December 8, 2020 Pearl Harbor and the Bay of Pigs
U.S. officials have long criticized Japan for its supposedly unprovoked military attack on Pearl Harbor, which enabled President Roosevelt to fulfill his desire to intervene into World War II. As I showed in my blog post yesterday, the Japanese attack was hardly unprovoked, given Roosevelt’s actions that were designed to provoke Japan into “firing the first shot,” which would enable Roosevelt ...
Republicans and the Minimum Wage
by Laurence M. Vance
Republicans claim to believe in limited government, the free market, and the free-enterprise system, but their claims often ring hollow. A case in point ...
The Late Great Walter Williams
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
As you may have heard, the great libertarian economist Walter Williams passed away this week. Join FFF ...
"Extremism" as a Ticket to Tyrannize
by James Bovard
“Extremists” are one of the famous bogeymen that American politicians invoke to sanctify their own power. But the definition of “extremism” has forever been ...
The Socialist Elixir Is a Deadly Cyanide
by Richard M. Ebeling
Suppose you saw someone holding a bottle that had a label with the word “cyanide” and he was about to drink from it. You ...