https://www.freedomcircle.com/ Changes to Freedom Circle pages, an extensive online reference on topics of freedom and liberty, human life and rational thought, and the economic, legal, political and other aspects conducive to freedom. en-us Creative Commons Attribution License, 2026, by Freedom Circle webmaster@freedomcircle.com Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:48:29 GMT https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/attack-11-sep https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/attack-11-sep [UPDATED] in Articles: Thinking about Foreign Policy -- Analyzes why most people, even libertarians, tend to think about foreign policy as if it were decided upon by "the people" or at least with their interests in mind, rather than the "ruling elite" and its desire "to preserve and augment its own power". https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/children https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/children [UPDATED] in Articles: Sanctions: The Cruel and Brutal War against the Iraqi People, Part 2 -- Continues the account of the U.S. government sanctions against Iraq, describing the "oil for food" program, the resignations of two senior United Nations officials in protest and the influence on the 11 Sept 2001 attacks. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/foreign-entanglements https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/foreign-entanglements [UPDATED] in Articles: Thinking about Foreign Policy -- Analyzes why most people, even libertarians, tend to think about foreign policy as if it were decided upon by "the people" or at least with their interests in mind, rather than the "ruling elite" and its desire "to preserve and augment its own power". https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/government https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/government [UPDATED] in Articles: The Accidental Inventor of Today's Capitalism: Jean-Baptiste Say, No Longer a Villain, Stands Guard Over Free Markets -- Written in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, discusses Say's law, both as popularly heard and what he actually wrote, and Keynes' role in making Say's unwritten words famous as well as his preference for government intervention.[UPDATED] in Articles: Thinking about Foreign Policy -- Analyzes why most people, even libertarians, tend to think about foreign policy as if it were decided upon by "the people" or at least with their interests in mind, rather than the "ruling elite" and its desire "to preserve and augment its own power". https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/libertarianism https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/libertarianism [UPDATED] in Articles: Thinking about Foreign Policy -- Analyzes why most people, even libertarians, tend to think about foreign policy as if it were decided upon by "the people" or at least with their interests in mind, rather than the "ruling elite" and its desire "to preserve and augment its own power". https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/ricardo-david https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/ricardo-david [UPDATED] in Articles: The Accidental Inventor of Today's Capitalism: Jean-Baptiste Say, No Longer a Villain, Stands Guard Over Free Markets -- Written in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, discusses Say's law, both as popularly heard and what he actually wrote, and Keynes' role in making Say's unwritten words famous as well as his preference for government intervention. https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/richman-sheldon https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/richman-sheldon [UPDATED] in Writings: Thinking about Foreign Policy -- Analyzes why most people, even libertarians, tend to think about foreign policy as if it were decided upon by "the people" or at least with their interests in mind, rather than the "ruling elite" and its desire "to preserve and augment its own power". https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/say-jean-baptiste https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/say-jean-baptiste [UPDATED] in Articles: The Accidental Inventor of Today's Capitalism: Jean-Baptiste Say, No Longer a Villain, Stands Guard Over Free Markets -- Written in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, discusses Say's law, both as popularly heard and what he actually wrote, and Keynes' role in making Say's unwritten words famous as well as his preference for government intervention. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/state https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/state [UPDATED] in Articles: Thinking about Foreign Policy -- Analyzes why most people, even libertarians, tend to think about foreign policy as if it were decided upon by "the people" or at least with their interests in mind, rather than the "ruling elite" and its desire "to preserve and augment its own power". https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/taxation https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/taxation [UPDATED] in Articles: Thinking about Foreign Policy -- Analyzes why most people, even libertarians, tend to think about foreign policy as if it were decided upon by "the people" or at least with their interests in mind, rather than the "ruling elite" and its desire "to preserve and augment its own power". https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/world-war-ii https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/world-war-ii [UPDATED] in Articles: Thinking about Foreign Policy -- Analyzes why most people, even libertarians, tend to think about foreign policy as if it were decided upon by "the people" or at least with their interests in mind, rather than the "ruling elite" and its desire "to preserve and augment its own power". https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/attack-11-sep https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/attack-11-sep [UPDATED] in Interviews: Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski -- Video and transcript of the C-SPAN talk show; Lamb interviews Kwiatkowski about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and her participation in the 2005 film Why We Fight. https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/bush-george-w https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/bush-george-w [UPDATED] in Interviews: Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski -- Video and transcript of the C-SPAN talk show; Lamb interviews Kwiatkowski about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and her participation in the 2005 film Why We Fight. https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/eisenhower-dwight-d https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/eisenhower-dwight-d [UPDATED] in Interviews: Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski -- Video and transcript of the C-SPAN talk show; Lamb interviews Kwiatkowski about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and her participation in the 2005 film Why We Fight. