Trump’s Berlin Wall by Jacob G. Hornberger August 30, 2019 In 1987 President Ronald Reagan was delivering a speech about the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. Reagan declared: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Imagine if Donald Trump had been president back then instead of Reagan. Standing at the same place, Trump would have declared, “Mr. Gorbachev, move this wall to the ...
Stop the President from Managing the Economy by Jacob G. Hornberger August 29, 2019 For the past two years, President Trump and his loyal army of Trumpistas have been trumpeting what they say is Trump’s fantastic management of the economy. The stock market is soaring and unemployment is down, they crow. This shows, they say, that President Trump has been a great manager of the economy. Now that presidential campaign season is kicking into ...
The Mainstream Press’s Deference to Authority in the Death of Jeffrey Epstein by Jacob G. Hornberger August 28, 2019 One of the fascinating, albeit not too surprising, aspects of the Jeffrey Epstein death has been the reaction of the mainstream media. From the very first moment that the news hit that Epstein had died in prison from an apparent suicide, the mainstream media concluded that that is precisely what happened. Immediately, there was a spate of commentaries, op-eds, ...
The Guardian’s Angry and Nasty Attack on David Koch by Jacob G. Hornberger August 27, 2019 The Guardian newspaper in London has just published one angry and nasty attack against David Koch, the billionaire libertarian who recently passed away. The article, entitled “Death and Destruction: This is David Koch’s Sad Legacy,” is authored by a progressive (i.e., leftist) named Alex Kotch. Kotch’s attack encompasses a multitude of areas, including climate change, pollution, greed, selfishness, tax ...
Donald Trump, Democratic Dictator by Jacob G. Hornberger August 26, 2019 Some people think that the United States is safe from dictatorship because the country is a democracy. It’s only in totalitarian countries, they hold, that people are subject to dictatorship. Nothing could be further from the truth. Such people are confusing how a ruler gets elected with the powers that the ruler has after being elected. ...
Look to China to Learn About America by Jacob G. Hornberger August 23, 2019 Given that the American people have been inculcated with the notion that they are a free people who live under limited government, whatever the federal government does is considered part and parcel of a free society. Sometimes it’s helpful to examine what totalitarian regimes do in order to bring a sense of reality to Americans. Most ...
Spending on Defense Is One Great Big Lie by Jacob G. Hornberger August 22, 2019 Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson is worried. He thinks that maybe — just maybe — the U.S. government is not spending enough on defense. In a column entitled, “Here’s Why We Could Be Under-Spending on Defense,” Samuelson has come up with a complicated formula that has caused him to fear that China and Russia might actually be spending ...
Why No Congressional Investigation into Epstein’s Intelligence Connections? by Jacob G. Hornberger August 21, 2019 With convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein now dead, the Justice Department has launched an investigation into prison procedures that allowed him to commit suicide. Meanwhile, women who were sexually abused or raped by Epstein when they were minors are continuing civil actions against Epstein’s estate. But why no congressional investigation into Epstein’s relationship, if any, to ...
End Foreign Aid to Israel and Everyone Else by Jacob G. Hornberger August 20, 2019 Democratic Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are calling on the U.S. Congress to reevaluate U.S. foreign aid to the Israeli government. Their reason? Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied entry into Israel for the two of them, owing to their public support of the Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions movement, a global protest against the Israeli government’s longtime mistreatment ...
Greenland and Denmark, Prepare Your Defenses! by Jacob G. Hornberger August 19, 2019 Both Denmark and Greenland are reacting negatively to President Trump’s expressed interest in purchasing Greenland, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederikson called Trump’s idea “absurd.” A spokesman for Greenland’s premier Kim Kielson, stated, “Greenland is not for sale.” Is that the end of the controversy? Not necessarily. Just ask ...
Israeli and U.S. Destruction of Freedom of Travel by Jacob G. Hornberger August 16, 2019 Proponents of trade and immigration controls oftentimes forget that there is another factor that comes with their socialist immigration system, that is, in addition to the death, suffering, police state, and destruction of the rights of economic liberty, liberty of contract, freedom of association, and private ownership of property. That factor is the destruction of freedom of ...
Right-Wing Political Pablum by Jacob G. Hornberger August 15, 2019 Former Illinois Republican Congressman Joe Walsh has issued a no-holds-barred call for a right-wing Republican to run against President Trump in the Republican primaries. Walsh’s call appeared in an op-ed entitled “Trump Needs a Primary Challenge” that appeared in yesterday’s New York Times. Walsh is obviously not satisfied with the current primary challenger to ...
