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== INDEX ==

===A===
Abortion, 1-9

Alcohol prohibition, 225-230

Ali, Muhammad, 46-74

al Qaeda, 92-94, 131, 287

American Enterprise Institute (AEI), 209

American Medical Association (AMA), 192-197

Afghanistan, 42, 64, 93, 115-116, 131, 153, 240, 286, 320

Assange, Julian, 35, 36, 216

Assassination, 10-15
:American citizen, 12, 13, 115
:Anwar-al-Awalaki, 14

Austrian Economics, 16-19, 24, 167, 206

Awlaki, Anwar al, 14

===B===
Bacon-Davis Act, 309

Bailouts, 25, 48, 91, 168, 201, 307, 308
:Chrysler, 307, 308
:General Motors, 306, 307
:Wall Street and banks, 25, 130, 134, 158
:well-connected, 48, 207

Bastiat, Federic, 17, 164

Begala, Paul, 112

Bernanke, Ben, 168

Bill of Rights, 14

Bipartisanship, 20-23

Blair, Dennis C., 12, 13, 14

Blockades, 298

Blowback, 95, 96, 307

Boom-Bust Cycle, (see Business Cycle)

Bubble Economy, (see Business Cycle)

Bush, George H. W. (President), 176

Bush, George W. (President), 80, 83, 89, 108, 110, 254, 290
:economic stimulus, 26, 27
:executive power, 113, 114,
:health care, 196
:war, 11, 54, 57, 83, 110, 115, 131, 132, 141, 254, 258,

Business Cycle, 24-27
:boom-bust cycle, 24, 25, 27, 167, 199, 301
:bubble economy, 168, 169, 200, 207, 301
:counter cyclical policy failure, 26
:deficit spending, (see deficit)
:recession, (see Recession)

===C===
CAFTA, 112, 297

Camp David Accords, 119, 319

Campaign Finance, 28-31
:Citizens United, 28
:corporate speech, 29
:McCain-Feingold Act, 28
:taxpayer-financed elections, 30

Cap and Trade, 136

Capital Punishment, 32-36
:federal death penalty, 32
:government power to kill, 33
:societal effects, 34

Carter, Jimmy (President), 119, 317

Census, 151, 273

Central Bank, 24, 27, 121, 171, 201
:Federal Reserve, (see Federal Reserve)

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 37-43, 58, 157
:assassination, 38
:illegal funding, 86, 116
:illegal financing, 39, 41
:foreign elections influence, 38, 66
:intelligence gathering, 38
:Iran, 38, 41
:regime change, 38, 85
:rendition, 11, 38, 258, 292, 294
:torture, 38, 291, 294
:unrestrained efforts, 85

Cicero, 84, 98, 99

Civil Disobedience, 44-49
:Martin Luther King, 45
:Muhammad Ali, 46-48

Civil Liberties, 113

Civil War, 261, 268, 269

Classical Liberalism, xii, 211

Cleland, Max, 89

Climate Change, 133, 139

Clinton, Bill (President), 285

Cold War, xiii, 91, 239, 285

Collateral Damage, 14, 34, 71, 93, 149

Compromise, 21, 22, 129, 130, 241, 261, 263

Conscription, 46, 50-55, 328, 332
:no Constitutional authority, 50, 54
:Mohammad Ali, 46-48
:Selective Service Act, 53

Consent, 2, 9, 70, 72, 126, 127, 298, 327

Constitution of the United States, 2, 38
:Congress responsibility, 108, 110-113, 116, 117
:executive powers, 108, 110-112, 114
:federal crimes, three, 35
:foreign trade, 112
:general welfare clause, 109
:individual rights protected, 66, 292
:protects persons, 14
:religion, 106
:separation of powers, 108
:state sovereignty, 266-269

Corporate Welfare, 173, 306, 308

Corporatism, 21, 136, 196

Counterfeiting, 2, 35, 36, 155, 327

===D===
Davis-Bacon Act, 309-311

Debt, xv, 26-27, 123, 168, 269, 271, 284, 312, 319
:Federal Reserve, 26, 199

Declaration of Independence, xi

Deficits, 91, 126, 168-170, 172, 176

Deficit Spending, (see Deficits)

Democracy, 55, 61, 63-72
:democratic mandate, 65
:spreading democracy, 50, 64, 72, 86, 121, 124, 174, 213,
:victimizing minorities, 64
:Republic, 64-65

Demagogue(s), 56-63, 95, 201, 218, 248

Department of Education, 79-18, 106

Department of Homeland Security, 40, 157, 232

Dependency, 129, 169, 254, 259, 264, 319

Director of National Intelligence, 12, 39

Discrimination, 73-77
:making up for past injustice, 76
:punish with social and economic disapproval, 75
:reparations, 77

Dollar
:backing, 199, 201, 202
:hegemony, xiv, 87, 170
:printing, 27, 271,

Drug War, 94, 154, 156,
:prohibition, 152, 226-230

Draft (see Conscription)

