Intelligence and Ethics: The Cia’s Covert Operations
This paper will examine the CIA’s role in the international power struggle by briefly outlining the formation and early history of the CIA, t
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The Fall and Rise of Puritanical Policy in America
The American Revolution restored private and local control over goods such as alcohol and tobacco, but since the period of the Early Republic, the prohibitionist agenda has, with few deviations, continued on this trend of increasing central control.
All Government is Excessive: A Rejoinder to Dwight Lee’s “In Defense of Excessive Government”
Given Dwight Lee’s stalwart free enterprise credentials, it is more than passingly curious that the title of his 1998 Presidential Address to the S
Wresting Land from the Sea: An Argument Against Public Goods Theory
According to many economists we need the state to provide public goods.
Is Government Really Inevitable?
In response to my article, “Government: Unnecessary but Inevitable” (2004), Walter Block (2005) offers a detailed refutation of my argument on the
Review of To Serve and Protect: Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice by Bruce Benson
This is the most important book on public policy to be published in a long time.
Self-Ownership, Abortion, and the Rights of Children: Toward a More Conservative Libertarianism
For many libertarians, the thesis of self-ownership is the foundation of their political philosophy.
Constitutional Chaos: What Happens When the Government Breaks its Own Laws by Andrew Napolitano
In this article, William L. Anderson reviews Judge Andrew P.
Revisiting “Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy?”
Three decades ago, I published “Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy?” The answer I gave is that we do not, that government only substitutes one ki
How the Peace Was Lost: Ignoring the Presidential Oath in 1964 and 2002–2003
On February 16, 2001, while George W.
