End America’s Role as a Military Empire by Jacob G. Hornberger July 21, 2011 During our panel discussion at the recent FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas, which was entitled “The War on Terrorism Is a War on Freedom,” an attendee pointed out that there were lots of instances of terrorism around the world and asked, “If terrorism is motivated by anger and rage arising out of U.S. foreign policy, how do you explain ...
They Also Hate Us for Our Hypocrisy by Jacob G. Hornberger July 20, 2011 The front page of today’s New York Times details another instance of the rank hypocrisy that underlies U.S. foreign policy. According to the article, U.S. officials are hopping mad at their partner and ally, the Pakistani government, for trying to tilt U.S. foreign policy in favor of Pakistan’s position in its longtime dispute with India over Kashmir. The feds have indicted ...
The New America by Jacob G. Hornberger July 19, 2011 Periodically it’s important to sit back, reflect, and contemplate what kind of country America has become under the warfare state under which we have born and raised. It is really quite astonishing. When I was growing up, the last thing I would have ever imagined was that my government, through its military and paramilitary forces, would be engaged in torture. ...
Egypt’s Military Problem by Jacob G. Hornberger July 18, 2011 The Egyptian people are getting a harsh lesson in militarism and tyranny. After successfully ousting Egypt’s dictator, Hosni Mubarak, from power, through the power of protest and demonstration, dissenters are discovering that the problem involves much more than “getting better people in public office.” Instead, the problem is a systemic one, in this case one involving a large permanent ...
Liberal Snake Oil by Jacob G. Hornberger July 12, 2011 If you’ve ever wondered what snake oil tastes like, just swallow a bit of what the liberals are prescribing for America’s economic ills. Too bad the FDA doesn’t make them put warning labels on that junk. Liberals are saying that the key to restoring economic health to America lies in (1) increasing federal spending, (2) stimulating the economy with newly ...
No Faith in Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger July 11, 2011 Why are so many people opposed to ending the welfare-state programs that have come into existence since the 1930s, especially when they see that they’re contributing to the downfall of our nation? One reason is because after years of paying taxes, they feel like they’re entitled to receive a dole from the government. But they often forget that government is just ...
Kissing Your IRAs and 401ks Goodbye by Jacob G. Hornberger July 8, 2011 Americans might be wise to prepare themselves for what might happen if the feds are permitted to continue spending and borrowing to their heart’s content, which of course they will be able to do if the debt ceiling is raised. At some point, the level of debt gets so high that no one is willing to lend the government ...
Debt-Ceiling Charade by Jacob G. Hornberger July 7, 2011 Since the debt-ceiling deadline is now only a month away, I thought I should repeat the prediction I made several months ago: The Republicans are going to cave. They will vote to lift the debt ceiling once again, confirming what a fraud the debt-ceiling is. If it’s continually lifted, then it really isn’t a ceiling. Federal spending will continue ...
Why No Military Tribunal for Casey Anthony? by Jacob G. Hornberger July 6, 2011 In the wake of the jury’s verdict of acquittal in the Casey Anthony murder trial, the obvious question arises: How about letting the states employ the U.S. military’s tribunal system in murder cases, well at least in those cases in which the state is not sure it can secure a guilty verdict from a jury? Wouldn’t that make us safer? After ...
North Korea’s Socialist Famines by Jacob G. Hornberger July 5, 2011 People living in the socialist paradise of North Korea are suffering another big bout of famine and starvation, so severe in fact that the European Union is sending $14.6 million in emergency food aid for more than 650,000 starving North Koreans. Here’s what the New York Times says are the causes of North Korea’s chronic food crises: “The food shortages have been ...
Opposite Forms of Freedom on the Fourth by Jacob G. Hornberger July 1, 2011 I’d like to share two points about the Fourth of July that I believe are important: First, the people who signed the Declaration of Independence were not American citizens, as is commonly believed. The people who took up arms against the British government were not fighting a foreign power. The revolutionaries were British citizens. They took up arms against their ...
Hornberger’s Blog, July 2011 by Jacob G. Hornberger July 1, 2011 Friday, July 29, 2011 Sharing Ideas on Liberty at Ron Paul’s Congressional Luncheon Group I had an interesting lunch yesterday. Congressman Ron Paul invited me to share libertarian perspectives on the warfare-welfare state and the debt ceiling with his private luncheon group, which consists of several of Ron’s fellow congressmen. About 8 other congressmen joined us for the luncheon meeting in ...