Anti-Islamic Schizophrenia by Jacob G. Hornberger September 8, 2010 The anti-Muslim opponents of that Islamic community center/mosque in New York City are suffering a severe case of anti-Islamic schizophrenia. On the one hand, they’ve gone ballistic over the possibility that an Islamic community center/mosque might be built a couple of blocks away from the World Trade Center site. Yet, on the other hand, many of them are among the most ...
How Much Is an Iraqi Life Worth? by Jacob G. Hornberger September 7, 2010 One of the most morally obscene aspects of the Iraq War has been the cost-benefit analysis in which war proponents claim that the war has been worth the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people killed in the operation. Since the U.S. government has brought democracy to Iraq, the argument goes, the deaths of countless Iraqi people, while regrettable, has ...
Hornberger’s Blog, September 2010 by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2010 Thursday, September 30, 2010 A Great Time at Beacon College It’s been a great week for me! On Tuesday, I traveled to Leesburg, Florida, which is about 1 ½ hours from Orlando to give a lecture on the principles of libertarianism to the student body at Beacon College, which just happens to be one of the most fascinating schools in ...
Monday, August 30, 2010 by Jacob G. Hornberger August 30, 2010 Jacob Hornberger's blog will return on Tuesday, September 7th.
The Market as a Redistributor of Wealth by Jacob G. Hornberger August 27, 2010 One of the primary arguments employed by statists to justify the welfare state is the necessity to equalize incomes. The rich just get richer and richer, and the poor just get poorer and poorer, in a free-market economy, say the statists. To balance things out, they say, the state must take from the rich and give to the poor. Nothing ...
Iraq Sanctions and the NYC Imam by Jacob G. Hornberger August 26, 2010 The controversy over the mosque/cultural center in New York City is performing at least one valuable function, one that no one could have ever predicted: causing Americans to confront the wrongdoing of their own government and reflect on how such wrongdoing has contributed to the terrorist woes that now besiege our nation. The issue involves the brutal sanctions that the ...
Rotten Eggs and the Regulated Economy by Jacob G. Hornberger August 25, 2010 How come there’s an egg recall due to salmonella poisoning? Don’t we have government regulations and regulators for this sort of thing? Don’t we have government inspectors? Don’t we have a regulated economy so that the government will keep us safe from rotten eggs entering the marketplace? Well, what’s the point of a regulated economy if it’s not going to ...
The Bush-Obama Lies on Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger August 24, 2010 President Obama’s announcement that all combat troops have exited Iraq, while 50,000 combat troops remain in Iraq, is fitting. Since the war began with a lie, the “end” of the war might as well be based on a lie as well. Interventionists continue to maintain the sweet delusion that Iraq is better off as a result of the U.S. invasion. ...
Economic Ignorance on Deficits by Jacob G. Hornberger August 23, 2010 Last week, the New York Times displayed customary economic ignorance about two deficits — the trade deficit and the budget deficit. In a lead editorial entitled “Return of the Killer Trade Deficit,” the Times lamented the fact that the United States had a trade deficit through June of almost $50 billion. Concerned over the size of that number, which the Times called “staggering,” ...
Catholofascist Terrorists by Jacob G. Hornberger August 23, 2010 President Obama and the Pentagon make the following joint announcement: Our fellow Americans, now that we have brought democracy to Afghanistan and Iraq with our military invasions and occupations, third on our list is Vatican City, a country that has never permitted full democracy to the citizens of that country. We are today implementing Operation Vatican Freedom, whose goal will ...
We Are Not the Government by Jacob G. Hornberger August 19, 2010 A common mistake by many Americans is when they use the pronoun “we” to conflate the U.S. government and the American people (i.e., the private sector). The error is most often manifested when it comes to foreign policy. “We stand for freedom and free markets around the world” or “We’ve done more to help the world than anyone else.” Actually, ...
Cuba and American Sheeplings by Jacob G. Hornberger August 18, 2010 Those Americans who love being sheeplings must be ecstatic over President Obama’s rumored plans to ease travel restrictions to Cuba by permitting more students, educators, and researchers to visit Cuba, but only with an official government-issued license, of course. Let’s get straight some principles about rights and freedom. Like all other human begins, Americans have been endowed by nature and God ...
