Kaepernick Has It Wrong on the Military by Jacob G. Hornberger September 5, 2016 Amidst all the hub-hub over San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the national anthem, hardly anyone is noticing how wrong-headed his views are on the military. Explaining that his protest is intended to call attention only to police abuse of African-Americans, Kaepernick clarified that he was not protesting the military. He stated: I have great respect ...
Should States Control Their Borders? by Jacob G. Hornberger September 2, 2016 Given the decades-long, ongoing controversy over immigration, a question must naturally be asked: Should the states of the United States be given the authority to control their respective borders? That is, should they have the same power to control their borders that the federal government has to control the nation’s borders. To clarify, I’m not asking whether state borders should be ...
Obama’s Condor by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2016 For the life of me, I don’t see any difference in principal between Operation Condor, the international assassination program being run out of Chile in the 1970s under Gen. Augusto Pinochet, and the international assassination program being run by President Obama, the Pentagon, and the CIA. Indeed, it seems rather bizarre to me that Argentine and Chilean officials are ...
Hornberger’s Video Tidbit: Invade Mexico to Pay for Trump’s Wall? by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2016
FFF’s Austrian Economics Project by Jacob G. Hornberger August 31, 2016 If you have ever wanted an easy-to-understand explanation of the principles of Austrian economics and their application to real-world economic problems — or just wanted a refresher course on the subject — you now have it. We have just launched our Austrian Economics Project, which consists of a 9-part video lecture series entitled “An Introduction to Austrian Economics” (See ...
Sell Amtrak by Jacob G. Hornberger August 30, 2016 If we learned anything from the 20th century, it’s that socialism is a disaster. It never works. It never has worked. It never will work. It is an inherently defective system. So, why is it then that Americans continue to embrace socialist programs? Among the best examples of this phenomenon is Amtrak, the government-owned and government-operated passenger train service. Recently Amtrak received ...
Regal Cinema’s Stupid Gun Policy by Jacob G. Hornberger August 29, 2016 Regal Cinemas, the largest movie theater chain in the country, has a gun policy that prohibits people from bringing guns into its movie theaters. That includes people with concealed-carry permits. That is one stupid policy. In Virginia, where I live, people with concealed-carry permits are legally permitted to carry concealed guns, with certain exceptions. One of those exceptions is when a ...
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 ...