-- The idea that the state can provide services and other advantages to its citizens that did not previously exist is in contrast to the arguments of state protection—a fallacy that ought to be dismissed outright. #liberty #news
-- In his Friday Philosophy column, David Gordon celebrates the legacy of Ralph Raico, a revisionist historian who wrote and spoke eloquently of the folly of America‘s wars. Today, we look at his 1983 speech at the Cato Foundation that covered World Wars I and II. #liberty #news
-- William Rawle was a well-respected lawyer, legal scholar, an abolitionist, and a believer in the right of states to secede. He described this in A View of the Constitution of the United States of America, which many claimed to have read while at West Point prior to the Civil War. #liberty #news
-- While much attention has been devoted to the internal situation in Syria after the fall of the Assad government, another key aspect of this issue also deserves attention—Israel‘s seizure of the Golan Heights. #liberty #news
-- Much of the failure of American schools is due to the adherence to a flawed system of teaching students how to read. Homeschoolers often don‘t seem to have that problem, and there is a good reason why. #liberty #news
-- With the fall of Bashir Assad‘s government, Syria becomes yet another victim to the grand plans of American and European foreign policy elites. As we saw in Iraq after the US invasion, there will be no happy ending for the Syrians. #liberty #news
-- Moscow’s behavior in the international realm is that of a conservative and defensive realist great power, far from being a Hitlerish regime bent on global conquest, #liberty #news
