The average age of the world's great civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependency back again to bondage.
December 16, 2021 The Debt Ceiling and Inflation
Not surprisingly, both houses of Congress approved another increase in the debt ceiling and have sent the bill to President Biden, who will most assuredly sign it. The bill raises the debt ceiling to $31.5 trillion. This debt ceiling is expected to last through the upcoming mid-term elections so that incumbent elected officials don't have to deal with it in their campaigns for ...
Democracy versus Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What is the import of President Biden's democracy summit? Join FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Citadel ...
Carl Menger's Free Market Advice to an Austrian Crown Prince
by Richard M. Ebeling
I will never forget a formal dinner I attended shortly after the 9/11 attacks. It was sponsored by a conservative-oriented libertarian foundation. There were ...
American Cities Are Socialist Nightmares
by Scott McPherson
America’s cities are petri dishes of “progressive” governance. Anyone who cares to see the consequences of radical left-wing policies need...
FDR's Infamy on Pearl Harbor by Jacob G. Hornberger
What were the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? Did U.S. policy decisions ...