There is in fact a manly and legitimate passion for equality that spurs all men to wish to be strong and esteemed. This passion tends to elevate the lesser to the rank of the greater. But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the strong down to their level, and which reduces men to preferring equality in servitude to inequality in freedom.
The War on Poverty Impoverishes the Poor
Among the worst things that has ever happened to the poor is the federal government’s war on poverty. As a socialist program, it actually impoverishes the poor rather than improve their overall economic condition. That’s because it destroys or impedes the forces that raise the standard of living of everyone in society, especially the poor. Let’s begin with an imaginary nation, one in ...
Private: The Debt Ceiling Circus Again
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What will be the outcome of the latest debt-ceiling controversy? Join FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard M. Ebeling...
World Economic Forum Wants to Make You a Serf
by James Bovard
The January meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, should have set off alarms among freedom lovers around the globe. The ...
The Terrible Truth about U.S. Foreign Policy by Laurence M. Vance
Many conservatives just don’t get it when it comes to U.S. foreign policy. After Lu Shaye, China’s outspoken ambassador to France, stated ...
The Evil of the Income Tax
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What has been the impact of the income tax on the lives and liberties of the American ...