===E===
Education, 44, 48, 49, 60, 78-82, 107, 110, 121, 128, 194
:brainwashing (monopoly control of indoctrination), 79, 82, 107, 110, 162
:competition, 79
:Department of Education, 80, 106, 196
:free, 82, 128, 150, 155, 172, 282, 304
:home school, 79-82
:liberty, 44, 45, 48, 49, 60, 64, 181, 282, 323
:no Constitutional authority, 78
:public schools, (see Public Schools)
:textbook controversy, 79
:religion, 104-107

Eighteenth Amendment, 225, 226

Egypt, 66, 119, 319

Empire, 36, 83-100, 170,
:British, 87, 88
:collapse, 90, 271
:Roman, 84-87, 314

Enemy Combatant, 12, 258, 278, 292, 293

Eminent Domain, (see Public Land)

Environmentalism, 133, 134
:radical, 133, 134, 136, 138, 232

Envy, 101-103

Evolution, 104-107

Executive Power, 108-117
:economic controls, 113, 114
:regulations
:signing statements, 112
:spending, 26, 110, 115, 116, 172, 174, 308
:treaties, 112
:war powers, 96, 111, 113-115

Executive Orders, 112, 113, 172, 258, 310, 311
:signing statement, 96, 112, 257

===F===
Fascism, 136, 166, 168, 196

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
:group infiltration, 47

Federal Reserve, 25, 27, 115, 120, 134, 199, 206, 274, 310
:creation of Fed, 123, 198
:deficit spending, 168, 169, 200
:foreign aid, 120
:monetary policy 198
:secret financing, 86, 115-116, 120

Fiat dollar, 170

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, 206

Fisher, Louis, 116

Fifth Amendment, 234, 235

First Amendment, 58, 123, 183, 185, 186
:campaign finance, 29
:lobbyist, 179
:marriage, 184

Flag burning, 218

Foreign Aid, 57, 118-122, 319
:Agency for International Development, 120
:food aid, 119
:International Monetary Fund, 120
:World Bank

Foreign Policy, xiv, 10, 21, 36, 38, 40, 43, 51, 52, 54, 89, 91, 124, 131, 142, 159, 208, 214, 220, 249, 252, 286, 292, 293, 295, 315,
:interventionism, 89, 120, 123, 124, 178, 297
:Islam, 240
:perpetual war, (see War)

Foreign Trade, 298, 299
:Congress responsibility, 298

Four Freedoms, 121, 123-132

Fourth Amendment, 47, 219, 255
:Government spying on citizens, 47

Fourth-Generation Warfare, 92

Freedom of Association, 58

Free Market, xiv, 17, 67, 70, 121, 126, 134, 154, 159, 167, 171, 189, 206, 242, 250, 251, 310

===G===
Gandhi, 131, 247

General Welfare Clause, 109

Global Warming, 133-144
:cap and trade, 136
:skeptics, 133, 137
:radical environmentalism, 133-137

General Motors, 306-308

Gold, 126, 198-201
:gold Standard, 167

Goldman Sachs, 69, 136, 308

Gore, Al, 138, 140, 142

Greenspan, Alan, 199

Gulf War, 176

Gun Control, 144-146

===H===
Habeas Corpus, xv, 13, 115, 258, 291, 293

Hate Crimes, 147-149

Hayek, F.A., 17, 202

Hazlitt, Henry, 17

Health Care, (see Medical Care)

Hitler, Adolph, 145, 146, 213

Hussein, Saddam, 37, 89, 92, 131, 240, 319

===I===
Immigration, 150-159, 238, 305
:border controls, 150, 157
:guest worker program, 152, 154
:illegal, 150-159, 305
:jobs, 154, 305
:trafficking, 152

Immigrants, 238, 305

Import-Export Bank, 308

Income Tax, 51, 102, 121, 123, 130

Individual, xviii, 19, 327
:action, 17, 76, 229
:decisions, 5, 74, 75, 76, 127, 129
:freedom, xiv, xv,
:liberty, xvi, 6, 20, 55, 67, 70, 72, 91, 126, 128, 129, 130, 148, 159, 163, 167, 209-211, 225, 250, 283, 284, 312
:protection against state, xvi, 65, 66, 114, 115
:responsibility, xvi, 67, 125, 146, 162, 163, 205, 229, 254, 281
:rights, 2, 51, 65, 66, 71, 74, 75, 124, 147, 148, 182, 193, 219

Individualism, 214, 215, 237, 241, 251

Inflation, 114, 166-168, 199, 300, 311
:business cycle, (see Business Cycle)
:inflation tax, 281-284
:monetary inflation, 169-170, 274
:medical costs, 193-194

Insurance, 160-165, 172, 184, 189-192, 203-205, 255
:medical, 136, 161, 178, 184, 189-192, 195-197, 302
:car, 189-192, 195
:property, 203

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 121, 130, 157
:income tax, 51, 102, 121, 123, 130

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 120

Interstate Commerce Clause, 109, 110, 191

Involuntary servitude (see conscription)

Iran, 38, 92-93
:CIA overthrow, 38
:nuclear weapon, 317
:trade barriers, 296, 299
:war with Iraq, 92

