The Right of Private Property in a Healthcare Crisis by Jacob G. Hornberger June 26, 2024 During the Covid crisis, the federal government and state governments imposed mask mandates, vaccine requirements, and lockdowns on private businesses. Such measures were, of course, illegitimate exercises of governmental power. As I have long pointed out, however, the ultimate solution to such measures lies not in playing an endless game of whack-a-mole against them but rather to constitutionally ...
The Injustice of Assange’s Guilty Plea by Jacob G. Hornberger June 25, 2024 I can fully understand why Julian Assange has accepted a plea deal in which he has agreed to plead guilty to a supposed conspiracy to disclose official secrets relating to U.S. “national security.” Given the lapdog nature of the British government, it was a foregone conclusion that British officials would ultimately, one of these days, rule in favor ...
Abolish Occupational Licensure by Jacob G. Hornberger June 24, 2024 The Declaration of Independence, which Americans will celebrate in a couple of weeks, points out that everyone is endowed with natural, God-given rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Life necessarily encompasses the right to sustain one’s life through labor. Liberty necessarily encompasses entering into mutually beneficial economic transactions with others. The pursuit of happiness necessarily ...
I’m Headed to PorcFest! by Jacob G. Hornberger June 17, 2024 I’m headed to PorcFest, the annual libertarian festival in Lancaster, New Hampshire, where I will be giving a presentation entitled, “The JFK Assassination: A Fraudulent Autopsy and a Fraudulent Film.” The festival starts today, June 17. My talk will be on Wednesday, June 19, at 3 p.m. in the Pavilion.
Update on the Gershkovich Case by Jacob G. Hornberger June 14, 2024 After keeping Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich jailed for more than a year on charges of espionage, Russian authorities released a statement yesterday alleging, according to the Journal, that Gershkovich “was gathering information about a defense contractor on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency.” The Journal added, “In fact, Gershkovich was on a reporting assignment for the ...
Gradualism and the Non-Aggression Principle by Jacob G. Hornberger June 13, 2024 The core principle of the libertarian philosophy is what is known as the non-aggression principle. It holds that it is morally wrong for one person to initiate force against another person, either directly or indirectly through the use of government. Libertarians understand the critical importance of the non-aggression principle and subscribe to it … mostly. Let’s assume that ...
No One is Above the Law? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 12, 2024 In the recent criminal prosecutions of Donald Trump and Hunter Biden, prosecutors and others emphasized that “no one is above the law.” Really? No one? How about retired Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper, Jr.? When he was serving as the Director of National Intelligence, he got caught lying under oath to Congress after he falsely denied that "the ...
JFK’s Peace Speech Got Him Killed by Jacob G. Hornberger June 11, 2024 Yesterday, June 10, was the anniversary date of President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Peace Speech” at American University in 1963, which was about five months before he was assassinated in Dallas. It was that speech — specifically, the vision set forth in that speech — that got him killed. The speech set forth a vision that Kennedy had ...
The Destruction of Julian Assange by Jacob G. Hornberger June 10, 2024 Last month, a British court gave Julian Assange permission to continue opposing the U.S. government’s attempts to extradite him to the United States to stand trial for violating the World War I Espionage Act. In truth, what U.S. officials are really targeting him for is that Assange, as head of WikiLeaks, had the audacity to reveal war crimes ...
Hunter Biden Would Not Be Prosecuted in a Free Society by Jacob G. Hornberger June 7, 2024 How ironic that the son of a Democrat president of the United States is having to pay the price for living in a paternalistic state that his own father ardently supports. Hunter Biden is currently on trial in a U.S. District Court for federal gun-control violations. Waiting in the wings is another federal prosecution for income-tax violations. It’s ...
The Deep State Is Not Shutting Down Alex Jones by Jacob G. Hornberger June 6, 2024 Famous right-wing broadcaster Alex Jones and some of his supporters are claiming that the Deep State is on the verge of shutting down him and his media company, Free Speech Systems, including his Infowars operation. Pure nonsense. It’s not the Deep State that is threatening Jones with a shutdown. It’s a U.S. bankruptcy court that is doing so. ...
A Century of Immigration-Control Failure by Jacob G. Hornberger June 5, 2024 On the 28th of last month, the United States celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Border Patrol. According to the website of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol was established “for the purpose of securing the borders between inspection stations. In 1925 its duties were expanded to patrol the seacoast.” If there ...
