The question of how many courses of action are open to a person is, of course, very important. But it is a different question from that of how far in acting he can follow his own plans and intentions, to what extent the pattern of his conduct is of his own design, directed toward ends of which he has been persistently striving rather than toward necessities created by others in order to make him do what they want. Whether he is free or not does not depend on the range of choice but on whether he can expect to shape his course of action in accordance with his present intentions, or whether somebody else has power so as to manipulate the conditions as to make him act according to that person's will rather than his own.
An Encounter with Evil: The Abraham Zapruder Story
Almost a year ago, The Future of Freedom Foundation published my book An Encounter with Evil: The Abraham Zapruder Story, which I consider to be the best work I have done in the 33-year history of FFF. For decades, the official story had been that the famous Zapruder film, which captured the assassination of President Kennedy, had been delivered to LIFE ...
Should Hate Speech Be Made Illegal?
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Should federal or state governments make hate speech illegal? FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard ...
When the Government Thinks It Knows Best
by John W. Whitehead
It’s hard to say whether we’re dealing with a kleptocracy (a government ruled by thieves), a kakistocracy...
The Life and Significance of F. A. Hayek
by Richard M. Ebeling
People who knew Friedrich A. Hayek before he won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1974 sometimes said that he went ...
The Cost of the Nation's Endless Wars
by John W. Whitehead
Oh, the hypocrisy. To hear President Biden talk about Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, you might imagine...
Trump's Big Lie about Medicare and Social Security
by Laurence M. Vance
In a recent brief video message to his supporters, former president and current 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump warned Republicans about ...
