The Free Liberal

Capitalism and Profits: How Workers Can Gain Power and Share in the Wealth

By Carl Milsted Why do we have profits? Why don’t workers get all the wealth that they create? Why do we need stockholders anyway? Why do we need capitalists? All too often the hard Left has responded to these questions...

Real Social Security Reform

By Carl Milsted Conservatives claim that Social Security is a bankrupt Ponzi scheme, that Social Security provides a worse return on investment than the stock market. They are right. Liberals claim that George Bush’s plan to fix Social Security will...

Is Sprawl Making Us Fat?

By Paul Gessing There is no doubt that more Americans than ever before are overweight. This situation – regardless of how big a problem it may be – is obviously not the result of genetics. Americans didn’t mysteriously wind up...

Editor's Notes: A Convergence of Ideas

Dear Readers, I get a fair amount of e-mail from people who are looking for more details about what Free Liberals believe in. There seems to be a real desire to pin Free Liberalism down, define it, put a label...

The Fight Against American Empire

By Paul Gessing Americans are in many ways blessed that they have so many useful outlets for organizing and communicating with their elected officials that are lacking in most other nations. If your interest is in lowering taxes and reducing...

Religion and the State: Doctors, Teachers, and Psychiatrists as the New Priesthood

By Michael Ostrolenk There is a lot of discussion these days about the separation of church and state. Although interesting, I think it is a misguided discussion. It would be like a gun shot victim going to the emergency room...