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Jacob G. Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, and received his B.A. in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his law degree from the University of Texas. He was a trial attorney for 12 years in Texas. He also was an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas, where he taught law and economics. In 1987, Mr. Hornberger left the practice of law to become director of programs at the Foundation for Economic Education. He has advanced freedom and free markets on talk-radio stations all across the country.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Russia's Draft and the US's Draft Registration The American people would be wise to do some serious soul-searching over the fact that our country has come to resemble that of Russia in so many important ways including conscription.
Tuesday, October 4, 2022Russia's Draft and the US's Draft Registration The American people would be wise to do some serious soul-searching over the fact that our country has come to resemble that of Russia in so many important ways including conscription.
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Sunday, March 27, 2022
No Entangling Alliances It's time to make this Cold War dinosaur extinct. Our national well-being and perhaps even our very existence turn on returning to sound founding principles especially "no entangling alliances."
Sunday, March 27, 2022No Entangling Alliances It's time to make this Cold War dinosaur extinct. Our national well-being and perhaps even our very existence turn on returning to sound founding principles especially "no entangling alliances."
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Saturday, November 21, 2020
The Cunning Plot to Kill Kennedy In the Kennedy assassination, the entire effort immediately became to pin the crime solely on a communist ex-U.S. Marine named Lee Harvey Oswald and to shut down any aggressive investigation into whether others were involved in the crime.
Saturday, November 21, 2020The Cunning Plot to Kill Kennedy In the Kennedy assassination, the entire effort immediately became to pin the crime solely on a communist ex-U.S. Marine named Lee Harvey Oswald and to shut down any aggressive investigation into whether others were involved in the crime.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Trump's Dictatorial Tendencies We live under a type of governmental system in which it is the responsibility of Congress to enact the laws, it is the responsibility of the president to carry out the laws, and it is the responsibility of the courts to interpret the laws.
Wednesday, August 12, 2020Trump's Dictatorial Tendencies We live under a type of governmental system in which it is the responsibility of Congress to enact the laws, it is the responsibility of the president to carry out the laws, and it is the responsibility of the courts to interpret the laws.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Drug War Disappearances and Murders During the past 15 years or so of drug warfare in Mexico, there have been around 200,000 deaths resulting from drug war violence.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020Drug War Disappearances and Murders During the past 15 years or so of drug warfare in Mexico, there have been around 200,000 deaths resulting from drug war violence.
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Friday, July 24, 2020
"Small Government" is an Empty Republican Mantra welfare-warfare state reform is not freedom, which is what libertarianism is all about. Freedom entails dismantling, not reforming, the illegitimate functions of government.
Friday, July 24, 2020"Small Government" is an Empty Republican Mantra welfare-warfare state reform is not freedom, which is what libertarianism is all about. Freedom entails dismantling, not reforming, the illegitimate functions of government.
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Thursday, July 2, 2020
Hong Kong Reminds Us of Ike's Warning In his farewell speech, Eisenhower warned about the grave threat that the U.S. "military-industrial complex" posed to the liberties and democratic processes of the American people.
Thursday, July 2, 2020Hong Kong Reminds Us of Ike's Warning In his farewell speech, Eisenhower warned about the grave threat that the U.S. "military-industrial complex" posed to the liberties and democratic processes of the American people.
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Thursday, March 26, 2020
Why Foreign Interventionism, Especially Now? Questions that deserve pondering are: Why must the U.S. government be engaged in foreign meddling? What good does it do? Are there harmful consequences? Are they worth it?
Thursday, March 26, 2020Why Foreign Interventionism, Especially Now? Questions that deserve pondering are: Why must the U.S. government be engaged in foreign meddling? What good does it do? Are there harmful consequences? Are they worth it?
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Monday, February 3, 2020
Do We Need the First Amendment? The First Amendment does not give people rights. It prohibits the government from infringing on rights that preexist the government. The only reason for enacting such a prohibition is the concern that in the absence of such a prohibition, Congress would enact laws that abridge freedom of speech and other fundamental rights.
Monday, February 3, 2020Do We Need the First Amendment? The First Amendment does not give people rights. It prohibits the government from infringing on rights that preexist the government. The only reason for enacting such a prohibition is the concern that in the absence of such a prohibition, Congress would enact laws that abridge freedom of speech and other fundamental rights.
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Friday, January 10, 2020
The Ongoing U.S. War on Iran The vicious and brutal U.S. economic sanctions on Iran target the Iranian populace with death and economic impoverishment and have been tremendously successful in achieving that end.
Friday, January 10, 2020The Ongoing U.S. War on Iran The vicious and brutal U.S. economic sanctions on Iran target the Iranian populace with death and economic impoverishment and have been tremendously successful in achieving that end.
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Thursday, December 19, 2019
Pardon Assange and Snowden Assange and Snowden deserve immediate pardons, which would enable them to be released from prison and exile and to begin resuming their normal lives. The fact that they even have to seek pardons only reflects what the deep state has done to our values as Americans.
