King Richard and Kings Bush, Clinton, Obama, and Trump by Jacob G. Hornberger September 25, 2019 The opening to Ridley Scott’s 2010 film Robin Hood inevitably brings to mind President Donald Trump. The prologue to the film states: King Richard the Lion Heart, bankrupt of wealth and glory, is plundering his way back to England after ten years on his crusade. Doesn’t that statement describe what has been occurring in the ...
Our New FFF LibertyView Podcast by Jacob G. Hornberger September 24, 2019 Dear FFF Friends and Supporters, Today, as part of our FFF marketing campaign, we are launching our new FFF LibertyView Podcast series, in which I will be doing a 2-minute audio presentation on burning issues of the day. The title of the first one is “Donald Trump—Great Leader or Dictator?” It explores whether ...
Trump’s Self-Painted Corner on Iran by Jacob G. Hornberger September 23, 2019 President Trump may not realize it yet, but it will almost certainly dawn on him at some point that he has painted himself into a corner with his bullying tactics against Iran. Trump’s plan was the following: He first would withdraw from the nuclear accord that the United States entered into ...
Trump, FDR, and War by Jacob G. Hornberger September 20, 2019 President Trump’s campaign of “maximum pressure” against Iran reminds me of President Franklin Roosevelt’s similar campaign against Japan prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After England declared war on Germany, owing to the latter’s invasion of Poland, the American people were overwhelmingly opposed to entry ...
The Safe-Haven Argument for Staying in Afghanistan by Jacob G. Hornberger September 19, 2019 Of all the ridiculous and false arguments for keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan, where they continue to kill and die for nothing, the “safe-haven” argument has to rank among the worst. The argument holds that if U.S. troops are withdrawn from the country, the Taliban will end up winning the civil war, take control over the national government, and ...
Congress Shares the Blame for the Kavanaugh Fiasco by Jacob G. Hornberger September 18, 2019 When the Republican members of Congress voted in a 50-48 partisan vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, they obviously believed that a quick vote in favor of confirmation would quell the controversy over Kavanaugh’s nomination. The New York Times’s recent publication of an essay raising new evidence of sex-abuse allegations against Kavanaugh has dashed that ...
A Renowned and Heroic Surgeon Passes Away by Jacob G. Hornberger September 17, 2019 Dr. Robert McClelland has recently passed away. He was one of the treating physicians when President Kennedy was brought into Parkland Hospital after being shot in Dallas. He was about 33 years old at the time. He went on to become one the most renowned surgeons in Texas. At the time he passed away, he was a retired professor ...
A Deportation Death by Jacob G. Hornberger September 16, 2019 The story of Jimmy Aldaoud demonstrates, once again, the horror of America’s decades-old system of immigration controls. Aldaoud was brought to the United States as an infant. Unlike his two sisters, who were born here in the United States, Jimmy never became a U.S. citizen and remained instead a “permanent resident.” He had a tough life growing up, struggling ...
The Folly of the Democratic Healthcare Debate by Jacob G. Hornberger September 13, 2019 It was so amusing watching the Democratic presidential candidates get embroiled in an argument over which one of them has the best healthcare plan. Medicare for all or Medicare for some? Abolition of private insurance or optional private insurance? Reform Obamacare this way or that way? How to pay for each candidate’s healthcare plan?
Socialism Is Destroying America by Jacob G. Hornberger September 12, 2019 Leave it to the progressives (i.e., liberals or leftists) to point out, indirectly, that conservatives and Republicans are as devoted to socialism as leftists are. The point is well made in an article by Tim Butterworth, a former Democratic Party legislator in New Hampshire. The title of the article ...
Why Gen Zers and Millennials Support Socialism by Jacob G. Hornberger September 11, 2019 Public-opinion polls reflect that large numbers of Americans in their 20s and 30s (i.e., Gen Z and millennials) support socialism. When one considers the indoctrination to which these young Americans have been subjected in their state-run educational systems, their preference for socialism actually makes sense. From the first grade, American students ...
9/11 Solidified the Destruction of Our Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger September 10, 2019 The 9/11 attacks not only killed thousands of Americans, they also led to America’s forever wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iran, and elsewhere, which have brought about the deaths of thousands of other Americans and millions of foreigners. But the 9/11 attacks did more than that. They also fortified the U.S. government as a national-security state, which ...
