War and Foreign Policy

We have become the people our founding fathers warned us (and tried to protect us) against.

Possibly, once the rush gets underway, the only "state" that will be left in Old America will be the District of Columbia.

Taxes are the price we pay for civilization.

"Why is it that people who rightly criticize the income tax are so quick to accept a national sales tax on consumption?"

Andrew Bacevich has written a powerful but flawed criticism of American foreign policy. Both an academic historian and a professional soldier, he is exceptionally qualified to undertake such a critique.

Fareed Zakaria poses a fundamental question. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, America has dominated the world. How long can we remain in this position?

If we, continuing to view ourselves in a hegemonic role, act to thwart these assertions of national ambition, we risk hostility and war.

Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on February 15, 1995 in Auburn, Alabama.

Obama's head is filled with myths and lies, not only about FDR and the New Deal but also about the government's power to repair the existing economic problems. With this model in his head, he can only do evil. This must change.

Robert Higgs, author of Depression, War, and Cold War, explains the economics of inflation in light of historical experience.