Laurence M. Vance

Laurence M. Vance

Laurence M. Vance is an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute, columnist and policy adviser for the Future of Freedom Foundation, and a columnist, blogger, and book reviewer at LewRockwell.com. He is also the author of Gun Control and the Second Amendment, The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom, and War, Empire and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy. His newest books are Free Trade or Protectionism? and The Free Society. Visit his website: www.vancepublications.com.

Articles by Laurence M. Vance

“Army Values”

Conservatives are upset that the U.S. Military Academy—West Point—has removed the phrase “Duty, Honor, and Country” from its mission statement.The phrase comes from a farewell address that retired general Douglas MacArthur—who attended West Point from 1899 to 1903—delivered to West Point cadets in 1962. The old mission statement was first formally adopted by the Academy in 1998.The change was announced in a letter from West Point superintendent Lieutenant General Steven Gilland. The new mission statement reads: “To build, educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets to be commissioned leaders of character committed to the Army Values and ready for a lifetime of service to the Army and Nation.”According to the U.S. Army, its values are loyalty, duty, respect, selfless

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Freedom Means a Right to Discriminate

Should employers have the right to discriminate in hiring on the basis of obesity? The Washington State Supreme Court recently ruled that “it is illegal for employers in Washington to refuse to hire qualified potential employees because the employer perceives them to be obese.”

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6b.) P: Mises.org 2014-12-12 20:09:27

Malcolm D. Magee’s new book on Woodrow Wilson examines a much-neglected topic: the role of Wilson’s religion in his enthusiasm for war and his goal to “conquer, convert, and change the nations.”This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Dianna Keiler.

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