A Better Way to Have Handled 9/11 by Jacob G. Hornberger September 11, 2008 Seven years after 9/11, shouldn’t Americans ask if there was a better way to respond to those attacks? After all, look at where we are today as a result of how President Bush chose to respond to 9/11: 1. A perpetual “war on terrorism” being waged by U.S. personnel all over the world. 2. A military invasion ...
Government Bailouts and Government Schooling by Jacob G. Hornberger September 10, 2008 One of the great benefits of public schooling, from the standpoint of government officials, is the power to indoctrinate people with myths and false beliefs. Oftentimes, these myths and false realities retain control over a person’s mind all the way through adulthood. With the government’s bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, we have ...
God Is Not Responsible for Sins in Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger September 9, 2008 A reader advised me that in my blog yesterday, I had misinterpreted Sarah Palin’s statement to the Assembly of God Church in Alaska. The reader said that Palin wasn’t actually saying that the Iraq invasion and occupation were part of God’s plan but instead was simply requesting people to pray that the operation is part of God’s plan. The ...
Palin’s Wrongheaded View of God’s Plans by Jacob G. Hornberger September 8, 2008 In an address to an Assembly of God Church in Alaska, Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin suggested that church members pray “that our national leaders are sending on a task that is from God, that’s what we have to make sure we are praying for, that there is a plan, and ...
The Reform Game by Jacob G. Hornberger September 5, 2008 The campaign season is abuzz with all four of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates exclaiming how they’re going to “reform” Washington. Not surprisingly, the establishment media is excited about the theme, calling on the candidates to come up with the “specifics” of their respective “reform” plans. There are two implicit assumptions in this reform ...
Nominate Palin for President by Jacob G. Hornberger September 4, 2008 As I’ve watched the storm of controversy surrounding Sarah Palin, a thought ocurred to me. What the Republicans ought to do is reverse their candidates, making Palin their presidential candidate and McCain their vice-presidential candidate. After all, the biggest concern about Palin is her lack of foreign-policy experience. Yet, when we consider the best ...
Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic by Jacob G. Hornberger September 3, 2008 We just returned from Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic at the Target Center in Minneapolis, where FFF’s program director, Bart Frazier, and I manned a booth for FFF. What an exciting event! Great speeches interspersed with great music! And best of all, a fantastic audience of 10,000 freedom-loving people! There was ...
Fearing Obama by Jacob G. Hornberger September 2, 2008 Conservatives and the neo-cons seem to be growing increasingly agitated over the possibility that Barack Obama is going to win the November election. Part of this agitation is, of course, over the likelihood that federal spending (and, therefore, taxation or inflation), along with domestic socialism and regulation, are going to soar even more than ...
Hornberger’s Blog, September 2008 by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2008 Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Restore a Free Market to America by Jacob G. Hornberger The congressional rejection of President Bush’s bailout bill came as a shocker to me. As I was writing my blog yesterday about how one can always count on conservatives to cave in and abandon any semblance of a commitment to free-market principles, they went and surprised me by ...
Two Fantastic Books on Immigration by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2008 I just finished reading Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders by Jason L. Riley, which is one fantastic book on the immigration debate. Riley’s book, combined with Phillipe Legrain’s book Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them, provide the definitive case for open borders as the solution to America’s immigration “crisis.” Well, okay, I’d also ...
The Protection Provided by Gold by Jacob G. Hornberger August 29, 2008 A case before the Six Circuit federal Court of Appeals in Cincinnati demonstrates how our American ancestors relied on gold to protect themselves from U.S. officials. The case involves a long-term lease entered into in 1912 requiring the tenant to pay the agreed-upon rent in gold coins. This type of gold clause was common ...
The Dangers of Paternalism by Jacob G. Hornberger August 28, 2008 Americans have long been taught to view the federal government as a parent. While the government is sometimes abusive to American child-adults (e.g., IRS, DEA, torture, Waco, etc.), Americans know that that’s a trait that is common to many parents. What matters in life under a paternalistic regime is people’s unwavering faith in the government to watch over them ...