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/iraq-war-2003 https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/iraq-war-2003 [UPDATED] in Interviews: Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski -- Video and transcript of the C-SPAN talk show; Lamb interviews Kwiatkowski about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and her participation in the 2005 film Why We Fight. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/military-industrial-complex https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/military-industrial-complex [UPDATED] in Interviews: Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski -- Video and transcript of the C-SPAN talk show; Lamb interviews Kwiatkowski about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and her participation in the 2005 film Why We Fight. https://www.freedomcircle.com/group/republican-party-us https://www.freedomcircle.com/group/republican-party-us [UPDATED] in Interviews: Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski -- Video and transcript of the C-SPAN talk show; Lamb interviews Kwiatkowski about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and her participation in the 2005 film Why We Fight. https://www.freedomcircle.com/work/why-we-fight-film https://www.freedomcircle.com/work/why-we-fight-film [UPDATED] in Interviews: Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski -- Video and transcript of the C-SPAN talk show; Lamb interviews Kwiatkowski about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and her participation in the 2005 film Why We Fight. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/attack-11-sep https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/attack-11-sep [UPDATED] in Articles: More Bush Insults -- Comments on George W. Bush's nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court and on his speech asking for support on the "war on terror".[UPDATED] in Articles: A Letter From Butler Shaffer -- Relates the change in people's behavior after the September 2001 attacks, some standing up for principle whereas others followed the herd, but in the end finding some cause for optimism. https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/bush-george-w https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/bush-george-w [UPDATED] in Articles: More Bush Insults -- Comments on George W. Bush's nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court and on his speech asking for support on the "war on terror". https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/california https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/california [NEW] in Measures of Freedom: Economic Freedom Summary -- 2023 subnational level score: 4.79, rank: 47. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/constitution-us https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/constitution-us [UPDATED] in Articles: More Bush Insults -- Comments on George W. Bush's nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court and on his speech asking for support on the "war on terror". https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/hawaii https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/hawaii [NEW] in Measures of Freedom: Economic Freedom Summary -- 2023 subnational level score: 4.63, rank: 48. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/liberty-individual https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/liberty-individual [UPDATED] in Articles: A Letter From Butler Shaffer -- Relates the change in people's behavior after the September 2001 attacks, some standing up for principle whereas others followed the herd, but in the end finding some cause for optimism. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/new-mexico https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/new-mexico [NEW] in Measures of Freedom: Economic Freedom Summary -- 2023 subnational level score: 4.05, rank: 50. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/new-york https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/new-york [NEW] in Measures of Freedom: Economic Freedom Summary -- 2023 subnational level score: 4.39, rank: 49. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/oregon https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/oregon [NEW] in Measures of Freedom: Economic Freedom Summary -- 2023 subnational level score: 4.84, rank: 46. https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/richman-sheldon https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/richman-sheldon [UPDATED] in Writings: More Bush Insults -- Comments on George W. Bush's nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court and on his speech asking for support on the "war on terror". https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/shaffer-butler https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/shaffer-butler [UPDATED] in Writings: A Letter From Butler Shaffer -- Relates the change in people's behavior after the September 2001 attacks, some standing up for principle whereas others followed the herd, but in the end finding some cause for optimism. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/terrorism https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/terrorism [UPDATED] in Articles: A Letter From Butler Shaffer -- Relates the change in people's behavior after the September 2001 attacks, some standing up for principle whereas others followed the herd, but in the end finding some cause for optimism. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/attack-11-sep https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/attack-11-sep [UPDATED] in Articles: The Kenyan Massacre’s Roots in America's Somalia Policy -- Comments on the 21 Sep 2013 Westgate shopping mall shooting in Nairobi, based on reporting on Somalia's situation by Scott Horton and Jeremy Scahill. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/chile https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/chile [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/drug-war https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/drug-war [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/education-compulsory https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/education-compulsory [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/friedman-milton https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/friedman-milton [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/government https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/government [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/health-care https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/health-care [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/kenya https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/kenya [UPDATED] in Articles: The Kenyan Massacre’s Roots in America's Somalia Policy -- Comments on the 21 Sep 2013 Westgate shopping mall shooting in Nairobi, based on reporting on Somalia's situation by Scott Horton and Jeremy Scahill. