[T]here is no more truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity . . . .
December 21, 2021 An Incriminating Piece in the JFK Assassination Puzzle
My immediate reaction to the National Archives’ very limited release of a few of the CIA’s JFK-assassination records is this: I’m not interested in seeing what they’re releasing. I’m interested in seeing what they’re still hiding. However, there was at least one document that they recently released that is incriminating. It’s a document that the CIA published on the Sunday morning after ...
The Christmas Baby Born in a Police State
by John W. Whitehead
The Christmas story of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had...
A Republic, Not a Democracy by Scott McPherson
Late-night political hack and former comedian Stephen Colbert doesn't usually warrant any notice, but he stumbled onto an important truth recently. Lamenting the possibility ...
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 ...