Federal Prosecution for Jesse Benton and a Free Pass for James Clapper by Jacob G. Hornberger October 19, 2015 The feds are currently prosecuting Jesse Benton, a campaign aide in Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential race. Benton’s supposed crime? The feds say he lied to the FBI when he denied knowledge of a scheme to purchase the endorsement of an Iowa state senator during the 2012 presidential race. That’s the sole charge against Benton. The presiding judge in the case ...
Carson Is Right and the NYT Wrong on Gun Control and the Holocaust by Jacob G. Hornberger October 16, 2015 I just came across one of the most ridiculous arguments I have ever encountered, made by a professor at the University of Vermont named Alan E. Steinweis. Steinweis’s ludicrous argument appeared in an article he authored entitled “Ben Carson Is Wrong on Guns and the Holocaust” that was published in the New York Times two days ago. In his ...
Is Pinochet’s Assassination of Letelier Still a Conspiracy Theory? by Jacob G. Hornberger October 15, 2015 In a story by John Dinges, Newsweek is reporting that the U.S. State Department has released long-secret documents “showing convincing evidence from as early as 1978 that [Chilean dictator Augusto) Pinochet gave the order to commit an act of terrorism in Washington, D.C., and murder Orlando Letelier and an American woman.” The article points out that “five U.S. ...
How Can Anyone Still Be an Interventionist? by Jacob G. Hornberger October 14, 2015 Given the ongoing disasters in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya, and the rest of the Middle East, how can anyone in his right mind still be an interventionist? Look at Iraq. The U.S. invasion and multi-year occupation of that country was supposed to bring a paradise of peace, prosperity, and harmony to the country. That’s what killing all those Iraqis ...
An Awesome Conference on U.S. Foreign Policy by Jacob G. Hornberger October 13, 2015 I just returned from Texas where I had the good fortune of participating in one of the most awesome conferences I’ve ever participated in. As I told the audience at the beginning of my talk, when I initially received the invitation to speak, I almost said no because I knew nothing about the group that was inviting me—the Texas ...
Texas Conference on Saturday by Jacob G. Hornberger October 9, 2015 I'm headed to Texas today to speak at a conference tomorrow (Saturday, October 10) on U.S. foreign policy at Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth. The conference is sponsored by the Texas Millennial Institute, a group of young Texas libertarians. The conference runs all day -- from 10 ...
Never-Ending U.S. Hypocrisy on Cuba by Jacob G. Hornberger October 8, 2015 In a visit to Cuba to improve relations, U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker dutifully lectured Cuban officials on what they need to do to improve conditions in Cuba. According to an article on ABCNews.com, Prizker said, We urge President Castro and his government to make it easier for Cuban citizens to trade and travel more freely, to enjoy the fruits ...
Automatic U.S. Involvement in a Korean War by Jacob G. Hornberger October 7, 2015 I wonder how many Americans realize that the U.S. national-security state has brought the possibility of automatic war — that is, a war that involves no presidential or congressional deliberation. That’s the case with Korea. Today, there are 28,500 U.S. troops in Korea. Why are they stationed there? They’re stationed there to ensure automatic U.S. involvement in a war that breaks ...
U.S. Tyranny Against Bobby Fischer by Jacob G. Hornberger October 6, 2015 This past weekend, I saw Pawn Sacrifice, the new movie about Bobby Fischer, the world-renowned American chess player who defeated Russian Boris Spassky to become the first American ever to win the world championship in chess. It was an interesting and entertaining account of Fischer’s life up until the time he won the championship in 1972 in Reykjavik, Iceland. ...
Killing People Over There and Random Mass Murders Over Here by Jacob G. Hornberger October 5, 2015 Another random mass murder, this time at a community college in Oregon. Officials are scratching their heads trying to figure out motive but so far meeting with no success. All that we know is that the killer was off-kilter mentally. In light of this new mass murder, permit me to restate my theory on why America is besieged by random ...
The Chaos of the “War on Terrorism” Spreads to Syria by Jacob G. Hornberger October 2, 2015 It had to happen. It was always inevitable that the U.S. government’s much-vaunted “war on terrorism” would devolve into absolute chaos, especially by attracting authoritarian and totalitarian regimes into the “war on terrorism” maelstrom. Ever since President George W. Bush declared his much-ballyhooed “war on terrorism,” we have seen authoritarian and totalitarian regimes infringe on or destroy the civil liberties ...
Debt Ceiling Circus Looms Ahead, Again by Jacob G. Hornberger October 1, 2015 The recurring debt-ceiling circus is approaching, once again. The maximum amount of debt that the federal government is permitted to incur is about to be reached … again. That means that the federal government will not be permitted to incur any more debt … unless Congress raises the debt ceiling again, thereby permitting the federal government to continue its ...
