The National-Security Branch Rules the Roost by Jacob G. Hornberger April 16, 2024 If there is anything that confirms that the national-security branch of the federal government rules the roost within the federal governmental structure, it is the Pentagon/CIA torture and indefinite-detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That facility stands as an ongoing testament to the overarching power of the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA within America’s governmental structure and ...
End the Drug War in Oregon, Both State and Federal by Jacob G. Hornberger April 15, 2024 Three years ago, in a citizen’s initiative approved by 3/4 of voters, Oregon decriminalized the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. Last month, the Oregon governor signed into law a measure that undid what the people of Oregon had decided. The reason for this change in direction was that there were severe problems that arose with decriminalization. ...
Fauci! Fauci! Fauci! by Jacob G. Hornberger April 11, 2024 During the Covid crisis, the cry from Covid critics was incessant: “Fauci! Fauci! Fauci!” Fauci was a liar. Fauci was a killer. Fauci was evil. Fauci had to go if we were to regain our healthcare freedom. Well, Fauci is gone. He is no longer head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one of the ...
Why the JFK Assassination Still Matters by Jacob G. Hornberger April 10, 2024 Someone might reasonably ask, “What difference does the JFK assassination make to those of us living today? The assassination took place more than 60 years ago. Everyone involved in it is now dead. Why not just forget it and move on?’ Those are reasonable questions, especially when they come from young people. Why should they care about who ...
Serfdom Reform vs. Liberty by Jacob G. Hornberger April 9, 2024 One of the fascinating phenomena in the libertarian movement for the last several decades has been the division of libertarians into those who have decided to settle for advocating welfare-warfare-state reform and those of us who have decided to continue trying to achieve liberty. The reformers have thrown in the towel with respect to achieving liberty. They have ...
A Great New Book on the JFK Assassination by Jacob G. Hornberger April 8, 2024 A great new book on the U.S. national-security establishment’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy has recently been published. It is entitled The Final Analysis by David W. Mantik and Jerome R. Corsi. Longtime supporters of The Future of Freedom Foundation might recognize Mantik’s name. That’s because he was one of the speakers at our online ...
The Pentagon’s Killing Machine in Ukraine by Jacob G. Hornberger April 4, 2024 The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the Ukrainian government is lowering the draft age for Ukrainian men from 27 to 25. The measure is “part of an effort to bolster its depleted armed forces after two years of fighting Russia’s invasion and facing renewed assaults.” According to the Journal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “said in ...
The Zapruder Film in the Octopus Murders by Jacob G. Hornberger April 3, 2024 According to a March 6, 2024, article in Forbes magazine, the new Netflix series “American Conspiracies: The Octopus Murders” was watched 3.9 million times the previous week “to become one of the streamer’s most-watched shows.” Released on February 28, it was “viewed for 14.5 million hours to become the fourth-most popular show on Netflix from Feb. ...
Absorbing Half of Mexico Altered American Culture by Jacob G. Hornberger April 2, 2024 Proponents of America’s system of immigration controls lament what they say are “invaders” crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and entering the United States. Many of them say that this “invasion” is a conspiracy to alter the culture of the United States in a Hispanic direction. Ironically, very few, if any, of these anti-invaders ever condemn what the U.S. government ...
Immigration, Freedom, and the Price System by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2024 Rightwing proponents of America’s socialist system of immigration controls claim that foreign citizens should not be able to enter the United States without “permission.” They are referring to the need to secure “permission” from two entities — the federal government and the private sector. In making their “permission” argument to justify America’s socialist system of immigration controls, conservatives ...
The Schengen Area’s Open Borders by Jacob G. Hornberger March 29, 2024 In a blog post at Marginal Revolution, Alex Tabarrok has an interesting reminder of the virtues of open borders in Europe. Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University, which arguably is the best free-market, Austrian economics department in the country. He is also the Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at ...
Does Social Security Demonstrate “Compassion”? by Jacob G. Hornberger March 27, 2024 I’m always fascinated by people, including libertarians, who convince themselves that they are being good, caring, and compassionate by advocating the continuation of Social Security. Claiming that it would be heartless to suddenly terminate this program, they say that the moral thing to do is continue the program for at least one generation. Of course, we all know ...
