Why Do Libertarians Support School Vouchers? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 18, 2020 For the life of me, I simply cannot understand why some libertarians still support school vouchers. Libertarianism, after all, is about achieving a free society. What do school vouchers have to do with freedom? They are the very antithesis of freedom. A genuinely free society necessarily entails getting government out of education entirely. That includes ridding ...
Police Bigotry and the Drug War by Jacob G. Hornberger June 17, 2020 To suggest that all cops and all judges are racial bigots would obviously be ridiculous. But it would be equally ridiculous to suggest that there are no racial bigots within law enforcement or even the judiciary. In fact, the DEA, the state police, and local law enforcement all serve as a magnet for racial bigots. ...
Don’t Rename Those Military Bases. Close Them Instead. by Jacob G. Hornberger June 16, 2020 A controversy has erupted over the naming of U.S. military bases here in the United States. The bases are named after Confederate generals, and there are people who want to change that. They want the bases to be named for more politically correct military figures. I’ve got a better idea: Let’s not rename the bases. Let’s ...
Iranian Monetary Tyranny Is Déjà Vu in America by Jacob G. Hornberger June 15, 2020 If there is any beneficial aspect of a foreign dictatorship, it is that it can provide a reality check for the American people, especially those who are convinced that they live under a “free-enterprise” economic system. A case in point is Iran, where a court has just sentenced a couple, Vahid Behzadi and his wife Najva ...
The Pentagon’s Role in the Protests by Jacob G. Hornberger June 12, 2020 The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, is apologizing for the role he played in President Trump’s photo-op in Washington, D.C.. Dressed in battle fatigues, Milley accompanied Trump to the event in which National Guard troops attacked peaceful protestors with tear gas and rubber bullets in order to clear the way ...
What’s the Difference Between Conservatives and Liberals? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 11, 2020 I realize that conservatives and liberals are convinced that they are different from one another. I also understand that the mainstream media is convinced of the same thing. For the life of me, as a libertarian I can’t see any difference between conservatives and liberals or Republicans and Democrats, at least not with respect to ...
The Moral Bankruptcy and Hypocrisy of Conservatives by Jacob G. Hornberger June 10, 2020 If you want a good sample of the hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of conservatives, look no further than the Washington Post, specifically an op-ed in yesterday’s issue by noted conservative columnist Hugh Hewitt. In his op-ed, Hewitt takes Colin Powell, a fellow conservative who served as secretary of state, chairman of the joint ...
Economic Nonsense in the New York Times by Jacob G. Hornberger June 9, 2020 If you have a kid who is trying to figure out where to go to college, you might want to counsel him or her to avoid going to Stony Brook University, at least if he or she plans on majoring in economics. That’s because there is a good chance that your kid will end up having to ...
Limit Police Power to Targeting Real Criminals by Jacob G. Hornberger June 8, 2020 Given the history of brutality by the Minneapolis police department, especially against blacks, with the killing of George Floyd being the most recent example, the Minneapolis city council has signaled its intent to abolish its police department. The mayor of the city, Jacob Frey, opposes the idea, instead favoring police “reform,” an idea that has been tried ...
The FBI’s Glorification of a Serial Blackmailer by Jacob G. Hornberger June 5, 2020 Now that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is removing a statue of Robert E. Lee from a state-owned park in Richmond, isn’t it time that the federal government did a little house-cleaning of its own? A good place to start would be by enacting legislation that forces the FBI to strip the name of J. Edgar Hoover, the ...
Police Bigoted Brutality Isn’t New: The Jean Seberg Story by Jacob G. Hornberger June 4, 2020 Amazon Prime Video recently issued a movie entitled Seberg, which depicts the life of Jean Seberg, an American in the 1960s who became a famous actress both in the United States and France. The Jean Seberg story, however, is much more than just about film. It also is a very timely reminder, given the ...
Bigoted Cops and the Drug War by Jacob G. Hornberger June 3, 2020 If Americans want to diminish racial bigotry in police departments across the country, the best way to start is by legalizing drugs, all of them. That would bring an end to the legal opportunity that bigoted cops have in the enforcement of drug laws against blacks. I’m not saying that all cops are racial bigots. We ...
