The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our external relations to have with them as little political connection as possible....Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns.
February 7, 2022 More U.S. Murders in the Middle East
The U.S. national-security establishment and its acolytes in the mainstream press are celebrating the U.S. military’s murder in Syria of Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim Hashimi Qurayshi. Mind you, they don’t call it murder. They call it a “targeted killing” of a “bad guy” or a “terrorist.” But murder it is because the U.S. military has no legitimate authority to kill anyone in ...
The Impact of Frédéric Bastiat on Libertarians Today by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What impact does the 19th century free-market economist Frederic Bastiat have on libertarians today? Join FFF president ...
Freedom Is a Stabilizing Influence
by Scott McPherson
The nativists at Breitbart are sounding the alarm. “Reports: U.S. Society Grows More Divided Amid Diversity” was a headline at Breitbart on January 28. ...
Is Elon Musk Paying His Fair Share?
by Laurence M. Vance
According to Forbes magazine, “The number of billionaires on Forbes’ 35th annual list of the world’s wealthiest exploded to an unprecedented ...
Will Politicians Revive American Slavery? by James Bovard
In the wake of America’s disastrous Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment was enacted to prohibit involuntary servitude....
