Why Do Liberals Hate the Poor in Cuba? by Jacob G. Hornberger October 30, 2009 President’s Obama’s much-ballyhooed campaign promise of “change” has received yet another setback. This time it’s respect to the U.S. embargo against Cuba, which has been in existence for some 50 years. Obama, who wowed and wooed the crowds during his presidential campaign with promises of “change,” has decided to continue the embargo. Never mind that ...
One of the Best Libertarian Events Ever! by Jacob G. Hornberger October 29, 2009 Yesterday, I participated in one of the most exciting and enjoyable libertarian events in the 30 years since I discovered libertarianism. The event was the first-ever live broadcast of Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Internet program “Freedom Watch,” which was broadcast from Drexel University. How did the event get established? A group of libertarians at Drexel came up with the idea of ...
Drug-War Assassinations by Jacob G. Hornberger October 28, 2009 The U.S. government has now extended its assassination program to the drug war. According to the New York Times, the Pentagon now has an assassination list for suspected drug dealers in Afghanistan. No arrests. No hearings. No attorneys. No judges. No trials. Just kill them. Great! So now the occupation of Afghanistan has expanded not ...
Only One Genuine Way to Support the Troops by Jacob G. Hornberger October 27, 2009 A few days ago, New York Times columnists Bob Herbert and David Brooks engaged in an online conversation in which they lamented that the American people are not doing enough to support the troops who are occupying Iraq and Afghanistan. They said that Americans just aren’t taking these “wars” seriously and should be ...
The Unreal World of Liberals by Jacob G. Hornberger October 26, 2009 One of the fascinating things about liberals is how they create their own false realities and then simply ignore or block out of their minds facts that conflict with that reality. We have witnessed this phenomenon, big time, during the housing and banking crises. The crises were the fault of the free market, the liberals ...
The Nobel Audacity Prize Goes to Cheney by Jacob G. Hornberger October 23, 2009 If there were a Nobel Audacity Prize, former Vice-President Dick Cheney would deserve to win it, hands-down. This guy is unbelievable. He’s taking President Obama to task for “dithering” by not immediately sending 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan. So, here’s a guy who, along with President Bush, had 7 years to straighten things out in ...
Drone Assassinations Are Only Making Things Worse by Jacob G. Hornberger October 22, 2009 Jane Mayer, author of the great book The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals, was interviewed yesterday on NPR on the CIA’s drone attacks in Pakistan. She discussed the morality and legality of those attacks as well as their ...
The Drug War Leads to Gun Control by Jacob G. Hornberger October 21, 2009 A fundamental principle of interventionism holds that one government intervention inevitably leads to more interventions, in order to “fix” the problems of the previous interventions. At the end of this road lies omnipotent government and the loss of freedom. A good example of this phenomenon is being provided by a group called the Binational Task ...
Support the Troops by Legalizing Drugs by Jacob G. Hornberger October 20, 2009 For decades libertarians have been arguing that the only way to put drug gangs out of business is by legalizing drugs. There is no way that drug gangs could compete against legitimate drug producers in a free market. Drug gangs thrive only in an environment of illegality, where such traits as murder, robbery, kidnapping, ...
Managing the Economy is Ridiculous by Jacob G. Hornberger October 19, 2009 The race for governor here in Virginia is reaching new heights of boredom with a new battle between the candidates. This time the raging battle is over which candidate can better “manage the economy.” How ridiculous is that? Think about it: how in the world does a governor — or any other government official — “manage ...
Statism and the Drug War by Jacob G. Hornberger October 16, 2009 Anthony Placido, head of intelligence for the DEA, wants the 35-year-old drug war to continue because drugs are “mind-altering substances that destroy human life and create violence.” Ponder carefully the first part of Placido’s statement — the part about drugs being bad for people. What he is saying is that as a government official, he ...
The Virginia Race for Governor Is Boring by Jacob G. Hornberger October 15, 2009 People from around the country should be happy that they are being spared having to undergo the sheer boredom of Virginia’s race for governor. Wow, what a yawner. Oh, that’s not to say that Democrats and Republicans and the mainstream media agree with that assessment. In their minds, this is a terribly exciting race. After all, ...
