Liberal-Conservative Hypocrisy on Immigration by Jacob G. Hornberger August 26, 2016 There is no area that is more rife with hypocrisy among both liberals and conservatives than immigration. When it comes to immigration, it seems that liberals and conservatives are competing against other for title of “Most Hypocritical.” For months, liberals have been condemning Donald Trump for his plan to build a gigantic wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. They say it ...
Do You Want a Peaceful and Prosperous Society or Not? by Jacob G. Hornberger August 25, 2016 Every Sunday at my church, we are exhorted to pray, among other things, for peace in the world and for the men and women who serve our nation — i.e., the military and the CIA . Naturally, the priests who craft the prayer, along with most of the congregation, fail to see the irony of those two prayers. That ...
America’s Communist Program by Jacob G. Hornberger August 24, 2016 Throughout the Cold War, the U.S. national-security state told the American people that it was necessary for America to go over to the dark side in order to combat the threat of communism and the Soviet Union. By that, they meant adopting policies and practices employed by the communists. It was a mindset akin to fighting fire with fire. That’s ...
The Cuban Embargo Destroyed American Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger August 23, 2016 In my article “Why Is the Cuban Embargo Still in Place?” I pointed out the horrific suffering that U.S. officials have intentionally inflicted on the Cuban people for more than 50 years with their cruel and inhumane economic embargo. But my article failed to point out another important aspect of the embargo: its destruction of the fundamental rights and ...
Why Is the Cuban Embargo Still in Place? by Jacob G. Hornberger August 22, 2016 Two years ago, President Obama announced that the United States would normalize relations with Cuba. As part of the process of fulfilling that commitment, Obama visited the island and met with Cuban President Raul Castro. Since then, he has reduced federal travel restrictions for Americans wishing to travel to Cuba and has eased federal regulations regarding the transfer of ...
U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Turkey? Didn’t JFK Order Their Removal? by Jacob G. Hornberger August 19, 2016 Nothing the U.S. national-security branch of the federal government — i.e., the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA — does surprises me anymore, but I must admit that I was bit taken aback when I read an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times entitled, “Let’s Get Our Nuclear Weapons Out of Turkey” by Steve Andreasen. The article pointed ...
The Most Important Question of Our Time by Jacob G. Hornberger August 18, 2016 Amidst the interesting chaos of a presidential race involving two candidates who a vast number of Americans don’t like, it would be wise for the American people to take their thinking to a higher level, one that involves what was is arguably the most important question of our time: What should be the role of government in a free ...
A Coup Against Trump? by Jacob G. Hornberger August 17, 2016 A truly remarkable op-ed published by the Los Angeles Times, entitled “If Trump Wins, A Coup Isn’t Impossible Here in the U.S.” by James Kirchick, makes a point that I have long been making about the United States: that the advent of the U.S. national-security establishment, as a practical matter, operated as a de facto amendment to the ...