Iran-Contra, 85

Iraq, 89, 93, 298, 318
:war with Iran, 92
:sanctions, 240, 297, 299, 320

Iraq War, 41, 46, 53, 64, 66, 89, 93, 115, 286, 296-297, 320
:gulf war, 176

Islam, 240, 246, 247, 318-320
:militant, 91, 95, 174, 244,
:war with, 239, 240, 249

Israel, 53, 297, 313, 315, 318-320
:foreign aid, 119, 287,
:nuclear weapons, 317
:zionism, (see Zionism)

===J===
Jefferson, Thomas (President), xi, 106, 108
:nullification, 268
:states rights, 266

Jordan, 66

===K===
Keynes, John Maynard, 18, 166-177
:keynesianism, (see Keynesianism)

Keynesianism, 17, 18, 27, 166-177, 200-202, 296
:business cycle, (see Business Cycle)
:central economic planning, 166, 168, 170, 200, 201, 205, 207, 272
:deficit spending, (see Deficit)
:Federal Reserve, (see Federal Reserve)
:general theory, 166
:interventionist economics, 167
:military keynesianism, 174-177
:need for real wages to go down, 311
:savings, 18, 168
:spending, 168-170
:stimulus, (see Stimulus)

King (monarch), 70, 117, 210, 242, 259

King, Martin Luther, 45, 48, 74, 131

Kristol, Irving, 209, 214-216

Kuwait, 92, 176

===L===
Leviathan state, xii, 261

Lewis, C.S., 164

Libertarian, xvii, 58, 151

Liberty, 64, 88, 182, 324-325
:definition, xi-xiii, xvii-xviii
:conflict with government, xvii
:liberty as moral right, 144
:personal, xvi, 6, 20, 55, 67, 70, 72, 91, 126, 128, 129, 130, 148, 159, 163, 167, 209-211, 225, 250, 283, 284, 312
:principles of liberty, 99
:sacrificing liberty for security, 115, 126, 128, 131, 132, 165, 210, 224, 253, 258, 278,
:war is the most dreaded enemy of liberty, 132

Locke, John, xii

Lobbying, 178-182
:lobbyists, 128, 179, 197

Ludwig von Mises Institute, 18

===M===
Madison, James (President), 132, 268,

Majority Rule, 66-70, 127
:democracy, (see Democracy)
:never use to undermine human rights, 70

Malthusian, 138

Marijuana, 58, 229
:medical, 58
:prohibition, (see Drug War)

Marriage, 183-186
:common law, 185
:no federal authority, 183
:social security, 184

McKinley, William (President), 123

Medicaid, 189, 193, 196, 197

Medical Care, 8, 9, 21, 144, 155, 187-197, 304
:alternative care, 195, 196
:costs 193-196
:government-run, 9, 21, 136, 282
:insurance, 189, 192, 193
:ration, 9
:right to pursue, 70, 71, 128, 172, 187, 189
:tort law, 194

Medicare, 189, 193, 196, 197

Menger, Carl, 16, 17

Mencken, Henry Louis, 61, 163

Mercantilism, 86, 175

Middle East, 286, 297, 313, 315, 318-320
:undeclared wars, 7, 53, 92, 243, 244
:protecting oil, 174, 176
:spreading democracy, 64, 67, 174, 286
:sanctions, 240, 286

Militarism, 84, 88, 91, 99, 126, 168, 174, 284, 298, 314

Military
:conscription, (see Conscription)
:contractors, 54
:court, 293
:empire, 83-86, 88
:military Keynesianism, 174-176, 296
:spending, 93, 174-176, 257
:Roman, 83-87
:war, (see War)

Military-Industrial Complex, 99, 120, 131, 174, 178, 196, 283, 306, 307

Minimum wage, 300, 303, 304, 309

Monetary Policy, 198-202
:business cycle, (see Business Cycle)
:central bank, (see Central Bank)
:Federal Reserve, (see Federal Reserve)
:gold, (see gold)
:Keynesianism, (see Keynesianim)
:sound money, 200

Moral Hazard, xvi, 27, 77, 161-163, 203-207, 212, 220, 230, 296

Morality in Government, 209-211

Mises, Ludwig von, 17, 18, 19, 24, 135, 166, 264
:business cycle, 24
:Keynes analysis, 166

===N===
National Education Association (NEA), 81

NAFTA, 297

National Labor Relations Act, 301

Neoconservative,121, 209, 214-215, 243, 255
:American Enterprise Institute, 209
:noble lie, (see Noble Lie)
:philosophy, 214
:war, 215
:Cambone, Stephen, 214
:Kristol, William, 214
:Kristol, Irving, 209, 214, 216
:Ledeen, Michael, 214
:Shulsky, Abram, 214
:Perle, Richard, 214
:Podhoretz, John, 214
:Straus, Leo, 209, 213, 214
:Wolfowitz, Paul, 214

New Deal, 166-167

Nixon, Richard (President), 303

Noble Lie, 94, 212-217
:moral hazard, (see Moral Hazard)
:neoconservative, (see Neoconservative)
:Plato, 212
:Straus, Leo, 209, 213, 214
:war, (see War)

