The Solution to Trump’s Iran Mayhem by Jacob G. Hornberger June 24, 2019 Undoubtedly, President Trump is fantasizing about the possibility of being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for deciding at the last minute to not bomb Iran in retaliation for Iran’s shoot-down of a Pentagon drone. Apparently experiencing a crisis of conscience, Trump called off the strike when he learned that it would kill an estimated 150 people, which ...
End All State Support to Colleges and Universities by Jacob G. Hornberger June 14, 2019 While Democratic Party presidential candidates are stumbling over themselves in offering people free college tuition and other political candy in the hope of buying their votes, I’ve got a better idea. Let’s end all state support of colleges and universities entirely. State support of colleges and universities is part of the mandatory-charity system that we call ...
Preaching to the Choir by Jacob G. Hornberger June 13, 2019 Ever since I founded FFF 29 years ago, there have been critics who say to me, “You just preach to the choir.” My response is always: “Yeah, isn’t that great?” Of course, I issue the response in jest, especially since FFF has long shared libertarianism with both libertarian and non-libertarian audiences, such as historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), ...
The Tyranny of Drug Laws by Jacob G. Hornberger June 12, 2019 The recent drug bust of Russian journalist Ivan Golunov reminds us of another aspect of drug laws — the ability of tyrannical regimes to use such laws to target innocent people. In fact, consider any tyrannical regime in the world — North Korea, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Egypt, Myanmar (Burma), Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and others. I will guarantee you that ...
Secrecy and Lies: Chernobyl and the U.S. Government by Jacob G. Hornberger June 11, 2019 SPOILER ALERT: If you have not yet seen the excellent HBO miniseries Chernobyl and might yet do so, you might want to wait to read this article until after you have seen the series, as it contains spoilers. The five-part series documents the catastrophic nuclear explosion that took place at a nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union in the ...
More U.S. Dictatorship against Cuba by Jacob G. Hornberger June 10, 2019 Lamenting dictatorship in Cuba, the U.S. government has decided to tighten restrictions on the freedom of Americans to travel to Cuba. Never mind that the restrictions were not enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Trump. When it comes to fighting totalitarian dictatorship, the reasoning goes, it’s necessary to adopt dictatorial policies here at home. Freedom of travel ...
China’s Scary Rise as a Regional Hegemon by Jacob G. Hornberger June 7, 2019 What could be scarier than the rise of a regional hegemon? Right? It conjures up an image of a giant Transformer, one who is going on the march and stomping through smaller nearby nations and imposing its will on them. Scary! That’s the situation with China. While President Trump’s trade war that he has initiated ...
Discomforting Facts about World War II by Jacob G. Hornberger June 6, 2019 Given the predictable accolades regarding the 75th anniversary of D-Day in World War II — it’s important for Americans to keep in mind some discomforting facts about the so-called good war: Prior to U.S. entry into World War II, the American people were overwhelmingly opposed to entering the conflict. That’s because of two things: (1) the non-interventionist foreign policy ...
Who Is the Real Enemy of Freedom? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 5, 2019 The Fresno Grizzlies, a farm team of the Washington Nationals baseball team, are in hot water. At a Memorial Day game, the team showed an annual Cold War-era tribute video by Ronald Reagan that extolled the U.S. military and its foreign wars, including the Vietnam War, which, the film said, defended our freedoms here at home. The film ...
Would Trump’s Impeachment Lead to Freedom? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 4, 2019 For libertarians, the obvious question arises: Would the impeachment of Donald Trump lead to the free society for which we libertarians yearn? There is a simple answer to that question: The answer is No. Even if Trump is impeached in the U.S. House of Representatives, convicted in the U.S. Senate, and removed from office, we will not be any closer ...
Repeal the Espionage Act by Jacob G. Hornberger June 3, 2019 World War I is the gift that just keeps on giving. Although the U.S. government’s intervention into this senseless, immoral, and destructive war occurred 100 years ago, the adverse effects of the war continue to besiege our nation. Among the most notable examples is the Espionage Act, a tyrannical law that was enacted two months after the U.S. entered ...
The Drug War Is Totally Idiotic by Jacob G. Hornberger May 31, 2019 Pardon me for being blunt, but it would be difficult to find anything more idiotic than the war on drugs, an ongoing federal program that has been enacted and enforced by both Republicans and Democrats for decades. The program is sheer idiocy in that its supporters continue to keep it going despite the manifest failure, violence, ruination ...
