Measures of Freedom

Freedom House Ratings, Freedom in the World 2009
2009: Political Rights: 4, Civil Liberties: 3, Status: Partly Free
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report
2002: 6.6 (out of 10)
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2006: 6.72 (out of 10)
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2003 Annual Report
2001: 6.6 (out of 10)

Articles

Killing in the Name of Democracy, by James Bovard, Freedom Daily, Jun 2006
Related Topics: Democracy, Dominican Republic, Mexico
"William McKinley ... promised to 'Christianize' the Filipinos, as if he did not consider the large number of Filipino Catholics to be Christians. ... Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos died as the United States struggled to crush resistance to its rule in a conflict that dragged on for a decade and cost the lives of 4,000 American troops."
The Spanish-American War: The Leap into Overseas Empire, Part 1, by Joseph R. Stromberg, Freedom Daily, Dec 1998
Related Topics: Spain, Cuba, Imperialism
The Spanish-American War: The Leap into Overseas Empire, Part 2, by Joseph R. Stromberg, Freedom Daily, Jan 1999
Related Topics: Spain, Cuba, Imperialism