The Clownish Thuggery of DeSantis and Abbott by Jacob G. Hornberger September 16, 2022 You can tell how Republicans view illegal immigrants by the clownish thuggery in which two of their most revered governors are currently engaged. After arresting (kidnapping might be a better term) immigrants for violating sacred federal laws against illegal entry, DeSantis and Abbott then have them involuntarily transported to Washington, D.C., or Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where the transporters ...
Chile’s Lessons for Americans by Jacob G. Hornberger September 15, 2022 NOTE: Our upcoming online Zoom conference "End Inflation and the Fed" kicks off on Monday, October 3, at 7 p.m. Eastern Time with Richard Ebeling. Richard teaches economics at the Citadel and is co-host of FFF's weekly Internet show, the Libertarian Angle. He is former president of The Foundation for Economic Education and former Ludwig von ...
The Unnecessary War on Terrorism by Jacob G. Hornberger September 14, 2022 After the 9/11 attacks, U.S. officials decided to invade Afghanistan. Never mind that the federal government produced no evidence of complicity of the Taliban government in the attacks. Never mind that there was no congressional declaration of war against Afghanistan, as the Constitution requires. Never mind that Afghanistan had been legally justified in refusing President Bush’s ...
Military Self-Delusion on the Constitution by Jacob G. Hornberger September 13, 2022 Several former U.S. defense secretaries and retired generals recently published an open letter about the current political environment in America. The letter stated, among other things: “Military officers swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution, not an oath of fealty to an individual or to an office.” That’s just pure nonsense and self-delusion. Oh, ...
The Big Lie of 9/11 by Jacob G. Hornberger September 12, 2022 Yesterday -- September 11 -- the Los Angeles Times carried an op-ed entitled “A History of the ‘Big Lie,’ from Plato to TikTok.” The article stated, “If you look back at history, lying is as old as humans.” The author, Mark Kurlansky, points to several examples of lies, including lies told by the Soviets, the Nazis, ...
America’s Immigration Death Machine by Jacob G. Hornberger September 9, 2022 A Texas judge recently denied bond to 28-year-old Christian Martinez, one of the two men who have been indicted for the roles they allegedly played in the deaths of 53 migrants in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio. Everyone was shocked over the deaths. Yesterday immigration officials discovered the bodies of nine migrants who drowned ...
My Prediction on the CIA’s Secret Assassination Files by Jacob G. Hornberger September 8, 2022 This coming December 15 is the date that President Biden set for the release of the CIA’s long-secret JFK-related records. I would like to place my prediction on the record three months in advance of that deadline. I predict that the CIA will, once again, request Biden to, once again, extend the time for secrecy. Further Biden, citing ...
Biden’s Drug-War Hypocrisy by Jacob G. Hornberger September 7, 2022 On the day that U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner received her 9-year jail sentence from a Russian court for illegally possessing cannabis oil, President Biden issued the following statement: American citizen Brittney Griner received a prison sentence that is one more reminder of what the world already knew: Russia is wrongfully detaining Brittney. It’s unacceptable, and ...
Pity the Socialists in Minnesota by Jacob G. Hornberger September 6, 2022 One can’t help but feel sorry for socialists who live in Minnesota. The reason? They are getting terribly embarrassed by the wage situation in that state. Socialists have long claimed that a minimum wage is necessary to protect workers from greedy, profit-seeking employers. Without a state-managed minimum wage, the argument goes, exploitive employers would pay workers only subsistence ...
Mysterious Falls from High Buildings by Jacob G. Hornberger September 2, 2022 NOTE: I will be speaking today and tomorrow at the Ron Paul Institute's annual conference on America's warfare state, which this year is being held at the The Westin Washington Dulles Airport. The theme of the conference is "Anatomy of a Police State." For details, see this blog post. If you can make it, I am sure you'll ...
Fake Concern for the Taiwanese by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2022 President Biden, Nancy Pelosi, the Pentagon, and the CIA assure us that their machinations regarding Taiwan are motivated by their deep concern for the welfare of the Taiwanese people. How ridiculous is that? What amazes me is that they honestly believe that people are going to believe such nonsense. What amazes me even more is that there are ...
Why Not Just Abolish the IRS? by Jacob G. Hornberger August 31, 2022 While some conservatives are criticizing President Biden for hiring 87,000 new well-armed IRS agents under the guise of fighting inflation, I’ve got a better idea: Let’s just abolish the IRS and, at the same time, end the federal income tax. The idea is actually not as radical as it sounds. It certainly wouldn’t have sounded radical to ...
