In an extra special way, foreign policy matters crucially to champions of individual liberty. Not that it doesn't matter to other people too -- just not in all the same ways. Anyone who understands the importance of keeping government power strictly limited in...
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The Democrats vs. Trump: A Bad Horror Movie?
by Ron Paul | Jun 14, 2023 | Featured Articles, Politics
The Democrats and Donald Trump reminds me of a bad horror movie, where the hapless protagonists only make the monster stronger with each attempt to eliminate it. So goes the Democrats’ endless attempts to finally rid America of the “scourge” of Donald Trump. Thanks to...
Is the Dam About to Burst on the Biden Crime Family?
by Andy Behlen | Jun 13, 2023 | Featured Articles, Politics
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said on June 5 that the FBI has a file on an informant that accuses President Joe Biden and his family of accepting millions of dollars in bribes. “It suggests a pattern of bribery where payments would be made...
TGIF: Condemning Tyranny Abroad and War
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 9, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Can foreign-policy noninterventionists publicly criticize foreign tyrannies without giving credence to the war party? Yes -- if they try. At least I hope so. Being a noninterventionist does not require agnosticism about, much less approval of, despotic regimes. U.S....
TGIF: Immigration and Liberty
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 2, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Forbidding freedom of movement to aspiring migrants strikes at the liberty not only of those individuals but also of citizens and legal residents of the United States. That's the way it is with immigration. Indeed, that's the way it is with freedom. The government...
TGIF: No One Has a Right to Make Immigration Policy
by Sheldon Richman | May 19, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says "no one has a right to immigrate" to the United States. "We determine as Americans," he says, "what type of immigration system benefits our country. When you're doing immigration, it's not for their benefit as foreigners. It's for your...
The FBI Vetoed the 2016 Presidential Election
by Jim Bovard | May 17, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
On Monday, Special Counsel John Durham released his final report on the FBI and Justice Department's abuse of power during the 2016 presidential election. His 316-page report proves that federal law enforcement was weaponized to rig American politics by shielding...
Bernie Sanders Is Angry About Wealth
by Trenton Hale | May 17, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
Bernie is at it again folks. Recently, the Democratic senator proposed that the government confiscate all the money that a person makes above $999 million. This came about from an interview with Chris Wallace discussing his new book, It’s OK to Be Angry About...