I Respect a Socialist by Jacob G. Hornberger August 14, 2009 I have respect for Bernie Sanders, the U.S. Senator from Vermont. Why? Because he’s honest about what he is. He says “I’m a socialist and proud of it.” How can you not admire that honesty, even if you disagree with his economic philosophy? But how can you have any respect for liberals and conservatives, who share the ...
Border Patrol Abuse Comes with Immigration Controls by Jacob G. Hornberger August 13, 2009 Today’s issue of FFF Email Update links to an article about a rancher from my hometown of Laredo, Texas, who is complaining about abuses at the hands of the U.S. Border Patrol. I know what that Laredo rancher is talking about because I experienced the same sort of Border Patrol abuse that he ...
Eric Holder’s Cover-Up by Jacob G. Hornberger August 12, 2009 Attorney General Eric Holder is considering appointing a special prosecutor to investigate whether crimes relating to torture were committed by federal personnel during the Bush administration. There’s one big problem, however, with what Holder is proposing: His mandate to the special prosecutor would limit the investigation to underlings who committed acts outside the parameters set ...
Socialism Is Not Free by Jacob G. Hornberger August 11, 2009 Socialists who proudly proclaim the great success of the socialistic welfare state, including Social Security and Medicare, block out of their minds the fact that socialist programs are not free. The federal government is not an independent fountain of wealth or even an independent business operating alongside private businesses in the marketplace. Instead, the ...
How About a Posse Comitatus Act for Latin America? by Jacob G. Hornberger August 7, 2009 The United States has long had a tradition of prohibiting the military from serving as the domestic police. We Americans consider a bad thing to have the military serving in that capacity. This tradition is reflected in the Posse Comitatus Act, which was enacted in 1878 and expressly prohibits U.S. military forces from engaging ...
Older Americans Can Lead Us Out of Socialism by Jacob G. Hornberger August 6, 2009 As you no doubt know, our nation is mired in a socialist morass, one that is moving our country into financial bankruptcy. At the center of this mess are Social Security and Medicare, two socialist programs whose primary beneficiaries are you, the older people of America. As socialist programs, both Social Security and Medicaid are ...
The Moral Principle in the Socialist Debate by Jacob G. Hornberger August 5, 2009 Most everyone who is not a libertarian misses the central point in the health care debate. It’s the same point, by the way, in the Social Security debate. The point is the one that involves a basic moral principle: It’s wrong to take what doesn’t belong to you, whether you are a Christian, Jew, Muslim, ...
The Love of Liberty vs. the Love of Government by Jacob G. Hornberger August 4, 2009 The real battle taking place in America is between the lovers of liberty and the lovers of government. That’s what the healthcare debate is all about. The lovers of government want the federal government to operate a healthcare program. The lovers of liberty prefer a free market in healthcare, that is, a market free ...
The U.S. Government Is Not the USA by Jacob G. Hornberger August 3, 2009 I recently received a note from a former supporter of FFF telling me that the reason that she had stopped donating after 9/11 was because we had blamed “the USA” for the 9/11 attacks. She had supported our work from our inception in 1990 until 2001. Eight years after the 9/11 attacks, I continue to ...
Hornberger’s Blog, August 2009 by Jacob G. Hornberger August 1, 2009 Monday, August 31, 2009 Torture Works. Just Ask U.S. POWs from the Korean War by Jacob G. Hornberger An August 29 Washington Post article entitled “How a Detainee Became an Asset” details how the CIA’s “harsh interrogation techniques” caused Khalid Sheik Mohammed to become a CIA “asset,” meaning that he sung like a canary, confessed his crimes, disclosed everything he ...
The New York Time’s Failure of Understanding by Jacob G. Hornberger July 31, 2009 In a July 29 editorial entitled “The Military Is Not the Police,” the New York Times stated, “It was disturbing to learn the other day just how close the last administration came to violating laws barring the military from engaging in law enforcement when President George W. Bush considered sending troops into a ...
The North Carolinian Jihadist by Jacob G. Hornberger July 30, 2009 Neighbors of Daniel Boyd, a son of a Marine, are befuddled over his federal indictment on terrorism-related charges. Boyd, who attended a public high school here in Northern Virginia and who now lives in North Carolina, runs a dry-wall business in Raleigh. The feds are alleging that on the side, Boyd is a terrorist. Charles Casale, a neighbor ...