Articles by Robert Higgs

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To Succeed as a Political Sycophant

Shamelessly flatter and manipulate, says Robert Higgs.

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4/18/2007

The Criminal Gang Called Government

Robert Higgs on a Democratic depredation.

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3/24/2007

To Fight Or Not To Fight?

Robert Higgs on war's payoffs to US leaders as versus the American people.

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3/8/2007

US Mid-East Policy Is a Success

For its makers.

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2/5/2007

US Neo-Imperialist Wars

And how they finally end.

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11/27/2006

Government vs. Virtue

Robert Higgs on Thou shalt not steal.

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11/8/2006

Your Money, and Your Life

Robert Higgs on government morality.

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10/23/2006

Tyranny’s Cash Drawer

Robert Higgs on the state's private allies in building despotism.

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10/19/2006

A Viper Lived in Johnny’s House

Or, a child's first verse in political philosophy, from Robert Higgs.

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10/9/2006

War Is Horrible, But…

Robert Higgs on excusing mass murder.

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9/16/2006

Can a Libertarian Be Pro-War?

Robert Higgs on the problems.

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7/24/2006

Try Putting Us in Their Place

Robert Higgs on imagining the war here.

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7/17/2006

Atrocities in the ‘Good War’

A tract for today, from Robert Higgs.

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6/19/2006

Mass Murder Is More Expensive Than They Promised

But at least we're getting thousands of corpses.

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6/12/2006

The Haditha War

Robert Higgs on Bush vs. the truth.

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5/31/2006

Belligerent Shills for the Warfare State

Robert Higgs among the respectables in the heartland.

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5/25/2006

Uncovering a Terrorist Plot

Then and now.

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5/18/2006

Terrorism Risk Insurance

Robert Higgs on another warfare state scam.

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12/16/2005

Degrading, Obnoxious, Contemptible, Outrageous

Robert Higgs on the federal airport farce and the traveling sheep.

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12/5/2005

Indicting One Apparatchik Doesn’t Do It

Our greatest criminals must be charged with their greatest crimes, says Robert Higgs.

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10/31/2005

The Slings and Arrows of Bush’s Outrageous Fortune

The happy days of shock and awe are past, sob.

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10/17/2005

Charlatans vs. Charlatans

Robert Higgs on the District of Criminalia.

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8/25/2005

The Pretext For War Is Dispensable

The hegemonic plan is not.

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8/22/2005

‘The Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism’

Marketing gimmick or ominous turn?

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8/11/2005

How Is the World Ruled and Led to War?

Robert Higgs on the latest scam.

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7/6/2005

How Many Divisions Does the Pope Have?

How many does he need?

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4/11/2005

George W. Bush Held True to Form

In seeking war.

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3/10/2005

Plus Ça Change…

A template from Robert Higgs for the US war on Iraq.

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3/9/2005

The Gravy Train of War

Robert Higgs on the actual "defense" budget.

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3/5/2005

Two Peas in a Statist Pod

Robert Higgs on Franklin D. Roosevelt and George W. Bush.

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1/31/2005

A Catastrophic Success

Robert Higgs on the war on Iraq.

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12/22/2004

An Offer You Would Have Refused

Robert Higgs on Bush's war on Iraq.

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11/5/2004

Stop Slaughtering the Iraqi People

Abu Ghraib is among the least of US war crimes, says Robert Higgs.

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5/10/2004

Is Bush Unhinged?

Get out the butterfly net, says Robert Higgs.

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3/22/2004

One Year After the US Invasion of Iraq

Robert Higgs on what the neocons wrought.

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3/18/2004

Moral Precepts for Modern Americans

Robert Higgs updates the 10 commandments.

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2/28/2004

What’s So Special About the 9/11 Dead?

Robert Higgs on what the state-media commemorations really mean.

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9/13/2003

WMD Blues

Transcribed from a live performance by Buck "One Horse" Higgs.

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8/15/2003

Can Pro-War Libertarians Be Right?

No.

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5/2/2003

Some Are Weeping

Some are not. Robert Higgs on this war.

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4/26/2003

A Stranger in My Native Land

A poem by Robert Higgs.

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3/5/2003

Nuke France

Clearly, it’s the real threat, says Robert Higgs.

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2/22/2003

The Drive for World War III

Robert Higgs on what we can learn from C. Wright Mills.

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2/19/2003

Smoke for Freedom

Robert Higgs on the latest atrocity.

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11/16/2002

If We’re Really in Danger

Why doesn't the government act like it?

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10/28/2002

Saddam’s Softball

Robert Higgs on Bush's atomic make-believe.

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10/11/2002

To Make War, Presidents Lie

Bush is just the latest White House serial killer.

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10/1/2002

Awaiting the Catastrophe

That our rulers are creating for us.

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9/23/2002

An Auction of Stolen Goods

Congress is in session.

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9/5/2002

Bush Reads a Book

Unfortunately.

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8/28/2002