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/market-economy https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/market-economy [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/nixon-richard https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/nixon-richard [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/no-free-lunch https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/no-free-lunch [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/reagan-ronald https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/reagan-ronald [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/richman-sheldon https://www.freedomcircle.com/individual/richman-sheldon [UPDATED] in Writings: The Kenyan Massacre’s Roots in America's Somalia Policy -- Comments on the 21 Sep 2013 Westgate shopping mall shooting in Nairobi, based on reporting on Somalia's situation by Scott Horton and Jeremy Scahill. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/socialism https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/socialism [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/somalia https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/somalia [UPDATED] in Articles: The Kenyan Massacre’s Roots in America's Somalia Policy -- Comments on the 21 Sep 2013 Westgate shopping mall shooting in Nairobi, based on reporting on Somalia's situation by Scott Horton and Jeremy Scahill. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/united-states https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/united-states [UPDATED] in Book chapters: The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise -- Adapted from keynote address at Fifth International Conference on Drug Policy Reform; examines why, 20 years after his admonition against the drug war, the government continues its attempts at enforcement, in spite of the predicted results. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/afghanistan https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/afghanistan [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/alaska https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/alaska [NEW] in Measures of Freedom: Economic Freedom Summary -- 2023 subnational level score: 5.31, rank: 43. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/attack-11-sep https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/attack-11-sep [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency.[UPDATED] in Articles: How It All Began -- Questions American involvement in Somalia, supposedly because some people there may belong to al-Qaeda, and criticizes the "global war on terrorism". https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/brazil https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/brazil [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/cambodia https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/cambodia [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/chile https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/chile [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/cuba https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/cuba [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/delaware https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/delaware [NEW] in Measures of Freedom: Economic Freedom Summary -- 2023 subnational level score: 5.06, rank: 44. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/el-salvador https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/el-salvador [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/ethics https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/ethics [UPDATED] in Articles: How It All Began -- Questions American involvement in Somalia, supposedly because some people there may belong to al-Qaeda, and criticizes the "global war on terrorism". https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/foreign-entanglements https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/foreign-entanglements [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/greece https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/greece [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/guatemala https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/guatemala [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/indonesia https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/indonesia [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/iran https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/iran [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/iraq https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/iraq [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/laos https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/laos [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/nicaragua https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/nicaragua [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/rhode-island https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/rhode-island [NEW] in Measures of Freedom: Economic Freedom Summary -- 2023 subnational level score: 5.57, rank: 41. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/somalia https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/somalia [UPDATED] in Articles: How It All Began -- Questions American involvement in Somalia, supposedly because some people there may belong to al-Qaeda, and criticizes the "global war on terrorism". https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/terrorism https://www.freedomcircle.com/topic/terrorism [UPDATED] in Articles: How It All Began -- Questions American involvement in Somalia, supposedly because some people there may belong to al-Qaeda, and criticizes the "global war on terrorism". https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/united-states https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/united-states [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/vermont https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/vermont [NEW] in Measures of Freedom: Economic Freedom Summary -- 2023 subnational level score: 4.87, rank: 45. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/vietnam https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/vietnam [UPDATED] in Articles: Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it -- Lists some of the countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency. https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/virginia-west https://www.freedomcircle.com/place/virginia-west [NEW] in Measures of Freedom: Economic Freedom Summary -- 2023 subnational level score: 5.50, rank: 42.