Rights are conditions of existence required by man's nature for his proper survival. If man is to live on earth, it is right for him to use his mind, it is right to act on his own free judgment, it is right to work for his values and to keep the product of his work. If life on earth is his purpose, he has a right to live as a rational being: nature forbids him the irrational.
February 6, 2026On Cuba, JFK Was Different from Trump
When President Kennedy approved the CIA’s plan to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, his mindset was pretty much like that of President Trump and the U.S. national-security establishment today. Kennedy, like Trump, the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA today, was convinced that a communist regime 90 miles away from American shores constituted a grave threat to U.S. “national security,” the ...
The Federal Punishment of an Innocent Man, Part 1
by Jacob Hornberger
The first thing to note about the federal conviction of libertarian Ian Freeman, who was in the business of selling Bitcoin, and ...
Another Question That Only Libertarians Are Asking
by Laurence M. Vance
The newest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans turns the iconic food pyramid upside down. It recommends that ...
How the FBI Crippled Democracy in 2016 and Beyond
by James Bovard
In last month’s Future of Freedom article, I explained how the 2016 presidential election made “post-truth” become the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of ...
