It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
– George Washington, Farewell Address [September 26, 1796]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
April 17, 2023
An Income-Tax Free Century
As Americans rush to file their income-tax returns by April 18, we should never forget that this horrific tax was not part of our nation’s history for more than 100 years. Neither was the IRS. That’s because our American ancestors understood something that modern-day Americans don’t: that you can’t have a genuinely free society when your government wields the power to take ...
Why Does NPR Still Exist? by Laurence M. Vance
One of the hallmarks of authoritarian countries is that the media is state-run or under the direct supervision or control of the government. The Xinhua ...
FDR's Nationalization of Gold
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What was the result of President Franklin Roosevelt's nationalization of gold 90 years ago? Join FFF president ...
"Law and Order" and Libertarianism
by Laurence M. Vance
The election year of 1968 was a tumultuous one marked by the assassinations of Sen. Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, ...
The Government Is Fomenting Mass Hysteria
by John W. Whitehead
We have become guinea pigs in a ruthlessly calculated, carefully orchestrated, chillingly cold-blooded experiment...
