Can Anyone Pacify the World?

By Alfred McCoy Can Anyone Pacify the World’s Number One Narco-State? The Opium Wars in Afghanistan For these poppy growers and thousands more like them, the return of government control, however contested, brought with it a perilous threat: opium eradication. Throughout all the shooting and shouting, American commanders seemed strangely unaware that Marja might qualify [...]

Individualism vs. Collectivism: A Discourse on Political Ideology

The True Debate of Our Time. An animated series exploring the substance behind the political terminology used in contemporary debates. The research of Mr G. Edward Griffin reveals how all viewpoints can be stripped down to 2 basic positions. Discover how the different approaches of Collectivism and Individualism impact on all aspects of our lives, [...]

Healthcare and Economic Realities

By Ron Paul With passage of last week’s bill, the American people are now the unhappy recipients of Washington’s disastrous prescription for healthcare “reform.” Congressional leaders relied on highly dubious budget predictions, faulty market assumptions, and outright fantasy to convince a slim majority that this major expansion of government somehow will reduce federal spending. This [...]

Wishful Thinking on Health Care

By Sheldon Richman This is an elaboration of my remarks at the seventh annual Jolicoeur Seminar, an event put on this week by FEE and the economics department at Western New England College, Springfield, Mass. How an issue is framed is crucial to how it is decided. Advocates of the package of health insurance regulations, [...]

Will one U.S. State lead the way on health freedom?

The real health reform solution: A Health Freedom Zone in America (NaturalNews) Even as America has just been handed a “reformed” health care monopoly, most Americans by now realize that the drugs-and-surgery approach to health care is a failure. Keeping people sick and diseased so that you can pump more profits into the pharmaceutical corporations [...]

Government Caused the Meltdown

By George C. Leef Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse by Thomas E. Woods (Regnery, 2009); 194 pages. Thomas Woods’s Meltdown is a truly radical book. That is to say, it probes to the root of America’s persistent boom-and-bust economic cycles. [...]

The Philosophy Of Liberty

The Philosophy of Liberty When you hear Ron Paul say that he stands for the Philosophy of Liberty, this is what he means. The philosophy of liberty is based on the most fundamental concept of of liberty:   self-ownership. This simple but elegant  animation will explain exactly what that means. It’s a great tool anyone [...]

Will the U.S. default on its debt?

National Inflation Association We would like to provide you right now with the 10 most important NIAnswers that we have recently added to our database. Please take the time to read and enjoy! 1 – Is there any kind of signal to look out for that would indicate that hyperinflation is close, or will it [...]

Obamacare, Medical Marijuana and Nullification

By Michael Boldin Freedom in One Word Now that Heath Care legislation has passed, the obvious question for opponents is this: Now What? My answer is best summed up with just one word: Marijuana. No, I don’t mean that you should go out and smoke away your anger and frustration. Instead, you should feel empowered. [...]

States Sue Over Healthcare Overhaul That Will Bust State Budgets

By Pat Wechsler Bloomberg President Barack Obama faces a fight over the health-care overhaul from states that sued today because the legislation’s expansion of Medicaid imposes a fiscal strain on their cash-strapped budgets. Florida, Texas and Pennsylvania are among 14 states that filed suit after the president signed the bill over the constitutionality of the [...]

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