Thursday, December 19, 2019Pardon Assange and Snowden Assange and Snowden deserve immediate pardons, which would enable them to be released from prison and exile and to begin resuming their normal lives. The fact that they even have to seek pardons only reflects what the deep state has done to our values as Americans.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2019
The Pentagon's Destruction of the Bill of Rights The very reason the Pentagon established its system in Cuba, rather than the United States, was to circumvent and avoid the provisions of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019The Pentagon's Destruction of the Bill of Rights The very reason the Pentagon established its system in Cuba, rather than the United States, was to circumvent and avoid the provisions of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
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Thursday, November 28, 2019
Jury Nullification Thwarts Immigration Tyranny After the jury's acquittal of Scott Warren, it's likely that federal prosecutors and the Border Patrol think twice about prosecuting any other American citizen who offers water, food, or medical help to illegal immigrants.
Thursday, November 28, 2019Jury Nullification Thwarts Immigration Tyranny After the jury's acquittal of Scott Warren, it's likely that federal prosecutors and the Border Patrol think twice about prosecuting any other American citizen who offers water, food, or medical help to illegal immigrants.
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Monday, November 25, 2019
Russia: Friend or Foe? Many Americans are figuring out that anti-American terrorism is rooted in U.S. interventionism, which the Pentagon and the CIA introduced into the Middle East soon after the Soviet Union called an end to the Cold War racket.
Monday, November 25, 2019Russia: Friend or Foe? Many Americans are figuring out that anti-American terrorism is rooted in U.S. interventionism, which the Pentagon and the CIA introduced into the Middle East soon after the Soviet Union called an end to the Cold War racket.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Two More U.S. Deaths for Nothing in Afghanistan The U.S. government should tell the families of those two dead soldiers the truth: they died for nothing, just as 58,000 American soldiers died for nothing in the Vietnam War. The realization that one's loved ones died for nothing would be painful but at least it would be the truth.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019Two More U.S. Deaths for Nothing in Afghanistan The U.S. government should tell the families of those two dead soldiers the truth: they died for nothing, just as 58,000 American soldiers died for nothing in the Vietnam War. The realization that one's loved ones died for nothing would be painful but at least it would be the truth.
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Monday, November 4, 2019
Who Is Responsible for the Deaths of Those Three Children in Syria? Getting Baghdadi was the prime objective, and no price in terms of foreign life would be considered too high to get him. Even if it had been 20 children or 100 children who would be killed in the operation, the deaths, while difficult, would still have been considered worth it.
Monday, November 4, 2019Who Is Responsible for the Deaths of Those Three Children in Syria? Getting Baghdadi was the prime objective, and no price in terms of foreign life would be considered too high to get him. Even if it had been 20 children or 100 children who would be killed in the operation, the deaths, while difficult, would still have been considered worth it.
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Thursday, October 24, 2019
Vicarious Courage on Syria it's easy to be brave, courageous, compassionate, and loyal to the Kurds when it's someone else who is doing the killing and dying. It's not as easy to display such traits when it's you, the interventionist, who is doing the killing and dying.
Thursday, October 24, 2019Vicarious Courage on Syria it's easy to be brave, courageous, compassionate, and loyal to the Kurds when it's someone else who is doing the killing and dying. It's not as easy to display such traits when it's you, the interventionist, who is doing the killing and dying.
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Monday, September 23, 2019
Trump's Self-Painted Corner on Iran President Trump may not realize it yet, but it will almost certainly dawn on him at some point that he has painted himself into a corner with his bullying tactics against Iran.
Monday, September 23, 2019Trump's Self-Painted Corner on Iran President Trump may not realize it yet, but it will almost certainly dawn on him at some point that he has painted himself into a corner with his bullying tactics against Iran.
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Friday, August 16, 2019
Israeli and U.S. Destruction of Freedom of Travel Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib had plans to visit Israel. However, relying on an Israeli law that empowers the Israeli government to bar people who openly support the boycott movement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered that Omar and Tlaib not be permitted to enter the country.
Friday, August 16, 2019Israeli and U.S. Destruction of Freedom of Travel Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib had plans to visit Israel. However, relying on an Israeli law that empowers the Israeli government to bar people who openly support the boycott movement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered that Omar and Tlaib not be permitted to enter the country.
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Friday, August 2, 2019
Donald Trump, Trade Dictator The truth, no matter how discomforting it might be, is that with his trade wars and his unilateral imposition of taxes on the American people, Trump has accelerated the destruction of American freedom. It is Dictatorship 101, all nicely wrapped up in an American flag and a mantra of "making America great again."
Friday, August 2, 2019Donald Trump, Trade Dictator The truth, no matter how discomforting it might be, is that with his trade wars and his unilateral imposition of taxes on the American people, Trump has accelerated the destruction of American freedom. It is Dictatorship 101, all nicely wrapped up in an American flag and a mantra of "making America great again."
