Trump, Hitler, and the Enabling Act by Jacob G. Hornberger January 14, 2019 The terrorists had just fire-bombed the German Parliament building. Even worse, it turned out that the terrorists were communists. German leader Adolf Hitler sought emergency powers to deal with the crisis. After heated debate within the German Reichstag, the German legislators gave Hitler the emergency powers that he was seeking. The legislators made it clear, ...
Trump’s Nighttime Trip to Iraq Confirms the Debacle by Jacob G. Hornberger January 11, 2019 What better proof of the Iraq debacle than President Trump’s middle-of-the-night trip to that country at Christmastime to visit U.S. troops who are still occupying the country some 15 years after the Pentagon and the CIA invaded? The U.S. national-security establishment has had a decade-and-half to bring its federally planned paradise into existence. From the ...
President Bolton? Or Worse? by Jacob G. Hornberger January 10, 2019 President Trump excited many non-interventionists when he publicly announced that he was ordering an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. Quite quickly, however, Trump bent to pressure and agreed to extend the withdrawal deadline to four months. That caused me to write an article on January 2 entitled “It’s Too Soon to Celebrate Trump’s Syria Withdrawal.” Then came ...
Assassination Is Not Justice by Jacob G. Hornberger January 9, 2019 President Trump and his national-security establishment are celebrating the Pentagon’s latest assassination, this one killing Jamel Ahmed Ali Al-Badawi, who was accused of having participated in the terrorist attack on the USS Cole, during a refueling stop in Yemen, in October 2000. The attack killed 17 sailors and wounded 39 others. Referring to the assassination, Trump tweeted: Our GREAT MILITARY ...
Conservatives and Leftists vs. Libertarians on Income Taxation by Jacob G. Hornberger January 8, 2019 A recent exchange between two members of U.S House of Representatives -- Republican Steve Scalise and Democrat Alejandra Ocasio-Cortez — demonstrates perfectly how when it comes to income taxation, there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between conservatives and leftists. It also demonstrates how libertarians are the only ones who hold the freedom position when it comes to income ...
Why Isn’t Radio Marti Shut Down During the Shutdown? by Jacob G. Hornberger January 7, 2019 I don’t get it. If President Trump’s “shutdown” of the federal government is supposed to shut down the “nonessential” functions of the federal government, then why is Radio Marti, the federal government’s Cold War-era propaganda radio station, still broadcasting? When it comes to nonessential federal programs, Radio Marti has to rank near the top of the list.
Tucker Carlson and Fox Are Wrong, on Both Immigration and Free Speech by Jacob G. Hornberger January 4, 2019 Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson got himself into some hot water with Fox News advertisers last month after he made a derogatory comment about immigrants on his show. According to Hollywood Reporter, at least 24 advertisers decided to boycott Carlson’s show in response to his comment, including Toyota, Lexus, Farmers Insurance, ancestry.com, IHOP, Pacific Life Insurance, Bowflex, ...
The Great Man Theory of Governance by Jacob G. Hornberger January 3, 2019 One of the political phenomena that the Trump administration has brought to the surface is the political philosophy that now guides much of the conservative movement. Unlike libertarians, who have a deep philosophical commitment to the principle of a government with very few, limited powers, conservatives have come to embrace what can be called the great man ...
It’s Too Soon to Celebrate Trump’s Syria Withdrawal by Jacob G. Hornberger January 2, 2019 Yes, it’s possible that President Trump will follow through with his announcement that he’s going to pull out all U.S. troops from Syria. Just don’t bet the farm on it. Already Trump has shifted from pulling out the troops immediately to pulling them out four months from now. No one should be surprised if, four months from ...
What We Libertarians Are Aiming For by Jacob G. Hornberger December 21, 2018 As the end of 2018 and the beginning of the new year approach, we libertarians should remind ourselves of what we are aiming for. 1. First of all though is what we are not aiming for: We are not aiming for a warmed-over, reformed version of the welfare-warfare state way of life. That’s because ...
How About Truth Regarding the Department of “Defense”? by Jacob G. Hornberger December 20, 2018 With all the born-again fervor for truth among the mainstream press within the context of the Donald Trump regime, would it be too much to ask for the truth regarding the U.S. Department of “Defense.” I mean, come on, there is no way that what U.S. troops have been doing overseas for the past ...
The Change of Official Enemies under George H.W. Bush by Jacob G. Hornberger December 19, 2018 Missing from all the accolades heaped on former President H.W. Bush, who passed away a few weeks ago, was the fact that Bush presided over the biggest transition of official enemies of our country in the 70-year-old history of the U.S. national-security state. From the time the U.S. government was ...
