The objection to politics and politicians, the primary indictment against all their works and ways, is that they spoil life. Human life is naturally a lovely, enjoyable, attractive thing. We are all conscious that if we could only be left alone, life would be glorious and desirable and we could do almost anything with it. But the politicians never let us alone; and while we are all busily trying to do our poor best with our lives under such throttling conditions as they put upon us, they are busily trying to thwart us.
–Albert Jay Nock, “Pearls Before Swine” [1922]
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.
May 5, 2021 Don't Stop with Afghanistan
Now that the U.S. government is ostensibly ending its forever war in Afghanistan, the question naturally arises: Why stop there? Why not end U.S. interventionism in other countries, such as Iraq, Yemen, Syria, and others? Why stop with Afghanistan? Indeed, this would be an excellent time to end permanently America’s policy of foreign interventionism. What good has it done? All that it has ...
Biden's Agenda of "Democratic" Paternalism and Planning
by Richard M. Ebeling
President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress on April 28, 2021 marked the first 100 days of his administration, and enabled ...
Liberty in Peril
by George Leef
I finished reading Prof. Randall Holcombe’s book Liberty in Peril during the 2020 election. I have yet to hear...
Taking the Good with the Bad by Laurence M. Vance
Marijuana freedom is a good thing. The taxation of marijuana is a bad thing. Unfortunately, owing to the greed of spendthrift politicians, it looks ...
