Hitler, Mussolini, Khrushchev, and Trump by Jacob G. Hornberger August 26, 2015 Things are getting mighty ugly. This week two Boston men beat up a homeless Hispanic immigrant. They used a metal pole to break his nose and batter his chest and arms. They also left him soaked in urine. According to the New York Times, one of them told police that he was inspired by the anti-immigrant message of GOP presidential ...
There Is Only One Libertarian Position on Immigration by Jacob G. Hornberger August 25, 2015 There is a common perception that there are two alternative libertarian positions on immigration: government-controlled borders and open borders. Nothing could be further from the truth. There is only one libertarian position on immigration, and that position is open immigration or open borders. After all, government-controlled borders and open borders are opposite positions. How could opposite positions on immigration both be ...
FFF’s Fantastic New EBook on Gun Rights by Jacob G. Hornberger August 24, 2015 As part of our new ebook project, The Future of Freedom Foundation has just published a new ebook entitled Freedom and Security: The Second Amendment and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms by longtime FFF author Scott McPherson. It is one of the best books — if not the best book — I have ever read on ...
Today (Friday, August 14)! Last Day to Receive FFF’s FREE Ebook by Jacob G. Hornberger August 14, 2015 Today, Friday, August 14, everyone can still get a FREE copy of my ebook Regime Change: The JFK Assassination. The free promotion ends at midnight tonight. Yesterday, the inordinately large number of free downloads vaulted Regime Change to the #1 position on Amazon’s list of free ebooks on 20th-century American history and #360 on Amazon’s overall list of ...
Afghan Wedding Parties and Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Jacob G. Hornberger August 13, 2015 One of the things that has fascinated me about the U.S. government’s war on Afghanistan has been the multiple attacks on wedding parties — eight wedding parties to be exact, at least as of 2013. What’s with Afghan wedding parties that they seem to attract U.S. bombs? Of course, the official position of the Pentagon is that all these bombings ...
Jeb’s Bush’s Confused Mindset Over Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger August 12, 2015 Poor Jeb Bush. He just can’t get his mind straight on Iraq. Perhaps that’s because he’s reluctant to criticize his brother George W. Perhaps it’s because he wants desperately to be president and is willing to take any position on Iraq that will garner him votes. Whatever the reason is, when it comes to Iraq Bush just keeps digging himself ...
Our “Serfdom USA” Music Video by Jacob G. Hornberger August 11, 2015 Have you seen our new music video — “Serfdom USA”? I think you’ll like it! The purpose of the video is to induce people to explore Austrian economics and libertarianism. We use Friedrich Hayek’s landmark book The Road to Serfdom to serve as an introduction. People who are familiar with Austrian economics will understand the various concepts expressed in ...
The Death of the CIA’s Man in Chile by Jacob G. Hornberger August 10, 2015 Last Friday, former Chilean spy chief Manuel Contreras passed away while serving 526 years of prison terms for crimes that he orchestrated against innocent people during the brutal Chilean military dictatorship of Army Gen. Augusto Pinochet. According to an obituary in the New York Times, After the announcement of his death, dozens of people gathered outside the hospital to ...
Where Were the Immigration Reforms in the GOP Debate? by Jacob G. Hornberger August 7, 2015 The funniest part of the Republican presidential debate last night, for me, was the part about immigration. Every one of the candidates emphasized and reemphasized that illegal immigration is extremely important to the American people and, therefore, that it’s imperative that the candidates present a solution. So, what solution did they propose? Not one! They just kept repeating what an ...
Are Liberals Seeing the Light on the Minimum Wage? by Jacob G. Hornberger August 6, 2015 The idea behind the minimum wage is a simple one: Mandate by law that employers must pay a certain governmentally set minimum wage to their employees. The minimum wage is supposed to ensure that those at the bottom of the economic ladder will be paid at least a subsistence wage and not be exploited by their employers. The assumption, of ...
Two Questions for the GOP Debate by Jacob G. Hornberger August 5, 2015 I wish the mainstream press would ask the following two questions to the GOP presidential candidates in Thursday’s debate: Given more than 40 years of death, destruction, and failure in the war on drugs, as president will you seek a repeal of all drug laws and will you immediately pardon all federal drug offenders? As president, will you reject any attempt ...
Welfare-State Parasitism by Jacob G. Hornberger August 4, 2015 If Americans want to see where our country is headed, all they have to do is look at Greece, the country whose government spent and borrowed the nation into bankruptcy. But now we have another welfare-state “success” story much closer to home — Puerto Rico, whose government, which is deeply in debt, has just defaulted on its bond payments. Just ...