Nuclear Power, 135, 144

Nullification, 49, 267-272

===O===
Obama, Barack(President), 310
:Bush policies, 26, 27, 54, 132, 209, 257, 258
:economic stimulus, 26, 27
:executive order, 112, 257, 310, 311
:medical care, 21, 112, 71, 136, 196
:taxes, 22
:war, 11, 12, 54, 114, 131, 132, 140
:war on terror, 12, 114, 257, 258, 291, 292

===P===
Pakistan, 41, 42, 93, 131

Paterson, Isabel, 164

Patriot Act, 10, 40, 158, 219, 255-258, 278
:Fourth Amendment, 255-258

Patriotism, 97, 218-221
:demagogues, (see Demagogues)
:empires redefine, 88, 90
:last refuge of scoundrel, 213, 219
:love of liberty, 218
:obedience to principle, 218
:willing to criticize one's own government, 47, 89, 218, 220

Peak Oil, 141-143

Personal Liberty, xvi, 6, 20, 55, 67, 70, 72, 91, 126, 128, 129, 130, 148, 159, 163, 167, 209-211, 225, 250, 283, 284, 312

Personal Responsibility, xvi, 67, 125, 146, 162, 163, 205, 229, 254, 281

Political Correctness, 80, 134, 148, 222-224
:reflection of authoritarian society, 223
:banning books, 224
:thought police, 224

Prohibition, Alcohol 152, 225-230
:Eighteenth Amendment, 225

Prohibition, Drug, (see Drug War)

Public Land, 173, 231-236
:national parks, 233
:eminent domain, 234-236
:Fifth Amendment, 234, 235
:land taken for public use, 235

Public Schools, 79, 106, 282
:alternatives, 79
:education, (see Education)
:national control, 80

President's Working Group on Financial Markets, 116, 172
:plunge protection team, 172

Private Property, xv, 17, 20, 57-60, 75, 121, 128, 154, 155, 159, 171, 233, 235, 236, 244, 250, 277, 283, 327, 332

Progressives, 58, 60, 101, 122, 123, 229, 311
:era, 122

Property, 58-62, 67, 75, 151, 155, 251, 327
:confiscation, 232-236
:private property, xv, 17, 20, 57-60, 75, 121, 128, 154, 155, 159, 171, 233, 235, 236, 244, 250, 277, 283, 327, 332

Protectionists, 296, 297, 300

===R===
Racism, 235-241
:war, 238-240

Radical Environmentalism, 134

Rights, human, xv-xvii, 11, 70,

Real ID, 158

Recession, 24, 26, 151, 154, 168, 169, 199, 275, 305, 308, 310
:business cycle, (see Business Cycle)

Redistribution of Wealth, (see Wealth Redistribution)

Regime change, 12, 38, 92

Regan, Ronald (President), 285

Regulations, xiv, 2, 62, 96, 113, 138, 141, 225, 261, 300, 301, 312
:Congressional authority, 113
:medical, 187, 196, 282
:economic, 26, 172, 199, 208
:education, 79, 80
:energy, 144
:executive branch, 113
:property, 232

Religion, 59, 73, 79, 101, 104, 105, 214, 215, 239, 240, 242-249, 313, 320,
:golden rule, 245, 246, 248-251, 320
:neocons, 243, 248
:terrorism, 95, 286
:war, 242-2

Religion and Liberty, 242-252

Rendition, 11, 38, 258, 292, 294

Republic, 40, 63-67, 83, 90
:Cicero legacy, 84, 98
:constitutional republic, 38, 109, 110, 179
:vs Democracy, 65-67
:Roman, xv, 63, 83-87, 98-99
:transition to empire, 83-87, 90, 92, 98-99, 115, 179

Robinson, Dr. Arthur B., 139, 140

Roe v. Wade, 5-7

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 125

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (President), 26, 113, 123, 167
:four freedoms, 121-132
:prohibition repeal, 226

Roosevelt, Theodore (President), 123

Roman Republic, xv, 84-88, 98

Rothbard, Murray, 17

Ruby Ridge, 48

Rumsfeld, Donald, 307

===S===
Safety Net, 171, 199, 200, 210

Sanctions, 83, 240, 296, 297, 299-320

Saudi Arabia, 66, 287

Say, Jean-Baptiste, 17

Second Amendment, 144-146

Secret Prisons, 11, 13, 158, 258, 292

Security, 253-259
:false sense of, xvi
:homeland security, 40, 109, 157, 232
:national, 11, 37, 64, 86, 91, 109, 114, 118, 119, 164, 188, 255, 258, 290
:national security act, 38

Seventeenth Amendment, 123

Skeptic, 133

Silver, 198-200

Signing statement, 96, 112, 257

Sixteenth Amendment to Constitution, 280

Slavery, 44, 50, 260-265
:constitution, 2, 35, 54, 66, 67
:involuntary servitude, 2, 35, 51, 54, 332
:Phillips, Wendell, 261-264

Social Security, 161, 173, 184
:marriage, 184

Sound Money, xiv, 17, 67, 121, 126, 128, 154, 159, 171, 192, 206, 250

Spending, 26, 27, 40, 69, 95, 110, 116, 168-177, 197, 200, 256, 275, 281, 282, 284, 307, 308, 323
:deficit, (see Deficit)
:earmark, 116
:Keynesian, see (Keynesianism)
:military, 119, 174-176, 256, 257
:off budget, 115
:unconstitutional, 69, 116,

