If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
–George Washington, Address to officers of the Army [March 15, 1783]
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May 2, 2022 Is It "Disloyal" to "Side with Russia"?
Last week, I received an email from a conservative-oriented libertarian who suggested to me that it is disloyal to “side with Russia” because Ukraine was “just sitting there” when it was invaded by Russia. Are you kidding me? “Just sitting there”? As in just innocently minding its own business? I don’t think so. Sure, most everyone would concede that Russia had no ...
John Maynard Keynes and Keynesian Economics
by Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling
Who was John Maynard Keynes and how did he come to play such an important role in the ...
We're Only as Free as the Government Allows by John W. Whitehead
We’re in a national state of denial. For years now, the government has been playing a cat-and-mouse game with the American people,...
There Is No Federal Solution by Laurence M. Vance
The twentieth century in the United States can certainly be characterized by the massive increase in federal solutions to right every wrong, correct every ...