The Incorrigible Hypocrisy of Conservatives by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2019 Last week a Wall Street Journal editorial revealed the incorrigible hypocrisy with which conservatives have long suffered. Conservatives, of course, have long suffered this malady with respect to domestic policy given their ardent devotion to Social Security, Medicare, foreign aid, and other welfare-state programs even while decrying the left’s devotion to socialism. But this particular WSJ editorial ...
Gitmo Confirms Our Ancestors’ Concerns by Jacob G. Hornberger March 29, 2019 What the Pentagon and the CIA have done with their prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, reflects the concern of our American ancestors who demanded the enactment of the Bill of Rights immediately after the Constitution brought into existence the federal government. Recall that when the Constitutional Convention met, it was with the purpose of ...
Leftist Yearning for a Gun-Free Society by Jacob G. Hornberger March 28, 2019 Not surprisingly, the recent massacre in New Zealand has brought out the gun-control crowd, big time. It’s always so predictable. Rather than focus on the root causes of gun violence, such as the drug war, the perpetual war on terrorism, the forever wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan, and the daily stream of assassinations being carried ...
They Are All Socialists Now by Jacob G. Hornberger March 27, 2019 President Trump and his Trumpista supporters are making a big deal about Democrats being socialists. They say that if Democrats were to get their way, America would be turned into Venezuela. What a joke! No, not the part about the Democrats being socialists and turning America into Venezuela. Trump is right about that. It’s a joke that Trump and his ...
Why Is Prostitution a Crime? by Jacob G. Hornberger March 26, 2019 New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is demonstrating one of the fundamental differences between liberals and conservatives, on the one hand, and libertarians on the other. Kraft was recently caught in a sting operation allegedly involving the payment of money to people in a Florida massage parlor in exchange for a sex act. Florida officials say that they have videotape ...
Sadness for the Russia-Trump Conspiracy Theorists by Jacob G. Hornberger March 25, 2019 For two years, the Russia-Trump conspiracy theorists have been saying, “Donald Trump entered into a conspiracy with the Russians to defeat our candidate Hillary Clinton. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, ex-director of the FBI, will bust the conspiracy wide open. You just wait! You’ll see.” Every week for the last year, hopes were renewed that this ...
Iraq and the Destruction of American Liberty by Jacob G. Hornberger March 22, 2019 This week marks the 16th anniversary of the U.S. government’s invasion of Iraq. The anniversary helps to remind us of the important role that country has played in the destruction of American liberty. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, which was ordered by President George W. Bush, was justified under the rubric of “weapons of mass ...
Conscription Is Slavery by Jacob G. Hornberger March 21, 2019 Last month a federal judge in Texas declared the all-male military draft to be unconstitutional because it applies only to men and not also to women. The decision flies in the face of a decision by the Supreme Court in 1981 that upheld the constitutionality of the draft-registration process. Back then, however, women were not permitted to ...
Medicare for All Will Bring a Full Federal Healthcare Takeover by Jacob G. Hornberger March 20, 2019 Why are Democrats now calling for Medicare for all? The reason is obvious: Obamacare failed to fix America’s healthcare crisis. If Obamacare had succeeded in fixing America’s healthcare crisis, there would be no reason to be calling for a new reform, one that would vastly expand the role of the federal government into healthcare. But ...
Free Trade: A Key to a Rising Standard of Living by Jacob G. Hornberger March 19, 2019 Trade is a key to a rising standard of living in society, especially for those at the bottom of the economic ladder. In every exchange, both sides benefit from their own individual subjective perspective. That’s because at the moment of the trade, they are both giving up something they value less for something they value more. Thus, trade enables people ...
The U.S. Death Star and the New Zealand Massacre by Jacob G. Hornberger March 18, 2019 White supremacy, we are told, is the cause of the New Zealand massacre, and gun control is the solution. That’s what the statists are saying. Their response is entirely predictable. My only surprise is that no one, as far as I know, is attributing the shooting to hatred for New Zealand’s “freedom and values.” What few are pointing to, not ...
The Horrific Long-Term Consequences of Regime Change by Jacob G. Hornberger March 15, 2019 84-year-old Emma Thiessen Alvarez has never forgotten the day in 1981 when Guatemalan officials came to her house looking for her daughter, a student leader who had escaped from military custody. Unable to find her, the officials settled for Thiessen’s 14-year-old son. She never saw him again. Thiesen’s story was highlighted in a recent New York ...