Spontaneous order, xii, 127, 202

Spooner, Lysander, 70

Stark, Rodney (n.), xii

State Secretes, 114, 258, 292

States' Rights, 266-272
:nullification, (see Nullification)
:state sovereignty, 267, 270
:Tenth amendment, 266, 271

Statistics, 273-276
:cause and effect, 274
:gross domestic product (GDP), 275
:money supply, 274
:political spin, 274
:unemployment, 274
:validity, 274

Stimulus, 24, 27, 169, 174, 194, 206

Strauss, Leo, 209, 213, 214

Surveillance, 10, 59, 93, 114, 256, 277-279
:Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 114
:cameras, 277, 278, 296-299

===T===
Tariff, 269, 280

Taxes, 102, 280-284
:education, 282
:property, 232
:local, 82
:on the rich, 69
:payroll, 130
:sixteenth amendment, 280

Taliban, 35, 92-94, 131, 241, 244

Tea Party, 91, 181, 271

Tenth Amendment, 57, 70, 109, 110, 228, 266, 267, 271

Term Limits, 179-180

Terrorism, 11, 94-97, 174, 285-288
:attributable deaths in USA, 97
:military presence, 288, 289
:war on terrorism, 11, 94-97

Texas, 151, 155, 228, 233, 234,

Theocracy, 105, 245

Thoreau, Henry David, 164

Torture, 9-13, 38, 88, 290-294
:deaths, 294
:enhanced interrogation, 290
:rendition, (see Rendition)
:secret prisons, (see Secret Prisons)

Trade 110-112, 296-300
:Constitutional roles, 111, 112, 298
:domestic, 110
:international, 111, 112, 264, 297, 318, 319, 332
:sanctions, (see Sanctions)

Trade Policies, 111, 112, , 264, 296-300, 332
:Congress authority, 111, 112, 298
:sanctions, (see Sanctions)

Turkey, 297

Tyranny, 13, 64, 107, 164, 210, 214

===U===
Unemployment, 305
: statistics, 275

Unions, 301-312
:Davis-Bacon Act, 309-311
:minimum wage, 300, 303, 304, 309
:NEA, 81
:National Labor Relations Act of 1935, 301
:Wagner Act, 301

United Nations, 125, 232, 293, 314
:declaration of human rights, 125

===V===
Victimless Crimes, 67

Vietnam, 8, 45, 46, 53, 53, 66, 89, 111, 221

Voluntary Association, 67, 74, 75

===W===
War, 113, 132, 159, 175, 198, 199, 213, 221, 248, 328
:against terrorism, 11
:cold war, 174, 239
:emergency war powers, 11
:fourth-generation warfare, 92
:manipulate public opinion, 212, 215
:noble lie, (see Noble Lie)
:perpetual war, 9, 88, 91, 159, 162, 168
:preventive war, 42, 57, 71, 91, 175, 176, 210, 243, 244
:propaganda, 97, 215, 129, 240, 241
:racism bread by war, 239
:religious, 243, 248
:south central Asia, 140, 221
:undeclared, 218, 223, 258
:War Powers Resolution, 96, 111, 113-115
:warfarism, 167, 170

War on Drugs, 57, 94, 152-156, 227, 228

War on Terror(ism), 11, 14, 94, 95, 114, 174

Wage and price controls, 113, 303

Washington, George (President), 324

Wealth Redistribution, xvi, 71, 90, 102, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 161, 181, 210, 212, 242, 250, 251, 270, 303, 327
:noble lie, (see Noble Lie)

Wealth Transfer, (see Wealth Redistribution)

Welfare, 77, 87, 90, 95, 121, 129, 159, 161, 176, 184, 198, 199, 324, 332
:corporate, 173, 306, 308
:collapse, 271
:foreign, 173
:general welfare clause in constitution, 109
:immigrants, 151, 154, 156, 159
:insurance, 172, 189, 191
:medical, 172, 189, 191
:moral hazard, 77, 90, 129

Welfare State, 21, 67, 109, 129, 154, 159, 171, 210, 271

Wiesel, Elie 98

Wikileaks, xiii, 216

Wilson, Woodrow (President), 50, 64, 123, 124

Wind Power, 135, 141

World Bank, 120

World War I, 64, 123, 239

World War II, 125, 239, 314

World Trade Organization (WTO), 112, 297, 297

===Z===
Zionism, 313-321
:Birnbaum, Nathan, 311

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== INDEX ==

===A===
Abortion, 1-9

Alcohol prohibition, 225-230

Ali, Muhammad, 46-74

American Enterprise Institute (AEI), 209

American Medical Association (AMA), 192-197

Afghanistan, 42, 64, 93, 115-116, 131, 153, 240, 286, 320

Assange, Julian, 35, 36, 216

Assassination, 10-15
:American citizen, 12, 13, 115
:Anwar-al-Awalaki, 14

Austrian Economics, 16-19, 24, 167, 206

Awlaki, Anwar al, 14

===B===
Bacon-Davis Act, 309

Bailouts, 25, 48, 91, 168, 201, 307, 308
:Chrysler, 307, 308
:General Motors, 306, 307
:Wall Street and banks, 25, 130, 134, 158
:well-connected, 48, 207

