Commentaries – 2007 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 28, 2010 December 2007 Are Conservatives (Undocumented) Aliens? by Jacob G. Hornberger Torturing the Language of Torture by Sheldon Richman Nonintervention: The Original Foreign Policy (Video) by Ron Paul The Tortured Logic of Executive Supremacy (Video) by Joseph R. Stromberg Iran's Phantom Nukes by Sheldon Richman Technology and Government Power A Deadly Cocktail Freedom (Video) by Bob Barr November 2007 Bully of the Playground: How Washington Makes Enemies Abroad and Undermines Freedom at Home (Video) by Ted Galen Carpenter The Myth of a Risk-Free Life by Tibor Machan Iraq 3.0 by Sheldon Richman Advancing Liberty With Your Support by Jacob G. Hornberger Should the State License Human Beings? by Sheldon Richman The Soviet-Style Attack on NORFED by Jacob G. Hornberger The CIAs Detention, Interrogation, and Rendition Program (Video) by Joanne Mariner Life & Property by Tibor Machan The Foolishness ...
The Ongoing U.S. War on Iran by Jacob G. Hornberger January 9, 2020 The Washington, D.C., establishment and the U.S. mainstream press continue to express concern about the possibility that war is going to break out between the United States and Iran. That is ridiculous. What they don’t want to confront is that the U.S. government is already waging war against Iran and has been for many years. After all, how else to describe the vicious and brutal U.S. economic sanctions on Iran? Those sanctions target the Iranian populace with death and economic impoverishment and have been tremendously successful in achieving that end. Sure, it’s not bombs, missiles, and bullets that are killing and destroying the Iranian people, like the way U.S. officials have been killing the people of Iraq and Afghanistan for decades. But make no mistake about it: A person who is killed because of sanctions is just as dead as the person killed by bombs, missiles, or bullets. Sanctions have become such a ...
Two Different Americas by Jacob G. Hornberger January 23, 2020 There have been two completely different Americas in U.S. history. Let’s examine twelve ways in which they differ. 1. For more than a century after the United States came into existence, there was no income taxation or IRS. People were free to keep everything they earned and decide for themselves what to do with it. Today, income taxation and the IRS are a core feature of American life. The government essentially owns everyone’s income and decides how much people will be permitted to keep, much as a parent permits his children to have an allowance. 2. No Social Security. Earlier Americans rejected the concept of mandatory charity. People were left free to decide for themselves whether to help out their parents and others. Today, Social Security is a core feature of American life. The federal government forces younger people to help out seniors ...
Finding Humor within the Coronavirus Crisis by Jacob G. Hornberger March 18, 2020 Even within the midst of the coronavirus crisis, it is possible to find humor, thanks to statists. A good example is an article entitled “The Era of Small Government is Over” by Jamelle Bouie, which appears in today’s New York Times. I am not kidding. That is really the title of Bouie's article. Well, ...
Empire is the Root of U.S.-China Hostilities by Jacob G. Hornberger August 3, 2020 The biggest factor that has led the U.S. government to initiate a hostile relationship against China involves the concept of empire. An empire wants to be the only empire or at least the dominant empire. That is, it wants to control everyone and everybody within its realm, which ideally encompasses the entire world.
The Managed Economy Destroys the First Amendment by Jacob G. Hornberger April 27, 2021 The First Amendment guarantees people the right of free speech. It is a restriction on the power of the federal government to punish people for criticizing federal officials or for saying things that the government doesn’t like. Why did our ancestors want the Constitution amended in that way? Because they were certain that the federal ...
The Welfare-Warfare State’s War on Income and Savings by Jacob G. Hornberger October 5, 2023 NOTICE: TONIGHT, Thursday, October 5, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Benjamin Power is our first presenter in our upcoming online Austrian conference: "How Austrian Economics Impacted My Life." Register here to receive your Zoom link for an intellectually fun and enlightening session! ***** According to an article at CNBC.com, 60% of adults said they are living ...
Xi Jinping is Right About the U.S. Empire by Jacob G. Hornberger November 16, 2023 On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s current visit to the United States, the New York Times published an article detailing some of Xi's thoughts about the United States. The article states: In Mr. Xi’s telling, China sought to rise peacefully, but Western powers would not accept the idea that a Communist-led China was catching up ...
First They Came for the Communists by Jacob G. Hornberger September 6, 2024 Yesterday, I wrote about a trial in U.S. District Court in Tampa in which federal prosecutors are keeping us safe by prosecuting and hoping to jail members of a group called the African People's Socialist Party and its related “Uhuru Movement.” (Uhuru is Swahili for “freedom”). The government is alleging that the defendants have been secretly ...
It Was About “Regime Change” from the Get-Go by Jacob G. Hornberger May 7, 2004 Spain has now completed the withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq. Other countries that are following suit include the Dominican Republic and Honduras; El Salvador and Poland are contemplating doing the same. Unlike the United States, which is determined to continue its indefinite occupation of Iraq, it is ...
The Military, Bankruptcy, and Tyranny by Jacob G. Hornberger August 16, 2010 In order to get our nation back on track, it’s important to return to fundamental principles, the principles on which our nation was founded. Let’s review how the Founding Fathers viewed the military and foreign policy in the context of where the United States is today. Today, Americans view a military empire as their friend and protector. The projection of ...
Can U.S. Foreign Policy Be Fixed? by Laurence M. Vance January 3, 2011 The WikiLeaks revelations have shined a light on the dark nature of U.S. foreign policy. As Eric Margolis recently described it: “Washington’s heavy-handed treatment of friends and foes alike, its bullying, use of diplomats as junior-grade spies, narrow-minded views, and snide remarks about world leaders.” As much as I, an American, hate to say it, U.S. foreign policy ...
