Let us determine that we shall not allow the state to be our master, but that we shall be the masters of the state. The long road of history is lined with the ruins of those states which bought the souls and the wills of their peoples by the lure of a granted security, and then led them to ruin by the same mirage. The world does not need one more such ruin. It needs a people who will be really secure and enduring, as far as mortal life is possible -- secure and enduring because each member or society is a person who accepts his and her responsibilities as duties, and asks only that the state act to keep the avenues of freedom open.
THE NATIONAL-SECURITY STATE AND
THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
The national-security establishment’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy was one of the pivotal events in our lifetime, and it continues to have an adverse impact on American life today. This conference will be oriented toward people who are not well-versed in the assassination and who wish to gain a deeper understanding of it.
April 27, 2021 The Managed Economy Destroys the First Amendment
The First Amendment guarantees people the right of free speech. It is a restriction on the power of the federal government to punish people for criticizing federal officials or for saying things that the government doesn’t like. Why did our ancestors want the Constitution amended in that way? Because they were certain that the federal government would end up attracting ...
Time to Lift the Embargo on Cuba
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Now that Raul Castro has resigned as president of Cuba, does this mean that the U.S. government's ...
On the Wrong Track
by Lance Lamberton
If ever there was an example of how government intervention in the marketplace creates unintended consequences and makes a situation it was intended to solve infinitely worse ...
Armed Self-Defense Is Essential in a Free Society by Richard M. Ebeling
The recent string of multiple-victim incidents of gun violence and police shootings of black Americans has once again resulted in renewed calls for restrictions on gun ownership. ...
