The Fascinating Case of Lynne Stewart by Jacob G. Hornberger January 7, 2013 Lynne Stewart is a New York attorney who is serving a 10-year sentence in the federal penitentiary for being a supporter of terrorism. Her crime? Two years after the 9/11 attacks, she read the following message from her client, convicted terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman, at a press conference in New York City: “I am not withdrawing my support ...
Guns and Tyranny by Jacob G. Hornberger January 4, 2013 There are three important things to remember about the Second Amendment. First, it doesn’t give people the right to own guns. Second, it is an implicit acknowledgement that the U.S. government is the biggest threat to the freedom and well-being of the American people. Third, the rationale for enacting the Second Amendment was to ensure that the American citizenry ...
Don’t Raise the Debt Ceiling by Jacob G. Hornberger January 3, 2013 It’s time for Republicans to do the right thing. It’s time to put the brakes on out-of-control federal spending. The best way to do it is by refusing to lift the debt ceiling when the current ceiling is reached a couple of months from now. As most everyone knows, the federal government is spending some $1.3 trillion dollars more than ...
Fiscal-Cliff Antics by Jacob G. Hornberger January 2, 2013 The fiscal-cliff deal shouldn’t surprise anyone. A sufficient number of Republicans caved, enabling President Obama to bask in the glory of causing Republicans to vote for a massive tax increase. What did the Republicans get in return with respect to federal spending? Not one darned thing. On the contrary, they agreed that the “cuts” in federal spending that were going to ...
Why We Fight by Jacob G. Hornberger December 31, 2012 Given the statist direction in which our nation continues to head, one might be tempted to succumb to despondency. After all, everywhere you look, there’s a crisis, with calls for even more statism to address the crises. The worse things get, the more hopeless the situation might seem for people striving for the triumph of libertarianism. There certainly is no ...
Rendering Conscience unto Caesar by Jacob G. Hornberger December 28, 2012 Yesterday, I pointed out one of the big downsides to the embrace of the national-security-state way of life — that it has induced Americans to maintain a constant state of delusion with respect to U.S. foreign policy. I pointed out how so many Americans have convinced themselves that the troops and the paramilitary forces are spreading goodness and ...
The National Security State’s Embrace of Dictatorships by Jacob G. Hornberger December 27, 2012 The New York Times published an article on December 25 that exposes a harsh reality about U.S. foreign policy to mainstream Americans. The article, entitled “Bahrain, a Brutal Ally,” focuses on one of the principal dark sides of U.S. foreign policy: the U.S. national-security state’s ardent support of brutal dictatorships, this one being Bahrain. Why is the U.S. government ...
Where’s That Cliff? by Jacob G. Hornberger December 26, 2012 Have you noticed that all that fear-mongering among the statists regarding the fiscal cliff is starting to diminish? That’s because they are now coming to the realization that their fear-mongering might not succeed in driving Congress and the president into making a deal that would avoid the fiscal cliff. Given that the fiscal cliff is almost upon us, the ...
No Moral Standing to Criticize Putin by Jacob G. Hornberger December 21, 2012 The U.S. government’s ongoing dispute with Russian President Vladimir Putin reflects what a disaster the U.S. government’s “war on terrorism” has been, at least from the standpoint of moral standing. Ever since his election, Putin, harkening back to what he undoubtedly remembers as the fond days of the Soviet Union, has been taking harsh actions to suppress criticism of him, ...
American Children and Foreign Children by Jacob G. Hornberger December 20, 2012 If there is a more emotionally painful experience than a parent’s losing a child, I can’t imagine what it would be. The emotional wound is raw and goes down to the deepest recesses of a person’s heart and soul. And as we see with the Connecticut massacre ...
Interventionism and the Connecticut Horror by Jacob G. Hornberger December 19, 2012 Following up on my blog post of December 17 on the shootings in Connecticut, “Those Government Gun-Free Zones,” I wish to make a supplemental point, one about interventionism. It appears increasingly likely that the Connecticut massacre will lead to some sort of gun-control measure being enacted by Congress. Will whatever measure they enact mean that there will be no more ...
Republican Soul-Searching by Jacob G. Hornberger December 18, 2012 Pity Republicans and conservatives. At a time they thought they would be celebrating the Christmas season with planning for inaugural balls for Mitt Romney, they are instead wallowing in depression and soul-searching. They were so sure they were going to win. Now, they’re already overly preoccupied over whether Hillary Clinton will run again ...
