Libertarians Should Reject School Vouchers and Social Security Reform by Jacob G. Hornberger May 1, 2023 The core principle of the libertarian philosophy is what is called the non-aggression principle. It holds that people should be free to live their lives any way they choose, so along as their conduct doesn’t involve the initiation of force or fraud against others. In other words, no murder, rape, stealing, burglary, trespass, fraud, robbery, or other action ...
Dismantle the Cuban Embargo by Jacob G. Hornberger April 28, 2023 Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently visited Vietnam with the aim of establishing closer relations with that country’s regime. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, “U.S. officials say they are eager to build practical cooperation based on trade and adhering to agreed upon international rules of the road.” Actually, however, all that the U.S. needs ...
Did the CIA and the Pentagon Put the Quietus on Tucker Carlson? by Jacob G. Hornberger April 27, 2023 One hypothesis for why Fox News fired popular television commentator Tucker Carlson is because he had been badmouthing company officials. But are top executives for a major U.S. corporation so sensitive to personal criticism that they’re willing to ditch their most popular commentator for saying some bad things about them? That’s hard to believe. Another hypothesis is that ...
No Compassion on U.S. Aid to Ukraine by Jacob G. Hornberger April 26, 2023 Last week I wrote an article entitled “How Can Force Entail Compassion?” which focused on America’s welfare-state programs. I pointed out that, contrary to popular opinion, such programs do not reflect any goodness within the American people. That’s because they are founded on the force of taxation, which is enforced by the Internal Revenue Service, one ...
Our Post-9/11 Tyranny and Oppression by Jacob G. Hornberger April 25, 2023 One of the positive aspects of my work here at The Future of Freedom Foundation has always been reading the correspondence I receive in response to the articles we publish. Yesterday, I received an email from a reader in response to my article “Flying Pre-9/11” that I thought I would share with you all.
Flying Pre-9/11 by Jacob G. Hornberger April 24, 2023 This past weekend, I was reminded of how pleasant it was to fly prior to 9/11. I was flying from Memphis, Tennessee, to Hot Springs, Arkansas, on a commuter airline named Southern Airways. The terminal was in a completely different building that was located pretty far from the main airport terminal. When I walked into the building, I ...
Those Scary and Dangerous Russkies by Jacob G. Hornberger April 20, 2023 It was always inevitable that the Pentagon’s and the CIA’s “war on terrorism” would begin fizzling out, especially as the number of foreigners they were killing significantly diminished. When U.S. forces got booted out of Afghanistan and began killing significantly less people in Iraq, the rage that motivates terrorists to strike began going down. That’s undoubtedly why ...
How Can Force Entail Compassion? by Jacob G. Hornberger April 19, 2023 One of the things I have long found fascinating about America’s welfare-state way of life is how so many people say that it reflects that Americans are a compassionate people. I just don’t get that. The welfare state is based on forcibly taking money from people and giving it to other people who are purportedly in need of ...
Should the Wall Street Journal Have Pulled Gershkovich Out of Russia? by Jacob G. Hornberger April 18, 2023 Ever since Russian authorities arrested Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of having violated Russia’s espionage laws, the Journal has steadfastly maintained his innocence. The Journal claims that Gershkovich is being held as a “political hostage.” That might well be true, but a question naturally arises: Are officials at the Wall Street Journal partially responsible for ...
An Income-Tax Free Century by Jacob G. Hornberger April 17, 2023 As Americans rush to file their income-tax returns by April 18, we should never forget that this horrific tax was not part of our nation’s history for more than 100 years. Neither was the IRS. That’s because our American ancestors understood something that modern-day Americans don’t: that you can’t have a genuinely free society when your government wields ...
Did Russian Officials Sting Evan Gershkovich? by Jacob G. Hornberger April 14, 2023 Ever since the arrest by Russian officials of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage, U.S. officials have been vehemently denying that he is a spy. But as I wrote in my article "Evan Gershkovich: U.S. Spy or Simply Naive?” those denials mean nothing because U.S. officials would deny it even if he ...
Friendship with Russia Is Verboten by Jacob G. Hornberger April 13, 2023 Two days ago, I posted an article entitled “Time to Revisit the Maria Butina Case,” which showed that when it comes to playing the game of taking “political hostages," the U.S. government is certainly no piker. Pressuring the 30-year-old Butina to plead guilty to a ridiculous federal offense of “conspiring” to act as an agent of ...
