The greatest security a person can have comes from within himself, not from the outside. Nothing anyone can do for you can begin to match what you can do for yourself.
– Samuel Goldwyn
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
February 6, 2020 Social Security Insults the Young
Contrary to popular opinion, especially among seniors, Social Security is not a retirement program. There is no fund into which people have been contributing their money. Instead, from the very beginning Social Security has been nothing more than a welfare program, one in which the federal government taxes younger people and gives the money to seniors. The question, of course, is: Why? Why do we ...
The Ongoing Consequences of the Yalta Conference
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In February of 1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill met on the Crimean peninsula ...
The Mixed Economy Is a Mess
by Richard M. Ebeling
Election years tend to polarize people’s views about political parties, proposed social and economic policies, and the candidates running for high governmental office. This ...
Ice and Fire
by Laurence M. Vance
The relationship between conservatism and libertarianism is a tenuous one. However, such was not always the case. Fellow travelers of both groups were united ...
Gun Seizures Could Lead to Civil War
by James Bovard
“Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15,” declared “Beto” O’Rourke at a Democratic party presidential candidate debate in September. Compelling Americans to surrender ...
