At its most basic, liberty consists of the right to be left alone. A government that subjects its citizens to pervasive surveillance without cause is not leaving them alone.
– A. Barton Hinkle [2017]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
March 29, 2024 The Schengen Area's Open Borders
In a blog post at Marginal Revolution, Alex Tabarrok has an interesting reminder of the virtues of open borders in Europe. Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University, which arguably is the best free-market, Austrian economics department in the country. He is also the Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center. Along with ...
1913: A Critical Year in the Loss of Liberty by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss how 1913 brought into existence the federal income ...
The Language of Force by John W. Whitehead
Tyrants don’t like people who speak truth to power. Cue the rise of protest laws, which take the government’s intolerance for free speech to a whole new...
The Never-Ending Federal Surveillance Crime Spree by James Bovard
Last December, one of the most intrusive provisions in the federal statute book was set to expire. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ...
Tyranny Is Rising as Freedom Falls by John W. Whitehead
Day by day, tyranny is rising as freedom falls. The U.S. military is being used to patrol subway stations and police the ...
The Impact of LBJ's Great Society by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the impact of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program, including...
