Daily Articles

CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “Indict the Service Stations Too”

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2000

"Why hasn't the government indicted every service station owner in the country? After all, it's obvious that they are engaged in a giant conspiracy against the American people. Have you noticed that they all dramatically increased the price of gasoline at exactly the same time? How can this be just a coincidence? ...

CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “Elian’s Move to Andrews”

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2000

"Janet Reno says that Elian Gonzalez is better off at Andrews Air Force Base than he was in the home of the Miami relatives because in Miami, he was subjected to an artificial world of hundreds of Cuban-American visitors and dozens of news-media reporters. Now, let me see if I understand ...

CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “Abolish the IMF”

by Andy Falkof April 1, 2000

"Thousands of protesters have come to Washington, D.C., this week to voice their opposition to IMF and World Bank lending practices. Amidst the graffiti, sit-ins, and traffic delays, the protesters do have a message: Through their lending practices, the IMF and World Bank institutions are subjugating Third World nations. ...

CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “The Drug War Corrupts Even Those on Top”

by Andy Falkof April 1, 2000

"Col. James Hiett, who was once in charge of the U.S. government's drug war in Colombia, has pled guilty to helping his wife launder drug money and to failing to turn his wife in to the authorities. For her part, Laurie Hiett has pled guilty to drug conspiracy charges arising from ...

CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “U.S.-Cuban Control”

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2000

"It's hard to say whether Elian Gonzalez's father would defect to the United States if he were free to do so. Some Cubans do indeed like living in a society where there is free public schooling through college, free health care, total gun control, and strict drug laws and in which ...

What the Market Teaches

by Sheldon Richman April 1, 2000

What are we to make of the recent swings in the stock market? The first thing to keep in mind is that whether people buy or sell stocks, they do it on the basis of their estimation of the future, near or distant. Among the things they take into ...

Children are Property of the State

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2000

Americans everywhere were outraged at the Cuban diplomat's remark that Elian Gonzales is the property of the Cuban state. If only their outrage extended to their own homeland! For more than 100 years, Americans have lived under a system of state schooling or, as it is commonly termed, public schooling. Under ...

Understanding the Passion of Cuban-Americans

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2000

Last year, I spent a week in Cuba with the official permission of the U.S. Treasury Department and the Cuban Interest Section in Washington, D.C. (the diplomatic agency that is "hosting" Elian Gonzales's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez). The purpose of my trip was to conduct an informal ...

What is a Conservative?

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2000

The race for the Republican presidential nomination reflected the extent to which conservatives have abandoned their own principles. The two leading Republican contenders, George W. Bush and John McCain, waged a fierce fight over who is the true conservative and the real government reformer. But what does conservatism have to ...

Monetary Central Planning and the State, Part 40: Towards a System of Monetary and Banking Freedom

by Richard M. Ebeling April 1, 2000

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Off His Rocker?

by Sheldon Richman April 1, 2000

A baseball player who uttered some uncouth, even bigoted, remarks about various groups of people in New York City was ordered to undergo psychological testing - and possibly treatment - by his employer, Major League Baseball (MLB). John Rocker, an awesome relief pitcher with the Atlanta Braves, has apologized for his statements in a Sports Illustrated interview, but that ...

Fair-Housing Flimflams

by James Bovard April 1, 2000

The welfare state advances by demonizing one private industry after another. In the end, people are taught that government alone can be trusted. Truth is no impediment for federal chieftains determined to blacken the reputation of the private sector. In recent years, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has been at the forefront of demagoging private business. We ...