Colin Powell, Iraq, and the “Good War” by Jacob G. Hornberger October 20, 2021 Some commentators are pointing out that former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who recently passed away, played an instrumental role in the U.S. invasion of Iraq in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Attempting to bolster President George W. Bush’s and the Pentagon’s plan to invade Iraq and effect regime change there, Powell went before the United ...
A Twofer Tonight at FFF by Jacob G. Hornberger October 19, 2021 As part of our ongoing conference series “Restoring Our Civil Liberties,” viewers will have the privilege of watching two great presentations tonight: George Leef and Radley Balko. A regular columnist for Forbes.com, George is director of editorial content for the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. He was book review editor for The Freeman ...
Don’t Reform the IRS. Abolish It Instead. by Jacob G. Hornberger October 18, 2021 A commentary in the New York Times today demonstrates how different libertarians are from conservatives. The article, entitled “How Not to Reform the IRS,” is written by Pete Sepp, president of the National Taxpayers Union. Founded in 1977 by James Dale Davidson, the NTU is a longtime conservative organization devoted to tax reform. In his article, ...
Major League Baseball: How Regulation Suppresses Free Speech by Jacob G. Hornberger October 14, 2021 With the baseball playoffs upon us, now would be a good time to talk about how economic regulation suppresses free speech. Major league baseball — and, specifically, its exemption from federal antitrust laws — provides a good example of this phenomenon. First, though, let’s do a short history of antitrust laws. Reflecting the beginning of the turn toward ...
Why the Mainstream Media Remains Silent on the JFK Records Deadline by Jacob G. Hornberger October 13, 2021 With the October 26 deadline only two weeks away for releasing the 60-year secret records of the CIA relating to the Kennedy assassination, the silence from the mainstream press is deafening. The great mainstream defenders of transparency and openness in government, at least when it comes foreign dictatorships, cannot bring themselves to openly advocate for the release of ...
Our Civil Liberties Conference Continues Tonight by Jacob G. Hornberger October 12, 2021 Our online Zoom conference “Restoring Civil Liberties” continues this evening at 7 p.m. ET with a presentation by Richard Ebeling entitled “Civil Liberties and Economic Liberty.” Richard, who co-hosts The Libertarian Angle with me and is also a contributor to our monthly journal Future of Freedom, is one of the best and most knowledgeable ...
The Washington Post and the JFK Records Deadline by Jacob G. Hornberger October 7, 2021 In my blog post yesterday entitled “Mainstream Press Silence on the JFK Deadline, I took the mainstream media to task for remaining steadfastly silent about the upcoming October 26 deadline for the release of the CIA’s long-secret JFK assassination-related records. Instead, I pointed out, the mainstream media simply continues reveling in labeling people who question ...
Mainstream Press Silence on the JFK Deadline by Jacob G. Hornberger October 6, 2021 Sometimes silence by the mainstream press speaks volumes about where they stand on important issues of the day. A perfect example is the absence of editorials and commentaries on the upcoming October 26 deadline for releasing the CIA’s long-secret records relating to the Kennedy assassination, which have been kept secret now for almost 60 years. Take a look, ...
The CIA Has Stultified American Consciences by Jacob G. Hornberger October 5, 2021 REMINDER: Tonight, 7 p.m. Eastern Time, via Zoom: Tufts University professor of law Michael Glennon's presentation as part of our ongoing conference series on restoring civil liberties in America. To receive a zoom link, register at our conference web page. Registration fee: FREE. **** One of the worst consequences of converting the federal government to a national-security ...
Tomorrow: A Great Talk on Civil Liberties! by Jacob G. Hornberger October 4, 2021 Tomorrow at 7 p.m. Eastern Time is the fourth speaker in our ongoing weekly conference “Restoring Our Civil Liberties.” Our speaker is Michael Glennon. We are in store for one of the best and most insightful talks on the critical importance of civil liberties that has ever been presented at The Future of Freedom Foundation. Glennon ...
The Ultimate Drug-War Crackdown by Jacob G. Hornberger October 1, 2021 Throughout the long sordid history of America’s war on drugs, drug-war proponents have claimed that if only government officials would really crack down on drug use and drug distribution, the decades-old war on drugs could finally — finally! — be won. But one big problem is that throughout the decades of drug warfare, there have been crackdowns ...
Restore the Republic by Jacob G. Hornberger September 30, 2021 With the auspicious exit of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan, the American people have a grand opportunity — one that should be seized and not squandered. That opportunity is to restore America’s founding governmental system of a limited-government republic, which necessarily would mean the dismantling of America’s post-World War II governmental system of a national-security state. The Constitution ...
