Guns and Violence by Jacob G. Hornberger November 26, 2019 The gun-control crowd continues to believe that violence in America is due to the fact that so many people own guns. If guns could just be made to disappear, the argument goes, the violence in American society would finally disappear. What about Switzerland? In that country, most ...
Russia: Friend or Foe? by Jacob G. Hornberger November 25, 2019 Ever since the end of the Cold War, it has been the mission of the U.S. national-security establishment to re-institute the relationship of hate, hostility, and fear that existed between the Soviet Union, especially Russia, and the United States during the Cold War. That’s what the U.S. post-Cold War invigoration of NATO was all about, especially its absorption of former ...
The Kennedy Autopsy 2 by Jacob G. Hornberger November 22, 2019 Fifty-six years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was shot dead on the streets of Dallas, Texas. The official story is that a lone nut named Lee Harvey Oswald, without any motive, committed the assassination. During the past several decades, however, the overwhelming amount of circumstantial evidence, much of which was intentionally kept secret, points to a ...
The Minimum Wage Is the Enemy of the Poor by Jacob G. Hornberger November 21, 2019 Suppose they made the minimum wage $1,000 an hour. Just think: Every worker in America would be taking home at least $8,000 a day. That would be an annual salary of over $2 million. Wonderful, right? What an easy way to abolish poverty and make everyone rich, right?
Two More U.S. Deaths for Nothing in Afghanistan by Jacob G. Hornberger November 20, 2019 Two more U.S. soldiers have been killed during combat-support operations in Afghanistan. This brings to 19 the number of U.S. soldiers killed so far this year in the U.S. government’s forever war in that country. A total of 2,400 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the U.S. invaded the country in 2001. It is unknown ...
The Socialism of the Federal Reserve by Jacob G. Hornberger November 19, 2019 The Federal Reserve is the federal entity charged with determining the quantity of money in the American economy. To boost the economy, it expands the money supply. If the economy gets too “overheated,” it slows the rate of increase. In other words, the Fed is the government’s monetary central planner. It plans the monetary affairs ...
Restoring Sound Money to America by Jacob G. Hornberger November 18, 2019 The U.S. Constitution states: Article 1, Section 8 1. The Congress shall have Power … 5. To coin Money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin…. 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting … current coin of the United States. Article 1, Section 10 No state ...
Coercion and Charity Are Opposites by Jacob G. Hornberger November 14, 2019 The entire welfare-state way of life is based on the concept of force. Through the threat of arrest, prosecution, incarceration, and fines, the American people are forced to be good, caring, and compassionate to others. Here is how the process works. People are forced to deliver a percentage of their income to the federal government, ...
America’s Soldiers Did Not Fight or Die for Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger November 13, 2019 One of the sacred myths promulgated on Veteran’s Day by U.S. officials, especially those in the deep state (i.e., the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA), is that American soldiers have fought and died for freedom. It’s all false propaganda, however, as an examination of each foreign war in which U.S. soldiers have fought and died will ...
Foreign Aid and Sanctions by Jacob G. Hornberger November 12, 2019 Amidst all the political brouhaha regarding foreign aid, it is important that we keep in mind the nature and purposes of this particular federal program, as well as its related program, sanctions. Foreign aid is money that the U.S. government sends to certain foreign regimes. The purpose of the money is to secure loyalty to the ...
Cuba Was Never a Threat to “National Security” by Jacob G. Hornberger November 11, 2019 Of all the ludicrous aspects of the Cold War, among the most ridiculous was the notion that Cuba posed a threat to U.S. “national security.” For some 30 years, the U.S. deep state (i.e., the Pentagon, CIA, and NSA) maintained that Cuba was a communist “dagger” pointed at America’s neck and, therefore, was a grave threat to ...
Another Drug-War Massacre by Jacob G. Hornberger November 7, 2019 Drug-war proponents are scratching their heads over what to do about the latest drug-war massacre in Mexico. They are considering three options. Option 1. Have the Mexican military crack down even more fiercely than it already has during the past 10 years of fierce military drug warfare. ...
