Is Brittney Griner Really Guilty? by Jacob G. Hornberger July 12, 2022 Yesterday, I wrote about U.S. drug-war hypocrisy in Russia, specifically referring to the case of Brittney Griner, the U.S. basketball star who was arrested in Russia for possession of a trace amount of hashish oil found in two vaping cartridges in her luggage. As I pointed out in yesterday’s article, U.S. officials and the mainstream press ...
U.S. Drug-War Hypocrisy in Russia by Jacob G. Hornberger July 11, 2022 The drug-war hypocrisy of President Biden and the mainstream press are on full display in Russia, specifically in the case of Brittney Griner, the renowned W.N.B.A. basketball star. Griner was caught with a small amount of hashish oil in her luggage upon arriving in Russia to play for a Russian basketball team during the offseason. She has been ...
Conservatives Are Disasters on Civil Liberties by Jacob G. Hornberger July 8, 2022 The noted conservative Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, who, according to Wikipedia, “was reportedly floated as a potential candidate for the Libertarian nomination in the 2008 presidential election,” provides an excellent example of how conservatives simply cannot be trusted when it comes to civil liberties and, equally important, how different conservatives are from libertarians. Take a look at ...
The Damage of the Libertarian Brand by Jacob G. Hornberger July 7, 2022 In the last two days, critics on Twitter have taken me to task for pointing out in two blog posts (see here and here) that school vouchers are anti-libertarian. They say that there is nothing wrong with libertarians supporting vouchers because (1) vouchers supposedly make things better; (2) vouchers supposedly transition toward the libertarian ideal of ...
More on Anti-Libertarian School Vouchers by Jacob G. Hornberger July 6, 2022 My blog post yesterday, “School Vouchers Are Anti-Libertarian,” stirred up quite a number of critical comments on Twitter. There were three major points that the critics made, which, they maintained, was why libertarians should support them: (1) School vouchers improve the overall educational system; (2) School vouchers move us in the direction of educational liberty; and ...
School Vouchers Are Anti-Libertarian by Jacob G. Hornberger July 5, 2022 It stands to reason that conservatives would support school vouchers. That’s because conservatives, even while using pro-freedom lingo, support reforming, not dismantling, the welfare-warfare state way of life. But what’s with libertarians who support school vouchers? Why do they support what is clearly an anti-libertarian program? The core principle of libertarianism is what is called the non-aggression ...
Open Borders and the Pursuit of Happiness by Jacob G. Hornberger July 1, 2022 In a few days, Americans will be celebrating the Declaration of Independence. Amidst the hot dogs and the fireworks, it’s worth pondering the principles that Jefferson enunciated in that document. The Declaration states that people have been endowed with natural, God-given rights and that among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Let’s focus ...
Coming Full Circle with a Renewed Cold War Racket by Jacob G. Hornberger June 30, 2022 With Turkey now removing its objection to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, it is a virtual certainty that the two countries will join this Cold War dinosaur military alliance. In practical terms, that means that the lives of young Americans will now be pledged to come to the automatic defense of Swedes and Finns in the event Russia ...
More on America’s Culture of Immigration Death by Jacob G. Hornberger June 29, 2022 Yesterday, I wrote about the deaths of 46 immigrants, who died of dehydration in the back of a tractor-trailer in Texas. The immigrants had illegally entered the United States. They were being illegally transported when they died in the back of that tractor-trailer. As I wrote yesterday, those deaths are a direct consequence of the federal ...
America’s Culture of Immigration Death by Jacob G. Hornberger June 28, 2022 Last week, I delivered a talk entitled “Open Minds on Open Borders” at PorcFest, the annual libertarian festival held in Lancaster, New Hampshire, by the New Hampshire Free State Project. In my talk, I pointed out that America’s system of immigration controls necessarily comes with an immigration police state. Since I grew up in South Texas and ...
Advancing Liberty at Porcfest Today! by Jacob G. Hornberger June 24, 2022 Today, I will be at PorcFest, the annual summer festival held at Roger’s Campground in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Licensed under Creative Commons. I’ve been speaking at this great event for many years. This is the first time I will be giving two ...
You Can’t Count on the Police by Jacob G. Hornberger June 23, 2022 At the risk of belaboring the obvious, the police inaction during the mass killing of children in a public school in Uvalde, Texas, provides one more argument against gun control: You just can’t count on the police to keep you safe from a mass killer. Sometimes you have to rely on yourself or on other armed private individuals ...
