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Lessons in Freedom: Shopping in communism versus capitalism

by Tibor R. Machan In a narrative portion of his latest (and characteristically riveting) novel the author has written the following sentence that prompts me to wag my finger at him a bit. “Now it was a Western-style shopping mall stuffed with all the useless trinkets capitalism had to offer...”... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Too Many Un-American Americans

by Tibor R. Machan I am not sure Senator Rand Paul’s political philosophy is all around sound but one portion has my support and should have everyone’s. It is his consistent defense of the (George) Washingtonian idea of limited government as it pertains to America’s foreign and military policies. This... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: A Precis on Public Finance

by Tibor R. Machan In a free country public finance pertains to how the proper tasks of government must be funded. The first issue is what amounts to bona fide public finance. Since the job of government is to secure the protection of the rights of the citizenry, public finance... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Machan's Archives: Without a proper plan

by Tibor R. Machan A vital difference between champions of the fully free society (or libertarianism) and others who are concerned with political economic matters is that the former really do not approve of imposing any kind of agenda on the lives of others no matter how desirable it would... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom Archives: Fourth of July Reflections

by Tibor R. Machan For some people the Fourth of July is the most important holiday in America. Sadly, not for all, especially not just now when most of the leadership of the country has made it clear that principles do not matter. What matters is what is expedient or... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Ethnicity is Obsolete

by Tibor Machan One of Greece's most notable pieces of ancient history concerns the region's repeated battles with barbarians from the East. The Greeks considered themselves civilized, advanced, cultured people. Cultural chauvinism had been rampant and in most historical accounts it is generally thought to have been fully justified. The... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: How to Secure a free country

by Tibor R. Machan NSA’s excuse for snooping on innocent citizens -- namely, that it can prevent serious harm to us, might even save lives -- is spurious. If you incarcerated us all, that, too, might do all that. Free men and women are, of course, capable of violence, even... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: The Evil of Prior Restraint

by Tibor R. Machan NSA’s excuse for snooping on innocent citizens -- namely, that it can prevent serious harm to us, might even save lives -- is spurious. If you incarcerated us all, that, too, might do all that. Free men and women are, of course, capable of violence, even... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: My pleasures, my vices

Tibor R. Machan I am not in the habit of airing my dirty laundry, so this will be a rare case. I feel the urge to confess that I have some guilty pleasures, ones that actually have political implications. As someone who wants strict adherence to the ideas expressed in... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Barbaric Conduct in London

by Tibor R. Machan The apparent murderer in London declared on a video that "The only reasons we killed this man ... is because Muslims are dying daily," he said in video aired by CNN affiliate ITN. Of course, this is a dodge, once again: “we” didn’t kill this man.... Read more →