Bastiat, Federic, 17, 164

Begala, Paul, 112

Bernanke, Ben, 168

Bill of Rights, 14

Bipartisanship, 20-23

Blair, Dennis C., 12, 13, 14

Blockades, 298

Blowback, 95, 96, 307

Bush, George H. W. (President), 176

Bush, George W. (President), 80, 83, 89, 108, 110, 254
:economic stimulus, 26, 27
:military, 54

Business Cycle, 24-27
:counter cyclical policy failure, 26

===C===
CAFTA, 112, 297

Camp David Accords, 119, 319

Campaign Finance, 28-31
:Citizens United, 28
:corporate speech, 29
:McCain-Feingold Act, 28
:taxpayer-financed elections, 30

Cap and Trade, 136

Capital Punishment, 32-36
:federal death penalty, 32
:government power to kill, 33
:societal effects, 34

Carter, Jimmy (President), 119, 317

Census, 151, 273

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 37-43, 58, 157
:assassination, 38
:illegal funding, 86, 116
:illegal financing, 39, 41
:foreign elections influence, 38, 66
:intelligence gathering, 38
:Iran, 38, 41
:regime change, 38, 85
:rendition, 11, 38, 258, 292, 294
:torture, 38, 291, 294
:unrestrained efforts, 85

Cicero, 84, 98, 99

Civil Disobedience, 44-49
:Martin Luther King, 45
:Muhammad Ali, 46-48

Civil Liberties, 113

Civil War, 261, 268, 269

Classical Liberalism, xii, 211

Cleland, Max, 89

Climate Change, 133, 139

Clinton, Bill (President), 285

Cold War, xiii, 91, 239, 285

Conscription, 46, 50-55, 328
:no Constitutional authority, 50, 54
:Mohammad Ali, 46-48
:Selective Service Act, 53

Constitution of the United States, 2, 38
:Congress responsibility, 108, 110-113, 116, 117
:executive powers, 108, 110-112, 114
:federal crimes, three, 35
:foreign trade, 112
:general welfare clause, 109
:individual rights protected, 66, 292
:protects persons, 14
:religion, 106
:separation of powers, 108
:state sovereignty, 266-269

Counterfeiting, 2, 35, 36, 155, 327

===D===
Debt, xv, 26-27, 123, 168, 269, 271, 284, 312, 319
:Federal Reserve, 26, 199

Declaration of Independence, xi

Deficits, 91, 126, 168-170, 172, 176

Democracy, 63-72
:democratic mandate, 65
:spreading democracy, 64
:victimizing minorities, 64
:Republic, 64-65

Demagogue(s), 56-63, 95, 201, 248

Department of Education, 79-18, 106

Department of Homeland Security, 40, 157, 232

Director of National Intelligence, 12, 39

Discrimination, 73-77
:making up for past injustice, 76
:punish with social and economic disapproval, 75
:reparations, 77

Dollar
:backing, 199, 201, 202
:hegemony, xiv, 87, 170
:printing, 27, 271,

Drug War, 94, 154, 226-228

Draft (see Conscription)

===E===
Education, 78-82
:competition, 79
:Department of Education, 80
:home school, 79-82
:monopoly control of indoctrination, 79
:no Constitutional authority, 78
:textbook controversy, 79
:religion, 104-107

Eighteenth Amendment, 225, 226

Egypt, 66, 119, 319

Empire, 36, 83-100, 170,
:British, 87, 88
:collapse, 90, 271
:Roman, 84-87, 314

Enemy Combatant, 12, 278, 293

Envy, 101-103

Evolution, 104-107

Executive Power, 108-117
:economic controls, 113, 114
:regulations
:signing statements, 112
:spending, 26, 110, 115, 116, 172, 174, 308
:treaties, 112
:war powers, 96, 111, 113-115

Executive Orders, 112, 113, 172, 258, 310, 311
:signing statement, 96, 112, 257

===F===
Foreign Aid, 57, 118-122, 319,

Foreign Trade
:Congress responsibility, 298

Fiat dollar, 170

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, 206

Fisher, Louis, 116

FBI
:group infiltration, 47

Federal Reserve, 25, 27, 115, 120, 134, 199, 206, 274, 310
:creation of Fed, 123, 198
:deficit spending, 168, 169, 200
:foreign aid, 120
:monetary policy 198
:secret financing, 86, 115-116, 120

Fifth Amendment, 234, 235

First Amendment, 58, 123, 183, 185, 186
:campaign finance, 29

Flag burning, 218

Foreign Aid, 57, 118-122, 319
:Agency for International Development, 120
:food aid, 119
:International Monetary Fund, 120
:World Bank

Four Freedoms, 121, 123-132

Fourth Amendment, 47, 219, 255
:Government spying on citizens, 47

Fourth-Generation Warfare, 92

Freedom of Association, 58

Free Markets, xiv, 17, 67, 70, 121, 126, 134, 154, 159, 167, 171, 189, 206, 242, 250, 251, 310

