Gun Control? What About U.S. Arms Sales? by Jacob G. Hornberger January 7, 2016 While President Obama was tearing up to support his call for gun control, the U.S. military-industrial complex was celebrating its continued leadership in the sale of weaponry to foreign regimes. According to the New York Times, U.S. foreign arms deals increased nearly $10 billion in 2014. Total sales went from $26.7 billion in 2013 to $36.2 billion in ...
Federal Socialism in the West by Jacob G. Hornberger January 6, 2016 Whatever one might think about the takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by a group of Western ranchers, the controversy does raise an important question: Why does a government of a nation that was founded on principles of private property and that purportedly opposes socialism own so much land in the Western United States? A good rendition of the ...
Our Ancestors Were Different, Especially on Immigration by Jacob G. Hornberger January 5, 2016 Whatever else might be said about our American ancestors, one thing is beyond dispute: Their position on immigration was diametrically opposite from that of Americans living today. Just think: Open immigration, a concept that, with the exception of libertarians, no American alive today would even come close to endorsing. Except for a cursory health inspection at Ellis Island to ensure ...
Let Puerto Go by Jacob G. Hornberger January 4, 2016 Isn’t it amazing how America’s turn toward empire in 1898 is a gift that keeps on giving? Today, Puerto Rico, one of the colonies the United States acquired in the Spanish-American War, is defaulting on part of its massive debt. Having failed so far to convince its overseers in Congress to permit the colony to declare bankruptcy, the Puerto ...
Entering a Presidential Election Year by Jacob G. Hornberger December 31, 2015 Immediately after January 1, the American people will be filled with hope, anticipation, and excitement over the upcoming presidential race. Led by the mainstream media, they’re about to embark on a 10-month journey of fervent political discussion and debate over which presidential candidate should be “running our country.” They will pour millions of dollars of their hard-earned money into ...
Two Illegitimate Functions of Government by Jacob G. Hornberger December 30, 2015 The question every American needs to ponder and discuss is one that our American ancestors were debating at the inception of our nation: What should be the role of the federal government in American society? That was how we ended up with the Constitution. The Framers didn’t want to bring into existence a government with the general power to do ...
Liberty, Peace, and Prosperity in 2016 by Jacob G. Hornberger December 29, 2015 For libertarians, things are obviously moving in a very bad direction. The welfare state continues to expand. Government spending is out of control, with the federal government incurring ever-increasing amounts of debt. The Federal Reserve is inflating a new bubble. The feds continue to wage their decades-long war on drugs. The Cold War-era national security state, which continues to ...
Donald Trump Really Is Like FDR by Jacob G. Hornberger December 18, 2015 Undoubtedly Donald Trump ruffled a lot of liberal-progressive feathers when he declared that he is more like President Franklin Roosevelt than any other leader has been. The truth oftentimes hurts, but actually Trump is right. One can easily imagine a President Trump ordering the Pentagon to round up Muslim-Americans and foreign Muslims living here in the United States and put ...
Muslims, Islam, and the Koran Are Not the Problem by Jacob G. Hornberger December 17, 2015 One of the most fascinating aspects to the post-9/11 “war on terrorism” is the fixation of American statists on Muslims, Islam, and the Koran. “The Muslims are coming to get us,” they cry. "The Muslims have been trying to conquer the world for centuries. They’re determined to establish a worldwide caliphate, one in which everyone will be forced to ...
What Is a Democratic Socialist? by Jacob G. Hornberger December 16, 2015 Someone posted an interesting question on Facebook in response to my article “Would the Pentagon and the CIA Permit Sanders to Be President?” He asked, “Isn’t the term ‘democratic socialist’ a contradiction?” He was questioning whether a person could believe in democracy and socialism at the same time. The answer is yes. That’s because democracy is a political system ...
