's course in life--never really dies....

TGIF: Imperial America, Which Never Left, Is Back
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 5, 2021 | Foreign Policy, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
In a cliche-ridden foreign-policy speech delivered at the State Department on Thursday, President Joe Biden declared that "America is back"--on the global stage, presumably, as policeman of the world, but certainly not a disinterested policeman. The problem is that it...

TGIF: Is Socialism Good in Theory?
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 9, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
This is an expanded version of something I wrote for The Freeman, October 2003, during my tenure as the editor. Socialism has been mortally discredited on economic grounds, thanks to Ludwig von Mises, F. A. Hayek, and history. But for many people it has not been...
Unpleasant Times
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 31, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman
If Ludwig von Mises were alive today he would be viewing our current predicament with alarm but not surprise. He lived through something similar about a century ago. In response to inexcusable police brutality, some outraged people who've taken to the streets have...
Regarding Seth Rogen: Some Feelings Ought to Be Hurt
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 3, 2020 | Justice, Sheldon Richman
When actor Seth Rogen, an atheist of Jewish heritage, announced that he no longer supports Israel -- "I was fed a huge amount of lies about Israel my entire life" -- he was criticized for his apostasy. (Being an atheist does not constitute Jewish heresy, but breaking...
To Annex or Not to Annex — Is the Question Moot?
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 22, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice, Sheldon Richman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who remains under a cloud of personal corruption, had more or less promised to annex some of the West Bank in July. He's let his deadline slip, we've been told, because he doesn't want to proceed while his buddy Trump is...
TGIF: Mises, Ryle, and Me
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 10, 2020 | Sheldon Richman, TGIF
In 1949, the first year of Harry S. Truman's only elective presidential term, three things happened that were of huge importance ... at least to me. Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) published Human Action. Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976) published The Concept of Mind. And, oh...