===G===
General Welfare Clause, 109

Global Warming, 133-143
:cap and trade, 136
:skeptics, 133, 137
:radical environmentalism, 133-137

General Motors, 306

Gold, 126, 198-201

Gold Standard, 167

Goldman Sachs, 69, 136, 308

Greenspan, Alan, 199

Gulf War, 176

===H===
Habeas Corpus, xv, 13, 115, 258, 291, 293

Hayek, F.A., 17, 202

Hazlitt, Henry, 17

Health Care,

Hussein, Saddam, 92

===I===
Illegal Aliens, 305

Immigration, 150-159
:generous visitor work program, 154

Immigrants, 305

Import-Export Bank, 308

Income Tax, 51, 102, 121, 123, 130

Individual, 327

Individual Rights, 51, 65, 66, 71, 74, 75, 124, 147, 148, 193, 219

Inflation, 114, 166-168, 199, 300, 311
:inflation tax, 281-284
:monetary inflation, 169-170, 274
:medical costs, 193-194

Insurance, 160-165

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 121, 130, 157
:income tax, 51, 102, 121, 123, 130

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 120

Interstate Commerce Clause, 109, 110, 191

Involuntary servitude (see conscription)

Iran, 38, 92-93
:CIA overthrow, 38
:nuclear weapon, 317
:trade barriers, 296, 299
:war with Iraq, 92

Iran-Contra, 85

Iraq, 89, 93, 298, 318
:war with Iran, 92
:sanctions, 240, 297, 320

Iraq War, 41, 46, 53, 66, 93, 115, 286, 296-297, 320

Islam
:war with, 239

Israel, 297
:foreign aid, 119
:nuclear weapons, 317

===J===
Jefferson, Thomas (President), xi, 106, 108
:nullification, 268
:states rights, 266

Jordan, 66

===K===
Keynes, John Maynard, 18
:need for real wages to go down, 311
:The General Theory, 166

Keynesianism, 18, 27, 166, 200-202

King, Martin Luther, 45, 48, 74, 131

Kristol, Irving, 209, 214-216

===L===
Leviathan state, xii, 261

Lewis, C.S., 164

Libertarian, xvii, 58, 151

Liberty, 64, 88, 182, 324-325
:definition, xi-xiii, xvii-xviii
:conflict with government, xvii
:liberty as moral right, 144
:principles of liberty, 99
:sacrificing liberty for security, 115, 126, 128, 131, 132, 165, 210, 224, 253, 258, 278,
:war is the most dreaded enemy of liberty, 132

Locke, John, xii

Lobbyists, 179

Ludwig von Mises Institute, 18

===M===
Madison, James, 132, 268,

Majority Rule, 70
:never use to undermine human rights, 70

Malthusian, 138

Marijuana, 58, 229
:medical, 58

Marriage, 183-186

McKinley, William (President), 123

Medicaid, 189, 193, 196, 197

Medical Care, 187

Medicare, 189, 193, 196, 197

Menger, Carl, 16, 17

Mencken, Henry Louis, 61, 163

Militarism, 84, 88, 91, 99, 126, 168, 174, 284, 298, 314

Military tribunal, 115

Minimum wage, 309

Moral Hazard, xvi, 27, 77, 161-163, 203-207, 212, 220, 230, 296

Mises, Ludwig von, 17, 18, 19, 24, 135, 166, 264
:business cycle, 24
:Keynes analysis, 166

===N===
National Education Association (NEA), 81

NAFTA, 297

National Labor Relations Act, 301

Neoconservative,121, 209, 214-215, 243, 255
:noble lie, 94, 212
:philosophy, 214
:war, 215
:Cambone, Stephen, 214
:Kristol, William, 214
:Kristol, Irving, 214
:Ledeen, Michael, 214
:Shulsky, Abram, 214
:Perle, Richard, 214
:Podhoretz, John, 214
:Straus, Leo, 214
:Wolfowitz, Paul, 214

Nixon, Richard (President), 303

Noble Lie, 94, 212-213

Nullification, 49, 267-272

===O===
Obama, Barack(President), 310
:administration, 11, 12
:Bush policies, 209, 257, 258
:economic stimulus, 26, 27
:executive order, 112, 257, 311
:health care, 21, 71, 136, 196
:military, 54
:taxes, 22
:war, 114, 131, 132, 140
:war on terror, 291, 292

===P===
Paterson, Isabel, 164

Patriot Act, 10, 40, 158, 219, 255-258, 278

Patriotism, 218
:empires redefine, 91
:last refuge of scoundrel, 219
:willing to criticize one's own government, 89

Peak Oil, 143

Political Correctness, 148, 222
:reflection of authoritarian society, 223
:banning books, 224
:thought police, 224

Prohibition, 225
:alcohol, 225-230
:Eighteenth Amendment, 225
:drug war, 226

Public Land, 231-235
:national parks, 233
:Fifth Amendment, 234
:land taken for public use, 235

Public Schools, 282

President's Working Group on Financial Markets, 116, 172
:plunge protection team, 172

Private Property, xv, 17, 20, 57-60, 75, 121, 128, 154, 155, 159, 171, 233, 235, 236, 244, 250, 277, 283, 327, 332

