Democrats Don’t Get It on the Drug War by Jacob G. Hornberger May 1, 2019 After decades of working with Republicans to destroy people with their much-vaunted war on drugs, some Democrats are now coming out in favor of legalizing marijuana. Their change of position is a testament to the power of the shifting winds of public opinion. When the winds shift, so do the positions of many political types. Unfortunately, ...
Both Conservatives and Liberals Love Monetary Socialism by Jacob G. Hornberger April 30, 2019 While conservatives, led by their leader President Trump, are railing against the Democrats for their devotion to socialism, the current controversy over the Federal Reserve shows us, once again, that conservatives are as devoted to socialism as liberals (i.e., progressives) are. As Richard Ebeling explains in his FFF ebook Monetary Central Planning and ...
Trump’s Trade Wars Destroy Our Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger April 29, 2019 Given President Trump’s trade wars against China and other countries, the natural tendency is to focus on Chinese and American producers and consumers as the victims of Trump’s destructive trade folly. Keep in mind that in every trade, both sides benefit by improving their respective standard of living. That’s because in every trade, both traders ...
Healthcare Socialism Versus Healthcare Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger April 26, 2019 American liberals (i.e., progressives or leftists) are hell-bent on achieving their next big socialist objective: Medicare for All, which will expand the federal government’s role into healthcare to an even greater extent. Make no mistake about it: They won’t stop there. If they achieve that objective, they will soon be advocating for a complete federal takeover of ...
Conservative Reform versus Libertarian Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger April 25, 2019 One of the fundamental differences between conservatives and libertarians is with respect to reforming the welfare-warfare state way of life versus striving for a genuinely free society. Conservatives aim for reform. Libertarians strive for freedom. The way that one can usually tell whether a particular book, article, or speech is conservative or libertarian is by ...
The Elephants in the Room in Sri Lanka by Jacob G. Hornberger April 24, 2019 Focusing on the media’s use of the term “Easter worshippers” instead of the more normal term “Christians” to describe the victims of the terrorist attack in Sri Lanka, American Christians, not surprisingly, are failing to see the many big elephants in the room: The U.S. government’s invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan more than 15 years ago, its ...
Gitmo Destroyed Our Constitutional Order by Jacob G. Hornberger April 23, 2019 Sunday’s Washington Post carried an article about the suicide of former Peruvian President Alan García, who Peruvian officials had charged with official corruption while he was in office. The article posited the possibility that García committed suicide because under Peru’s judicial system, he would have faced up to three years in pretrial detention without actually being indicted, which the ...
Russia’s Hostile Outreach of Friendship by Jacob G. Hornberger April 22, 2019 The mainstream media never ceases to remind us that Russia is an adversary of the United States … or an opponent … an enemy … a rival … an adversary … or, my favorite, a “regional hegemon.” The best proof of this phenomenon, of course, is Russia’s attempt to establish peaceful and friendly relations with the United States. What ...
America’s Life of the Lie by Jacob G. Hornberger April 19, 2019 In 1978, an old high-school friend of mine gave me a book to read entitled A Time for Truth by William Simon, who had served as Secretary of the Treasury from 1974 to 1977. After reading the book, I told my friend that I had found it to be interesting but also that I had found Simon’s ...
Abolish Foreign Aid, All of It by Jacob G. Hornberger April 18, 2019 As most everyone knows, the federal government is now in debt to the tune of more than $22 trillion. Since federal officials are now spending, on an annual basis, around a trillion dollars more than what they are bringing in with taxes, that is going to raise the federal debt by a trillion dollars every year. We ...
No Comprehensive Immigration Plan Will Work by Jacob G. Hornberger April 17, 2019 David Brooks of the New York Times has a plan that will finally—finally!!—end America’s decades-long, ongoing, never-ending immigration crisis. Hallelujah! Someone has finally come up with a “comprehensive immigration plan” that will resolve America’s immigration woes. If only Brooks had come up with it sooner. In his Times column last week entitled “Our Disgrace at the Border,” Brooks pointed ...
Republicans’ Love of Healthcare Socialism by Jacob G. Hornberger April 16, 2019 While Republicans continue to profess their opposition to socialism, their love of socialism is being demonstrated in the healthcare arena. Do you remember when they were campaigning for control over Congress and the presidency with full-throated calls to repeal Obamacare? Not anymore. According to an article in the Washington Post, Republicans have come to love and adore President ...
