I learn with great concern that (one) portion of our frontier so interesting, so important, and so exposed, should be so entirely unprovided with common fire-arms. I did not suppose any part of the United States so destitute of what is considered among the first necessities of a farm-house.
–Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Jacob J. Brown [1808]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
July 20, 2023 Lt. Ehren Watada, War Hero
Four facts about the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq are not in dispute: 1. The Constitution required a congressional declaration of war against Iraq as a prerequisite to invading the country. 2. Congress never issued a declaration of war against Iraq. 3. The U.S. government had no legal authority to enforce WMD resolutions enacted by the United Nations. Only the UN had legal authority ...
Uncle Sam, War Criminal by Ted Galen Carpenter
U.S. officials invariably stress their commitment to human rights and are extremely quick to condemn other countries for alleged violations. However, Washington’s ...
Affirmative Action in the Free Society
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications of the Supreme Court’s recent decision on affirmative action.
Ukraine and the Cold War by Jacob G. Hornberger
On October 25, 1970, a team of well-armed Chilean thugs attacked an automobile in which Chilean General Rene Schneider was traveling in ...
