No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a free man and a slave…. Why may not the nobility, gentry and freeholders of England be trusted with the defence of their own lives, estates, and liberties, without having guardians and keepers assigned to them? ... Why may not a competent number of firelocks be kept in every parish, for the young men to exercise with on holy days, and rewards offered to the most expert, to stir up their emulation.
–James Burgh, Political Disquisitions [1774]
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March 3, 2022 How JFK Would Have Handled the Ukraine Crisis
There is no doubt that President Kennedy would have handled the Ukraine crisis totally different from the way that President Biden has handled it. Unlike Biden, Kennedy would have resolved the situation so that there never would have been a Russian invasion of Ukraine, which would have meant that all the death and suffering being wreaked in that country today would never have ...
Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom
by John W. Whitehead
War is the enemy of freedom. As long as America’s politicians continue to involve us in wars that bankrupt the nation...
9/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq, Part 2 by Jacob G. Hornberger
Prior to the 9/11 attacks, The Future of Freedom Foundation was publishing articles warning that the U.S. government’s deadly ...
Time to Put Uncle Sam on a Diet by Laurence M. Vance
A report issued a decade ago by the National Cancer Institute on the status of the American diet found that “three out of four ...
Thus Always To Tyrants
by Scott McPherson
In 2018, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) made headlines when he casually referred to “nukes” as a reasonable way to arbitrate a ...
The Evil and Destructiveness of Sanctions
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What is wrong with the sanctions that U.S. officials are imposing on Russia in response to the ...
