How We Achieve Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger October 1, 2020 An important question naturally arises: How do we achieve freedom given the current circumstances under which we are living in America? I think most every libertarian would acknowledge that when it comes to liberty, America is a seriously bad shape. Moreover, both conservatives and liberals, as reflected by presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden, are ...
Incrementalism Versus the Libertarian Non-Aggression Principle by Jacob G. Hornberger September 30, 2020 The modern-day libertarian movement is besieged by statist proposals to reform the welfare-warfare state way of life in which Americans live. Included among such reform proposals are things like Social Security “privatization,” school vouchers, health-savings accounts, immigration “reform,” and many more. As I have indicated in previous articles, reform-oriented libertarians have long maintained that these ...
So Much for Income Tax Privacy by Jacob G. Hornberger September 29, 2020 How many times have we been told that the information we send to the Internal Revenue Service in our federal income tax returns is guaranteed to be kept confidential? So much for that myth, as President Trump can now attest. The New York Times somehow secured a copy of Trump’s income tax returns and is ...
Trump Continues the Never-Ending War on Cuba by Jacob G. Hornberger September 28, 2020 If it’s presidential election time, then, like clockwork, it’s time for Republicans to continue the U.S. national-security establishment’s 60-year-long attack on Cuba. That’s because Republican presidential candidates feel the need to pander to Cuban-American voters in Florida as a way to show how “tough” they are on communism. Well, not all communism. The U.S. government, ...
What Is a “Libertarian-Conservative”? Part 3 by Jacob G. Hornberger September 25, 2020 In Part 2 of this series, I pointed to an op-ed published by The Hill written by self-labeled “libertarian-conservative” Steven Calabresi. In the op-ed, which is entitled “Proposed Ryan-Bannon Import Tariff a Smart Tool to Lower Income Tax,” Calabresi wrote: If the federal government were to tax nothing but business, income, and savings, then ...
What is a “Libertarian-Conservative”? Part 2 by Jacob G. Hornberger September 24, 2020 In my blog post yesterday, I referred to a New York Times op-ed by Steven Calabresi, who refers to himself as a hyphenated conservative, specifically a “libertarian-conservative.” A big problem, as I pointed out, is that neither Calabresi nor the Times defines what a “libertarian-conservative” is. I pointed out how the big influx ...
What is a “Libertarian-Conservative”? by Jacob G. Hornberger September 23, 2020 An op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times provides a good example of the libertarian-conservative mush or hash that the libertarian philosophy has become. The op-ed is about the appointment of Supreme Court justices and was written by Steven G. Calabresi, who is a professor of law at Northwestern University and a visiting professor at Yale ...
Why Don’t Libertarians Call for Restoring a Republic? by Jacob G. Hornberger September 22, 2020 One of the most notable aspects of the libertarian movement is the dearth of articles, books, and speeches calling for the dismantling of America’s national-security state and the restoration of our nation’s founding governmental system of a limited-government republic. If you have any doubts about this assertion, just take a close look at all the ...
The CIA’s Assassination of Rene Schneider by Jacob G. Hornberger September 18, 2020 It is commonly believed by many Americans that the CIA would never forcibly remove an American president from office even if he posed a grave threat to national security. But one thing is undeniable: the CIA would not hesitate to remove a foreign leader from office if he posed a threat to U.S. national security.
Pinochet’s Economic Fascism by Jacob G. Hornberger September 17, 2020 Given that this is the 50th anniversary of the election of socialist Salvador Allende to the presidency of Chile and also the 50th anniversary of the U.S. government’s decision to destroy Chile’s democratic system by ousting him in a military coup, this would also be a good time to review what his U.S.-supported replacement, military Gen. Augusto ...
The Siren Song of Social Security and Socialism by Jacob G. Hornberger September 16, 2020 This month marks the 50th anniversary of the democratic election of Chilean President Salvador Allende and President Richard Nixon’s order to oust him from power. From that point on, the CIA did everything it could to ensure that Allende did not make it to the next presidential election. The CIA’s efforts ultimately resulted in the 1973 ...
The Evil of Fiat Money and the Fed by Jacob G. Hornberger September 15, 2020 The headline of a Washington Post article last June read, “She Was the Last American to collect a Civil War Pension — $73.13 a Month. She Just Died.” The article was about Irene Triplett, a daughter of a Civil War veteran who had just passed away. That, of course, is pretty shocking in and ...
