We don't want to rule the world | Mark Weisbrot | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

"It is not that the American people are so backward and ignorant, or bellicose. Rather the main problem is that the public has so little input into foreign policy decisions. That is what must change if we are to get away from the prospect of never-ending wars and conflicts, and from a foreign policy that continues to be one of the greatest obstacles to social and economic progress in the world."

We don't want to rule the world | Mark Weisbrot | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Religious Roots of Liberty - Rev. Edmund A. Opitz - Mises Institute

Good discussion of the relationship between religious belief and political/economic liberty.

Similar to Rose Wilder Lane's thesis in "Discovery of Freedom".

Religious Roots of Liberty - Rev. Edmund A. Opitz - Mises Institute: "Ludwig"

What Ted Kennedy Never Learned by Sheldon Richman

An open-eyed look at the Kennedy legacy and blindness.

What Ted Kennedy Never Learned by Sheldon Richman

Free the Drug Users and Tax Resisters Too by Jacob G. Hornberger

Good questions about the proportionality of the offense and the consequences for torturers, drug users, and tax resisters.

Free the Drug Users and Tax Resisters Too by Jacob G. Hornberger

Campaign For Liberty — What Is This "Free Market" We Keep Hearing About? Part II | by Tom Mullen

Great rebuttal of some free market fallacies and misconceptions.

Campaign For Liberty — What Is This "Free Market" We Keep Hearing About? Part II   | by Tom Mullen

EDITORIAL: Government thuggishness - Washington Times

"Thuggish behavior by politicians is a valid reason not to give them even more power over people's lives."

EDITORIAL: Government thuggishness - Washington Times

Get Out of Afghanistan and Everywhere Else by Jacob G. Hornberger

Good arguments for ending U.S. empire now.

Get Out of Afghanistan and Everywhere Else by Jacob G. Hornberger

The Evil-Mongering Of The American Medical Association - Forbes.com

Shikha Dalmia: If the president is serious about lowering health care costs instead of advancing an ideologically driven government takeover of the industry, he should be doing everything in his power to disband the American Medical Association -- not cozy up to it.

The Evil-Mongering Of The American Medical Association - Forbes.com

Free Association: Oh the Injustice!

Sheldon Richman points out the follow of railing against pre-existing condition exclusions in health insurance.

"When will we finally get homeowner's insurance reform so that companies will stop this cruel practice of refusing to cover preexisting conditions?"

Free Association: Oh the Injustice!

Why Conservatives and Liberals Dislike Libertarians by Jacob G. Hornberger

Hornberger writes, "Is there a bright light in all this? You bet there is! That light is libertarianism, one of the grandest and most glorious movements in history. Libertarianism is the political philosophy that rejects socialism, interventionism, and imperialism and aims to restore America’s heritage of economic liberty, free markets, sound money, and a limited-government republic. Libertarianism aims to protect Americans from the statism of both the Left and the Right. Is it any wonder why conservatives and liberals dislike libertarians?"

Why Conservatives and Liberals Dislike Libertarians by Jacob G. Hornberger

Soldiers Who Just Say No by Jon Letman -- Antiwar.com

Good article on some of the hidden costs of war.

Soldiers Who Just Say No by Jon Letman -- Antiwar.com

He Had a Gun and Nothing Happened - lincolncountyrecord.com

Larry Pratt reminds us. "One would think that consistently being wrong would be embarrassing, but one would be wrong about those who assume that common citizens are untrustworthy and dangerous. A tip of the hat to those who have stirred the debate. And, our thanks to them for exercising proper gun control and reminding us of how homeland security should be conducted."

He Had a Gun and Nothing Happened - lincolncountyrecord.com

CNSNews.com - Americans Had to Work from January 1 to August 12 This Year Just to Cover Cost of Government

Incredible and very sad. Get mad!

"In 2009, the cost of government will consume 61.34 percent of national income."

CNSNews.com - Americans Had to Work from January 1 to August 12 This Year Just to Cover Cost of Government

Paul Craig Roberts: Americans: Serfs Ruled by Oligarchs

Good article. Mr. Roberts asks, "Will Americans realize that they are not ruled by elected representatives but by an oligarchy that owns the Washington whorehouse? Will Americans ever understand that they are impotent serfs?"

Paul Craig Roberts: Americans: Serfs Ruled by Oligarchs

John Mackey: The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare - WSJ.com

Great healthcare recommendations from a man in the trenches.

John Mackey: The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare - WSJ.com

Hope Is No Substitute for Theory by Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman hits the nail on the head.

"One hopes Obama succeeds in ushering in an era of freedom, peace, and prosperity. But hope is idle. He will have to discover sound economic theory and a reservoir of courage to make it happen."

Hope Is No Substitute for Theory by Sheldon Richman

Congressman Ron Paul - We Need Sunlight to Disinfect the Legislative Process! - Texas Straight Talk

Ron Paul's proposed Sunlight Rule ten-day waiting period for a vote for all federal legislation sounds like a great idea.

Congressman Ron Paul - We Need Sunlight to Disinfect the Legislative Process! - Texas Straight Talk

Is "Bambi" Libertarian?

Murray Rothbard wrote, "It is not the business of the law to make anyone good or reverent or moral or clean or upright."

Is "Bambi" Libertarian?

CIA Hired Blackwater for Assassinations

The power to create private assassination squads is exclusively delegated to Congress, not the President.

CIA Hired Blackwater for Assassinations

The Bogus Right to Health Care by Jacob G. Hornberger

Jacob Hornberger writes, "Once the free market builds up that large wealth base, however, the statists pop up with their programs calling for coercion and plunder. That, in turn, inevitably leads to a shrinking of the wealth base, thereby condemning people to increasingly lower standards of living in terms of such things as health care, education, food, transportation, and the like. At the root of it all is the statists’ warped view of rights."

The Bogus Right to Health Care by Jacob G. Hornberger