I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of all the rights reserved to the States, and the consolidation in itself of all powers, foreign and domestic; and that, too, by constructions which, if legitimate, leave no limits to their power... It is but too evident that the three ruling branches of [the Federal government] are in combination to strip their colleagues, the State authorities, of the powers reserved by them, and to exercise themselves all functions foreign and domestic.
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Branch Giles [1825]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
January 29, 2020 Gun Control Folly in D.C.
Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that the homicide rate in Washington, D.C., in 2019 was higher than it was in 2018. There were 166 people killed in 2019, compared to 160 in 2018. In fact, the 2019 D.C. homicide rate is the highest number since 2008. But isn’t that impossible? After all, our nation’s capital has one of the strictest gun-control laws in ...
FDR and Stalin Planned the Future of the World
by Richard M. Ebeling
Seventy-five years ago, during the week of February 4-11, 1945, the most important Allied conference during the Second World War was held at Yalta ...
Freedom and Prosperity: The Importance of Sound Money
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Sound money is a key to a free and prosperous society. That principle was clearly reflected in the monetary system that the Constitution established ...
Deadly Distractions
by John W. Whitehead
And so it continues. This impeachment fiasco is merely the latest in a never-ending series of distractions, distortions, and political theater aimed at diverting the ...
The Libertarian Angle - Socialism in America, Part 10
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
A majority of millennials approve of socialism, and progressives are gaining more influence with every election. What ...
