Why the Mainstream Media Remains Silent on the JFK Records Deadline by Jacob G. Hornberger October 13, 2021 With the October 26 deadline only two weeks away for releasing the 60-year secret records of the CIA relating to the Kennedy assassination, the silence from the mainstream press is deafening. The great mainstream defenders of transparency and openness in government, at least when it comes foreign dictatorships, cannot bring themselves to openly advocate for the release of ...
Our Civil Liberties Conference Continues Tonight by Jacob G. Hornberger October 12, 2021 Our online Zoom conference “Restoring Civil Liberties” continues this evening at 7 p.m. ET with a presentation by Richard Ebeling entitled “Civil Liberties and Economic Liberty.” Richard, who co-hosts The Libertarian Angle with me and is also a contributor to our monthly journal Future of Freedom, is one of the best and most knowledgeable ...
The Washington Post and the JFK Records Deadline by Jacob G. Hornberger October 7, 2021 In my blog post yesterday entitled “Mainstream Press Silence on the JFK Deadline, I took the mainstream media to task for remaining steadfastly silent about the upcoming October 26 deadline for the release of the CIA’s long-secret JFK assassination-related records. Instead, I pointed out, the mainstream media simply continues reveling in labeling people who question ...
Mainstream Press Silence on the JFK Deadline by Jacob G. Hornberger October 6, 2021 Sometimes silence by the mainstream press speaks volumes about where they stand on important issues of the day. A perfect example is the absence of editorials and commentaries on the upcoming October 26 deadline for releasing the CIA’s long-secret records relating to the Kennedy assassination, which have been kept secret now for almost 60 years. Take a look, ...
The CIA Has Stultified American Consciences by Jacob G. Hornberger October 5, 2021 REMINDER: Tonight, 7 p.m. Eastern Time, via Zoom: Tufts University professor of law Michael Glennon's presentation as part of our ongoing conference series on restoring civil liberties in America. To receive a zoom link, register at our conference web page. Registration fee: FREE. **** One of the worst consequences of converting the federal government to a national-security ...
Tomorrow: A Great Talk on Civil Liberties! by Jacob G. Hornberger October 4, 2021 Tomorrow at 7 p.m. Eastern Time is the fourth speaker in our ongoing weekly conference “Restoring Our Civil Liberties.” Our speaker is Michael Glennon. We are in store for one of the best and most insightful talks on the critical importance of civil liberties that has ever been presented at The Future of Freedom Foundation. Glennon ...
The Ultimate Drug-War Crackdown by Jacob G. Hornberger October 1, 2021 Throughout the long sordid history of America’s war on drugs, drug-war proponents have claimed that if only government officials would really crack down on drug use and drug distribution, the decades-old war on drugs could finally — finally! — be won. But one big problem is that throughout the decades of drug warfare, there have been crackdowns ...
Restore the Republic by Jacob G. Hornberger September 30, 2021 With the auspicious exit of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan, the American people have a grand opportunity — one that should be seized and not squandered. That opportunity is to restore America’s founding governmental system of a limited-government republic, which necessarily would mean the dismantling of America’s post-World War II governmental system of a national-security state. The Constitution ...
U.S. Officials Free Meng Wanzhou by Jacob G. Hornberger September 29, 2021 After three years seeking the extradition from Canada of Chinese business executive Meng Wanzhou, the Justice Department has thrown in the towel by agreeing to a deal that enabled Meng to return freely to China. Meng had been under three years of house arrest in Canada, as the Justice Department ferociously sought her extradition. Upon her return to ...
The Inanity of Gun Control by Jacob G. Hornberger September 28, 2021 FFF CONFERENCE NOTE: Jim Bovard, who has long served as a policy advisor to FFF and a monthly contributor to our journal Future of Freedom, will be our online speaker this evening, Tuesday, September 28, at 7 pm as part of our ongoing weekly conference "Restoring Our Civil Liberties." Jim is the author of the award-winning Lost Rights ...
Ronn Neff RIP by Jacob G. Hornberger September 27, 2021 After several months in the hospital battling complications from COVID-19, The Future of Freedom Foundation’s longtime copy editor and friend Ronn Neff passed away last evening. Ronn was 72. The news came in the form of an email from Ronn’s longtime good friend Tom McPherren. Ronn has been FFFs copy ...
Biden Will Continue the JFK Cover-Up by Jacob G. Hornberger September 24, 2021 On October 26, the deadline for the public disclosure of the CIA’s still-secret records relating to the Kennedy assassination comes due. At that point, the issue will be: Will President Biden order the National Archives to release the CIA's long-secret records or will he continue the U.S. national-security establishment’s almost 60-year-old cover up of its regime-change operation in ...