Progressives, 58, 60, 101, 122, 123, 229, 311

Progressive Era, 122

Property, 58-62, 67, 75, 151, 155, 251, 327
:confiscation, 232-236
:private property, xv, 17, 20, 57-60, 75, 121, 128, 154, 155, 159, 171, 233, 235, 236, 244, 250, 277, 283, 327, 332

Protectionists, 298

===R===
Radical Environmentalism, 134

Rights, human, xv-xvii

Real ID, 158

Redistribution of Wealth, (see Wealth Redistribution)

Regime change, 12, 38, 92

Regan, Ronald (President), 285

Regulations, xiv, 2, 62, 96, 113, 138, 141, 225, 261, 300, 301, 312
:Congressional authority, 113
:medical, 187, 196, 282
:economic, 26, 172, 199, 208
:education, 79, 80
:energy, 144
:executive branch, 113
:property, 232

Religion, 59, 73, 79, 101, 104, 105, 214, 215, 239, 240, 242-249, 313, 320,
:neocons, 243
:terrorism, 95, 286

Rendition, 11, 38, 258, 292, 294

Republic, 40, 63-67, 83, 90
:Cicero legacy, 84, 98
:constitutional republic, 38, 109, 110, 179
:vs Democracy, 65-67
:Roman, xv, 63, 83-87, 98-99
:transition to empire, 83-87, 90, 92, 98-99, 115, 179

Robinson, Dr. Arthur B., 139

Roe v. Wade, 5-7

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 125

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (President), 26, 113, 123, 167
:four freedoms, 121-132

Roosevelt, Theodore (President), 123

Roman Republic, xv, 84-88, 98

Rothbard, Murray, 17

Ruby Ridge, 48

Rumsfeld, Donald, 307

===S===
Sanctions, 83, 240, 296-298, 320

Saudi Arabia, 66

Say, Jean-Baptiste, 17

Second Amendment, 144-146

Secret Prisons, 11, 13, 158, 258, 292

Seventeenth Amendment, 123

Skeptic, 133

Security, false sense of, xvi

Silver, 198-200

Signing statement, 96, 112, 257

Sixteenth Amendment to Constitution, 280

Social Security, 161

Sound Money, xiv, 17, 67, 121, 126, 128, 154, 159, 171, 192, 206, 250

Spontaneous order, xii

Spooner, Lysander, 70

Stark, Rodney (n.), xii

State Secretes, 114

Statistics, 273

Strauss, Leo, 209, 213, 214

Surveillance, 277
:traffic light cameras, 278

===T===
Taxes, 280, 283

Taliban, 93-94

Tea Party, 91, 181

Tenth Amendment, 57, 70, 109, 110, 228, 266, 267, 271

Term Limits, 179-180

Terrorism, 11, 94-97, 174, 285-288
:attributable deaths in USA, 97
:war on terrorism, 94-97

Theocracy, 105, 245

Thoreau, Henry David, 164

Torture, 10-13, 38, 88, 290-294

Trade Policies, 111, 112, 298
:Congress authority, 111, 112

Turkey, 297

Tyranny, 13, 64, 107, 164, 210, 214

===U===
Unemployment, 305
: statistics, 275

Unions, 301
:NEA, 81

United Nations, 125, 232, 293, 314
:declaration of human rights, 125

===V===
Victimless Crimes, 67

Voluntary Association, 67, 74, 75

===W===
War, 113, 132, 159, 175, 198, 199, 213, 221, 248, 328
:against terrorism, 11
:cold war, 174, 239
:emergency war powers, 11
:fourth-generation warfare, 92
:manipulate public opinion, 212, 215
:perpetual war, 9, 88, 91, 159, 162, 168
:preventive war, 42, 57, 71, 91, 175, 176, 210, 243, 244
:racism bread by war, 239
:religious, 243, 248
:south central Asia, 140, 221
:undeclared, 218, 223, 258
:War Powers Resolution, 96, 111, 113-115
:warfarism, 167, 170

War on Drugs, 57, 94, 152-156, 227, 228

War on Terror(ism), 11, 14, 94, 95, 114, 174

Wage and price controls, 113, 303

Washington, George (President), 324

Wealth Redistribution, xvi, 71, 90, 102, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 161, 181, 210, 212, 242, 250, 251, 270, 303, 327

Wealth Transfer, (see Wealth Redistribution)

Welfare, 77, 87, 90, 95, 121, 129, 159, 161, 176, 184, 198, 199, 324, 332
:corporate, 173, 306, 308
:collapse, 271
:foreign, 173
:general welfare clause in constitution, 109
:immigrants, 151, 154, 156, 159
:insurance, 172, 189, 191
:medical, 172, 189, 191
:moral hazard, 77, 90, 129

Welfare State, 21, 67, 109, 154, 159, 171, 210, 271

Wiesel, Elie 98

Wikileaks, xiii, 216

Wilson, Woodrow (President), 50, 64, 123, 124

Wind Power, 135, 141

World Bank, 120

World War I, 64, 123, 239

World War II, 125, 239, 314

WTO, 112, 297, 297