It is my belief that the writer, the free-lance author, should be and must be a critic of the society in which he lives. It is easy enough, and always profitable, to rail away at national enemies beyond the sea, at foreign powers beyond our borders who question the prevailing order. But the moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home; to be a critic of his own community, his own country, his own culture. If the writer is unwilling to fill this part, then the writer should abandon pretense and find another line of work: become a shoe repairman, a brain surgeon, a janitor, a cowboy, a nuclear physicist, a bus driver.
–Edward Abbey
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
January 30, 2024 Don't Shoot the "Invaders"
Over the years that I have served as president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, I have received emails from proponents of the federal government’s system of immigration controls lamenting the “invasion” by migrants on our nation’s southern border. As a former criminal-defense attorney in Texas, I have always tried to provide free legal advice to these people, most of whom have been ... ...
Why Drug Prohibition? by Jacob G. Hornberger
During the entire lives of everyone living today, the U.S. government has been waging the so-called war on drugs. Since 1914, beginning with the ...
You're Probably Already on a Government Extremism List by John W. Whitehead
We’re all fair game now, easy targets for inclusion on some FBI watch list or another. When the FBI is asking banks and other financial institutions ...
The Impact of FDR's New Deal by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the monumental impact that President Franklin Roosevelt's New ...
America Has a Uniparty System by Laurence M. Vance
The United States has been saddled with a two-party political system almost from the very beginning of its existence. First it was the Federalist ...
Will TSA Steal Your Mug? by James Bovard
Dorothy Parker’s signature line, “What fresh hell is this?” is the new mantra for travelers at American airports. TSA is rapidly expanding a program ...
