When a private individual meditates an undertaking, however connected it may be with the welfare of society, he never thinks of soliciting the co-operation of the government; but he publishes his plan, offers to execute it, courts the assistance of other individuals, and struggles manfully against all obstacles. Undoubtedly he is often less successful than the state might have been in his position; but in the end, the sum of these private undertakings far exceeds all that the government could have done.
–Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America [1835]
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 26, 2021 The Washington Post's Newest Attack on VMI
Yesterday, the editorial board of the Washington Post went on the attack again against Virginia Military Institute, claiming, among other things, that VMI “has an obligation to take seriously disturbing revelations in reporting by the Post.” Well, there is nothing like adding a bit of pomposity and arrogance to a controversy. Who died and made the Washington Post a standard with which people ...
Steps Toward Freedom and Away From It by Laurence M. Vance
Two things that are near and dear to the hearts of libertarians are the removal of government occupational licensing and the elimination of government ...
Total Tyranny
by John W. Whitehead
It never fails. Just as we get a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, there might be a chance of crawling out...
JFK Panel Q&A Discussion
by Douglas Horne, Michael Swanson, John Newman,
James DiEugenio, and Jacob Hornberger
This is the finale to our online conference “The National Security State and the Kennedy Assassination.” To ...
The Conflict of the Ages by Laurence M. Vance
The year 2020 was a dreadful year as it relates to individual liberty, free association, commercial freedom, and private property, and 2021 isn’t looking ...
