Archive for Frank Chodorov
As Frank Chodorov Sees It
John Stuart Mill, says Professor Russell Kirk in a recent article in the conservative National Review, is “dated.” He was referring to the famous treatise On Liberty. The occasion for this dictum is the revival of interest in the treatise, by way of a couple of re-publications and the consequent appearance of critical articles. When [...]
1Apr2006 | Frank Chodorov | 1 comment | ContinuedIsolationism
Frank Chodorov (1887-1966) was editor of The Freeman in 1954 and 1955. This is excerpted from his autobiography Out of Step (Devin-Adair, 1962). Reprinted with permission. Isolationism has been turned (by our politicians, our bureaucracy and its henchmen, the professorial idealists) into a bad word. And yet, isolationism is inherent in the human makeup. It [...]
1Jul1999 | Frank Chodorov | 2 comments | ContinuedFEE Classic Reprint: The Source of Rights
The late Frank Chodorov edited The Freeman for a time, was associate editor of Human Events, and the author of several books, including The Income Tax (New York: Devin Adair, 1954), from which this selection has been reprinted by permission. This essay shows why a socialistic society must decline because it fails to respect private [...]
1Mar1997 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Humanity of Trade
Frank Chodorov (1887-1966) taught in and later directed the Henry George School of Social Science and edited the School’s paper, The Freeman. Later he founded his own journal, analysis, eventually merging it with the Washington newsletter, Human Events. In 1954-55 he edited The Freeman for The Foundation for Economic Education, and continued to appear in [...]
1Jan1982 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Dogma of Our Times
Frank Chodorov (1887-1966) aptly titled his last book Out of Step: The Autobiography of an Individualist. By way of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City, then editor of his own journal, analysis, before its merger with Human Events, Chodorov came to Irvington as editor of The Freeman in 1954 and [...]
1Mar1981 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | ContinuedPeace or Politics
Much of the friction in society stems from government intervention with the market.
1Apr1969 | Frank Chodorov | 2 comments | ContinuedNo More Socialists
An astute observer of the current political scene finds socialism in theoretical bankruptcy, though there remains the lust for power to control others. I was a shaver of ten or twelve when I learned about Grand Street. This was, and is, a thoroughfare in downtown New York, but at the turn of the century it [...]
1Oct1960 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | ContinuedWhy the USSR Must Succeed
With a cheek, a well known individual explains…
1Feb1960 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Syndrome Of Liberalism
Mr. Chodorov is well known as a preacher and practitioner of individualism. The Rise and Fall of Society (Devin-Adair) is his latest book-length treatment of the subject. The socialist, or his blood brother the communist, is forthright and honest. He makes no bones about his purpose, which is all written out in his credo in [...]
1Dec1959 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | ContinuedPernicious Unemployment
Mr. Chodorov is well known as a preacher and practitioner of individualism. The Rise and Fall of Society (Devin Adair) is his latest book-length treatment of the subject. It was an "accident." The young couple had decided not to start raising a family until they had paid off some of the debts incurred in setting [...]
1Aug1959 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: The Vision and the Constant Star by A. H. Hobbs
New York: The Long House, Inc. 192 pp. $3.50 In all times, and no matter what the dominant pattern of thought may be, there are some who find fault with things as are, who cannot conform. They are for change. Their objection to the prevailing rigidity may be well thought out, thoroughly rationalistic, following logically [...]
1Dec1956 | Frank Chodorov | 2 comments | ContinuedAs Frank Chodorov Sees It
Dionysius, the storied tyrant of Syracuse, was a consummate financier. His gift stood him in good stead on the day he found himself in bankrupt condition, having borrowed from the citizenry more than he could repay. He might have increased taxes and satisfied his creditors with their own money, but he did not because, presumably, [...]
1Nov1956 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Voltaire and the State by Constance Rowe
New York: Columbia University Press. 254 pp. $4.00. “For a nation to be loved,” said Edmund Burke, “it should be lovely.” With something like that thought in mind, Voltaire set about defining the conditions that would make his beloved la patrie worthy of his unstinted devotion. French culture had a solid claim on his admiration, [...]
1Oct1956 | Frank Chodorov | 2 comments | ContinuedNo Rights without Property Rights
Reading between the lines of the news stories from Russia, or rather the commentaries on the news, one detects a note of hopefulness. Perhaps, they seem to say, the demotion of Stalin portends a measure of freedom for the Russian people. Admitting that a controlled economy is undesirable, is brutality a necessary concomitant of it? [...]
1Oct1956 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: The Kingdom Without God: Roads End for the Social Gospel by Gerald Heard and Edmund A. Opitz and The Powers That Be: Case Studies of the Church in Politics by Edmund A. Opitz
Introduction by James C. Ingebretsen. Los Angeles: Foundation for Social Research. 196 pp. $2.50. Introduction by Admiral Ben Moreell. Los Angeles: Foundation for Social Research. 104 pp. $1.50. (Both books as a set, $3.00) First, there is Religion. Then there is the Church. and inevitably there are Prophets. That seems to be the regular order [...]
1Sep1956 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Humanity of Trade
Far better that men come together for peaceful trade than meet on a battlefield. Wherever two boys swap tops for marbles, that is the market place. The simple barter is in terms of human happiness no different from a trade transaction involving banking operations, insurance, ships, railroads, wholesale and retail establishments; for in any case [...]
1Jul1956 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Dogma of Our Times
What history will think of our times is something that only history will reveal. But, it is a good guess that it will select collectivism as the identifying characteristic of the twentieth century. For even a quick survey of the developing pattern of thought during the past fifty years shows up the dominance of one [...]
1Jun1956 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | Continued-
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