It often feels lonely making the case for liberty and free markets in a place like New York, including Long Island.
. . . A beacon of hope, however, shines within this statist darkness. Earlier this month, I attended the 60th anniversary celebration of the Foundation for Economic Education. Often called FEE, it ranks as the oldest free-market education foundation in the United States, and it is situated — of all places — in big-government New York, specifically in Irvington-on-Hudson in Westchester County.
What's FEE's mission? In his president's report for the foundation, Richard Ebeling noted that Leonard Read, FEE's founder, dedicated the foundation 'to teaching the first principles of freedom: the sanctity of private property, individual liberty, the rule of law, the free market, and the moral superiority of individual choice and responsibility over coercion.' FEE carries out this mission today in a variety of ways. More . . .
Preserving the Sanctity of Free Markets by Raymond J. Keating, Newsday, Monday