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America’s Continued Posturing for War through NATO

America’s Continued Posturing for War through NATO

On March 28, 2017, the United States Senate voted to give the president the power to bring Montenegro into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The process reveals the extent to which Congress has abandoned its war power authority to the executive branch....
1937: A Year That Will Live in Infamy

1937: A Year That Will Live in Infamy

by Miller Upton, FEE.org. Originally published Dec. 1, 1984 At a time when the economy of the United States is being strangled internally by excessive governmental expenditures and undermined internationally by comparatively low labor productivity, it is well to...
A Gift for My Daughter

A Gift for My Daughter

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Dec. 2002. A previous version of it was published on Dec. 25, 1966, dedicated to Harry’s then 9-year-old daughter. It’s Christmas, and I have the usual problem of deciding what to give you. I know you might enjoy...
A Powerful Government and a Weak Nation

A Powerful Government and a Weak Nation

One of the prime characteristics of our age is the tendency of Americans to conflate the federal government and our country. We see this especially in the realm of foreign policy, where people praise the troops for their service to their country when, in fact, the...