C-SPAN Interview on An Encounter with Evil by Jacob G. Hornberger October 17, 2023 NOTE: This Thursday at 7 p.m Eastern, we feature the third speaker in our new online series “How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life.” Our speaker will be Larry White, who teaches economics at George Mason University, whose economics department is one of the best free-market, Austrian-oriented departments in the country. Larry is another star in Austrian economics. He ...
Common Misconceptions Among Border-Control Advocates by Jacob G. Hornberger October 16, 2023 A common misconception among proponents of America’s socialist system of immigration controls is that the libertarian position favoring genuine open borders would mean no borders at all. That’s just wrong. Simply because people are free to cross a border doesn’t mean that the border disappears. The border remains, even though people are free to cross it, back and ...
The Christian Perversion of Christianity by Jacob G. Hornberger October 13, 2023 The website Sojourners recently published an article entitled “Who Would Jesus Cut from Medicaid?” by the organization’s political director Lauren W. Reliford. According to its website, Soujourners is “an ecumenical Christian media and advocacy organization that works towards social and racial justice…. Sojourners are Christians who follow Jesus, but who also sojourn with others in different ...
The Planned Chaos of Immigration Socialism by Jacob G. Hornberger October 12, 2023 NOTICE: TONIGHT, Thursday, October 12, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Mark Skousen is the presenter in our online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link for an intellectually fun and enlightening session! ****** Sometimes I just can’t help but be amused by defenders of America’s socialist system of immigration controls. ...
Tomorrow! Live! Mark Skousen on FFF’s Austrian Series by Jacob G. Hornberger October 11, 2023 Tomorrow, Thursday, October 12, at 7 p.m., we continue our new Austrian lecture series entitled “How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life.” Our speaker: Mark Skousen, the greatest libertarian philosophical entrepreneur in history — and one of the most renowned Austrian scholars in the world. Mark Skousen ...
The Welfare State’s Destruction of Faith in Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger October 10, 2023 As I read about the life and death of billionaire Charles Feeney, I could not help but think what America’s welfare-state way of life has done to destroy many people’s faith in freedom. According to an article in the New York Times, Feeney was “a pioneer of duty-free shops and and investor in technology start-ups.” ...
What Ever Happened to English Only? by Jacob G. Hornberger October 6, 2023 NOTE: We kicked off our new Austrian economics conference last night with Ben Powell, the executive director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, where he teaches economics. Ben’s talk was just what we wanted — a fun, entertaining, and enlightening talk on how he discovered Austrian economics, the impact that it has had on his ...
The Welfare-Warfare State’s War on Income and Savings by Jacob G. Hornberger October 5, 2023 NOTICE: TONIGHT, Thursday, October 5, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Benjamin Power is our first presenter in our upcoming online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link for an intellectually fun and enlightening session! ***** According to an article at CNBC.com, 60% of adults said they are living ...
The Failed Drug War Does Not Equate to “Open Borders” by Jacob G. Hornberger October 4, 2023 NOTICE: Tomorrow, Thursday, October 5, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Benjamin Power is our first presenter in our upcoming online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. ***** Yesterday, I pointed out that the thousands of immigrants who are illegally entering the United States along the U.S.-Mexico border ...
Blaming “Open Borders” for Immigration-Control Failure by Jacob G. Hornberger October 3, 2023 NOTICE: Mark your calendar! Thursday, October 5, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Benjamin Power is our first presenter in our upcoming online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. ***** During my entire life I have watched immigration-control advocates try valiantly to make their immigration-control system work. I’ve always been ...
General Milley and the Compartmentalized Military Mind by Jacob G. Hornberger October 2, 2023 NOTICE: Mark your calendar! Thursday, October 5, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Benjamin Power is our first presenter in our upcoming online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link. ***** In a farewell talk, Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, emphasized one of the shibboleths ...
What’s So Great About Democracy? by Jacob G. Hornberger September 29, 2023 U.S. officials and statists in the private sector incessantly sing the praises of democracy. They even invade and wage wars of aggression against countries that lack democracy. But what really is so great about democracy? Actually, only one thing. And, no, it’s not freedom. After all, if democracy is so great, why does the Bill of Rights ...
