The Futility and Destructiveness of the Drug War by Jacob G. Hornberger November 3, 2023 The U.S. Attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Louisiana just sent out a press release reporting that a New Orleans federal judge has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Derek Nolan, to 15 years in a federal penitentiary for drug-related crimes. The press release states: “This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program ...
Where Are the Debt-Ceiling Chicken Littles Today? by Jacob G. Hornberger November 2, 2023 REMINDER: THIS EVENING, Thursday, November 2, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Austrian economics star Joe Salerno will be our fifth presenter in our online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. I hope to see you there! **** Why bring up the debt-ceiling controversy now? After all, that ...
What About Hamas’s Motive? by Jacob G. Hornberger November 1, 2023 REMINDER: Tomorrow, Thursday, November 2, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Austrian economics star Joe Salerno will be our fifth presenter in our online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. I hope to see you there! **** In the aftermath of the brutal attack by Hamas on Israeli ...
More Denial about Another Mass Shooting by Jacob G. Hornberger October 31, 2023 REMINDER: This Thursday, November 2, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Austrian economics star Joe Salerno will be our fifth presenter in our online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. I hope to see you there! **** In the aftermath of another mass shooting — this one in ...
L’image 313: A Fantastic New JFK Documentary by Jacob G. Hornberger October 30, 2023 REMINDER: This Thursday, November 2, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Austrian economics star Joe Salerno will be our fifth presenter in our online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. I hope to see you there! **** In the run-up to the 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination ...
The Self-Regulating Nature of the Price System by Jacob G. Hornberger October 27, 2023 In yesterday’s blog post, I described the self-regulating nature of the price system in the context of the issue of immigration. I pointed out that when employers raise their wages in a big way, they are sending a message — an invitation — to workers that says: “I need you to come and work for me ...
Illegal Immigrants Are Invited to the U.S. by Jacob G. Hornberger October 26, 2023 REMINDER: THIS EVENING! Thursday, October 26, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Austrian economics star Pete Boettke will be our third presenter in our online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. I hope to see you there! ****** One of the arguments that proponents of America’s socialist system of ...
Our New Audiobook for An Encounter with Evil: The Abraham Zapruder Story by Jacob G. Hornberger October 25, 2023 REMINDER: Tomorrow, Thursday, October 26, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Austrian economics star Pete Boettke will be our third presenter in our online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. ****** In the run-up to the 60th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination this November 22, I am pleased to ...
Why Are U.S. Troops in Iraq? by Jacob G. Hornberger October 24, 2023 REMINDER: This Thursday, October 26, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Austrian economics star Pete Boettke will be our third presenter in our online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. ****** As a consequence of the war between Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. troops in Iraq have come under ...
“We” Are Not Helping Israel by Jacob G. Hornberger October 23, 2023 NOTICE: This Thursday, October 26, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Austrian economics star Pete Boettke will be our third presenter in our online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. ****** When referring to military aid to the Israeli government, American interventionists often use the pronoun “we.” “We need ...
More Blowback from U.S. Oppression by Jacob G. Hornberger October 20, 2023 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is up in arms over Russia’s arrest of Alsu Kurmasheva, an employee of RFE/RL who holds dual U.S.-Russia citizenship. The charge? Failing to register as a “foreign agent” of the U.S. government. The New York Times reports that Kurmasheva is being accused of “collecting information about the mobilization of Russian university teachers into ...
Reflections on Israel and the United States by Jacob G. Hornberger October 19, 2023 I have a prediction to make with respect to Israel’s retaliation against the people of Gaza in response to the recent attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens. I predict that Israel’s response will not end up settling the longstanding dispute between Israel and the Palestinians. In fact, I will go a step further and predict that the response ...
