FORCES columnists offer news and perspectives on such issues as smoking and public policy, smoking and science, and the increasingly evident slippery slope that is leading to tobacco prohibition. They also venture into adjacent territory to chart the course of an authoritarian and censorious political and bureaucratic elite that uses state-of-the-art propaganda techniques, corporate handouts and tax dollars to woo the public towards a vision of the future that offers utopian illusions about health and safety in exchange for the privacy and freedom of both mind and body.
The concerns of our columnists range from a detailed examination of local legislative issues to broader philosophical considerations touching, for example, on the gradual (and decidedly undemocratic) globalization of public health policy.
Latest Articles
Make Way For More Of The Same | Pat Nurse
Article Published: 11 June 2008
NuConservative leader David Cameron looks set to be the next leader of Britain if the recent drastic results for NuLabour in the local elections and Crewe and Nantwich by-election are an indicator of how the electorate will vote nationally next year. But what faith can we have in a man who has already lied to us before he has even got a foot in the door of 10 Downing Street?
Life in a Police State | Pat Nurse
Article Published: 16/06/2008
News that the middle classes in Britain have lost faith in the police is surprising as they are the ones who are always calling for more bobbies on the beat. I have had only one occasion to call the police for help and the impression I was left with was one of an organisation full of bullies, thugs and cowards. The experience cost me my job, my way of life, my husband’s freedom, and the respect I once had for those in the police force whom I always believed had a very difficult job to do.
An American Lesson in Money—Inflation | Edmund Contoski
Article Published: 03/06/2008
America's first experience with inflation occurred during our Revolutionary period. Lawrence W. Reed has written an excellent article on this in the March 2008 issue of 'The Freeman.' An abridged version follows, reprinted with permission.
We Must Conquer Our Rights | Gian Turci
Article Published: 2008/05/27
Although I am extremely busy these days I felt compelled to jot down a few lines about an anti-smoker's response to an opinion piece in an American newspaper.
Why the Aldebaran Treaty is important: some personal observations | Gian Turci
Article Published: 5 May 2008
For the first time ever the representatives of all the most significant organizations that are involved in the fight against institutional corruption met face to face on May 2nd and 3rd.
Death by Smoking Ban | Edmund Contoski
Article Published: 22 April 2008
In order to get smoking bans passed, it was necessary to create an atmosphere of hatred toward the “enemy,” to work people into a frenzy over a threat to their health, whether the threat was real or not. What mattered was not truth or science but whether the desired result—smoking bans—could be achieved. So truth and science were quickly sacrificed to the-end-justifies-the-means policy of anti-smoking organizations.
The pyramids of death: thoughts on tyranny | Søren Højbjerg
Article Published: 22 April 2008
Terror and propaganda form the bases of tyranny.
Friendship Trumps Division with My Mate Pete | Pat Nurse
Article Published: 16 April 2008
Since the introduction of the smoker ban in the UK, staying in has become the new going out, and if people such as my smoking hater mate Pete can tolerate smokers in his home, then why can’t the British Government amend the ban in public and allow us all to choose?
Omniphobics and Zeromaniacs | Gian Turci
Article Published: 7 April 2008
How do municipalities manage to raise money when they are in need of it? They lower the speed limits. Instantly, they make a lot of money – and a lot of new “criminals.”
The Invisible Hand of Fraud | Søren Højbjerg
Article Published: 3 April 2008
Antitobacco pronouncements characteristically ignore many facts in evidence in preference for ideology.
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