Waging Minimum-Wage War Against Black Teenagers by Jacob G. Hornberger July 5, 2018 Yesterday morning at my neighborhood Starbucks, a white woman around 20 years old who has worked there for quite some time told me that she would be leaving Starbucks within a few days. She told me the reason is that she has secured another job, a retail job that is totally unrelated to the coffee trade. She said that ...
The Revolutions of Adam Smith and Thomas Jefferson by Jacob G. Hornberger July 3, 2018 One of the most fascinating aspects of Independence Day is that the year the Declaration of Independence was signed — 1776 — was the same year that saw the publication of Adam Smith’s famous treatise on economics, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. That is quite a coincidence, one that had ...
Immigration and the Drug War by Jacob G. Hornberger July 2, 2018 Immigration and the drug war provide a classic example of how two government interventions can intersect, reinforce each other, inflict ever-increasing misery on people, and destroy freedom, security, and prosperity in the process. Why do so many people from Mexico and Central America wish to come to the United States? Why are they so willing to risk their lives to ...
The Supreme Court’s Deference to the Pentagon by Jacob G. Hornberger June 29, 2018 Imagine a county sheriff that took a suspected drug-law violator into custody more than 10 years ago. Since then, the man has been held in jail without being accorded a trial. The district attorney and the sheriff promise to give the man a trial sometime in the future but they’re just not sure when. Meanwhile the man sits in ...
Lee Harvey Oswald and Spenser Rapone by Jacob G. Hornberger June 28, 2018 The U.S. military’s treatment of Army Lt. Spenser Rapone provides additional circumstantial evidence that the official story about accused lone-nut presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is pure bunk. Rapone is a West Point graduate who was admitted to West Point after serving as an enlisted man in Afghanistan. Recently, the army brass gave him a less-than-honorable discharge. The reason? Rapone ...
Do Immigrants Have the Right to Pursue Happiness? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 27, 2018 Next Wednesday, July 4, Americans will be celebrating the anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. An important question arises: How many Americans truly believe in the principles enunciated in the Declaration? The real significance of the American Revolution does not lie in the military battles between the English colonists and the English military. Those are interesting from a military-history ...
Why No Outrage Over U.S. Killing of Children? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 26, 2018 National outrage over President Trump’s policy of separating immigrant children from their parents as a way to deter illegal immigration into the United States has forced the president to abandon the policy. The outrage came from all sides of the political spectrum, especially from the left, and from the mainstream media. Trump’s policy is obviously cruel and brutal, given that ...
Immigration Enforcement Comes with Immigration Controls by Jacob G. Hornberger June 25, 2018 People are up in arms over President Trump’s decision to separate children from foreign parents who have entered the United States without official permission. The outrage has been so vocal and passionate that the president has been compelled to abandon the policy. What most everyone fails to notice, however, is that this is just one more measure, albeit an extremely ...
Cuba Denuclearized in 1962. Why Continue the Embargo? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 20, 2018 In a time in which President Trump is saying that the U.S. government will lift economic sanctions against North Korea if it “denuclearizes,” why not lift the decades-old U.S. economic embargo against Cuba? After all, Cuba “denuclearized” back in 1962. Why is the U.S. government still punishing the people of Cuba with its brutal economic embargo?
Will Trump Agree to Unify Korea Under Kim? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 19, 2018 South Korean President Moon Jae In and the people of South Korea may come to rue the day when Moon decided to let President Trump negotiate a peace agreement with North Korea’s communist dictator Kim Jong Un, especially given the close relationship that now exists between Trump and Kim. That’s because in the topsy turvy world of ...
The Big Obstacle to Peace in Korea by Jacob G. Hornberger June 15, 2018 Suppose my neighbor acquired a bazooka and stored it in his home. He doesn’t say anything. He doesn’t threaten me with it. I ask him, “John, why have you acquired that bazooka?” He responds, “Just in case you decide to attack me and my family. If you do, we are going to defend ourselves by firing this bazooka at ...
North Korea Poses No Nuclear Threat to the U.S., and Trump Says So by Jacob G. Hornberger June 14, 2018 Just when you think that the Korean situation can’t get more interesting, it does. The New York Times is reporting that President Trump has now declared that North Korea is "no longer a nuclear threat" to the United States. He said that Americans can now “sleep well tonight.” That is one remarkable development, especially since North Korea has not ...
