The Coming Economic Fascism by Jacob G. Hornberger December 9, 2016 The recent efforts by President-elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-elect Mike Pence against Carrier Corp. provide us with a signpost of the economic fascism that lies ahead after both men take office. Whatever might be said about economic fascism, one thing is for sure: it is contrary to the principles of economic liberty, private property, the free market, ...
The Horrific Consequences of U.S. Interventionism by Jacob G. Hornberger December 8, 2016 Two seemingly unrelated stories in the New York Times yesterday serve as potent reminders of the deadly and disastrous consequences of U.S. interventionism in the Middle East. The stories involve Iran and Libya. Referring to Donald Trump’s campaign vow to tear up the nuclear agreement entered into last year between the United States and Iran, Iran’s president, Hassan ...
FDR’s Pearl Harbor Bait by Jacob G. Hornberger December 7, 2016 On October 30, 1940, during his campaign for an unprecedented third term as president, Franklin Roosevelt told an audience in Boston, And while I am talking to you mothers and fathers, I give you one more assurance. I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: Your boys are not going to be sent ...
The Walking Dead and America’s Income-Tax Slavery by Jacob G. Hornberger December 5, 2016 Sometimes popular culture is able to deliver political commentary more effectively than editorials, op-eds, and articles. A great example is a current theme running through the popular cable television series The Walking Dead, which is about a zombie apocalypse. We are all familiar with the standard concept of slavery. When we hear the term, we naturally ...
The Cuban Embargo Destroyed Americans’ Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger December 2, 2016 Amidst increasing speculation that President-elect Trump is going to reverse the Obama administration’s attempts to normalize relations with Cuba, this would be a good time for Americans to start pushing back against any further destruction of their rights and liberties at the hands of their own government. A good place to start pushing back is by standing firm in ...
OSU’s Foreign Policy Blowback by Jacob G. Hornberger December 1, 2016 Those who keep hoping that gun control will protect them from terrorist retaliation for U.S. interventionism in the Middle East had their hopes dashed last week at Ohio State University. That’s because the lack of gun didn’t stop Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a Somali-born Ohio State student, from intentionally driving a car into pedestrians and then slashing people with ...
An Open Letter to President-Elect Trump by Jacob G. Hornberger November 30, 2016 Dear President Trump: You have a choice: to become an ordinary president, just like George W. Bush and Barack Obama, or one who goes down in history has having left an extraordinary legacy for freedom in America and the world. Why do the ordinary? Why follow the path of Bush and Obama? Why not an extraordinarily different and positive direction—one that ...
The Problem Is Foreign Interventionism, Not Muslims by Jacob G. Hornberger November 29, 2016 With Donald Trump’s accession to the presidency, the U.S. anti-Muslim crusade is going into full swing. According to an article in the November 14 issue of the Washington Post, hate crimes against Muslims hit their highest level since 2001. An article in yesterday’s Post stated that four mosques have received letters stating that Trump will do to Muslims what ...
The U.S. War against Castro Comes to an End by Jacob G. Hornberger November 28, 2016 With the passing of former Cuban president Fidel Castro over the weekend, the decades-long U.S. war waged against him finally comes to an end, even if the decades-long embargo against the Cuban people continues. Castro was one of the most tyrannical dictators in the world. After taking power in 1959, he refused to permit democratic elections, suppressed dissent, censored the ...
Donald Trump, Drug Warrior? by Jacob G. Hornberger November 25, 2016 For the millions of people whose lives have been ruined or are going to be ruined by the drug war, so far things are not looking too positive under a Donald Trump administration. That’s because the man who Trump wants to be his attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, is one of the government’s most ardent drug warriors. Sessions opposes ...
Don’t Forget FDR’s Authoritarianism by Jacob G. Hornberger November 23, 2016 As the left continues to decry the authoritarian tendencies of President-elect Trump, they conveniently forget those of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who they continue to extol as one of America’s greatest presidents. Even though FDR’s authoritarian actions took place more than 80 years ago, they have had a lasting impact on the American people and American society. Just think about ...
Anti-Intervention and Pro-Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger November 22, 2016 The biggest and most important issue of our time is what the role of the federal government should be in foreign affairs. With the election of Donald Trump, the debate on this issue is coming out into the open. The issue is interventionism vs. non-interventionism — that is, should the U.S. government continue to intervene and meddle in the ...