Murray Rothbard discusses the critical turning point in Republican politics: 1946-1950. In the realm of direct politics, it seemed clear that there was only one place for those of us not totally disillusioned with political action: the “extreme right wing” of the Republican Party. It was solidly isolationist and opposed to foreign wars and
Take the quiz. An article from USA Today on the ISI report. Breakdown of the results. It is unfortunately not surprising that the questions on basic economics were among the ones with the lowest percentage scored
A selection of quotes from Ernest Hemingway’s “Notes on the Next War: A Serious Topical Letter” first published in Esquire (September 1935): - “War is no longer made by simply analysed economic forces if it ever was. War is made or planned now by individual men, demagogues and dictators who play on the patriotism of their people to mislead them
One of the most brilliant and forceful attacks on Cold War foreign policy in the postwar era came from the pen of the veteran free-market publicist Garet Garrett. In his pamphlet “The Rise of Empire,” published in 1952, Garrett began by declaring: “We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire.” Linking his thesis with his
In order to slow illegal immigration, the US government is going to construct a fence along the international water boundary with Mexico. Not alongside the Rio Grande, but along the international water boundary . According to the AOL News article Border Fence Sparks Outrage in Town : “GRANJENO, Texas (Nov. 8) - Founded 240 years ago, this sleepy
How comfy we are all in the United States, as we engage in living-room debates about the US occupation of Iraq. But there’s one thing Americans don’t talk about: the lives of Iraqis, or, rather, the deaths of Iraqis. It’s about time that we think about the numbers. Opinion Research Business, a highly reputable polling firm in the UK, has just
[This article is taken from chapter 5 of The Betrayal of the American Right .] During World War I and the 1920s, “isolationism,” that is, opposition to American wars and foreign intervention, was considered a Left phenomenon, and so even the laissez-faire isolationists and revisionists were considered to be “leftists.” Opposition to the postwar
[This article is from chapter 8 of The Betrayal of the American Right .] General MacArthur Receives Distinguished Service Medal from President Truman In the realm of direct politics, it seemed clear that there was only one place for those of us not totally disillusioned with political action: the “extreme right wing” of the Republican Party. It
[This article originally appeared in the final issue of Left & Right .] On August 25, 1968, less than a week after completing the final draft of the article which constitutes this issue of Left & Right , Harry Elmer Barnes died at the age of 79. All persons leave an irreplaceable gap when they die; but this gap is truly enormous in the case of
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid triggered a flurry of partisan attacks and counterattacks with his statement that “this war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything.” Perhaps most striking about his assertion that we ought to abandon rather than escalate a war that cannot be won is how inconsistently it is applied. There are a host
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