A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
– George Bernard Shaw Everybody's Political What's What? (1944)
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
July 22, 2024 Why the U.S. Secrecy Surrounding Evan Gershkovich?
Last Friday, a Russian court, operating in secret, convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in a Russian penal colony. Ever since Gershkovich’s arrest in March 2023, I have written extensively about the case: https://www.fff.org/?s=Gershkovich The Journal and U.S. officials have responded to the verdict and sentence in the same way they have responded ever ...
What Trump Didn't Say about NATO by Laurence M. Vance
During his first presidential campaign in 2016, former president and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump berated NATO member counties for failing to increase ...
SCOTUS Decision on Presidential Immunity by Future of Freedom Foundation
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision granting U.S. presidents immunity.
Should Bump Stocks Be Illegal?
by Laurence M. Vance
On October of 2017, a gunman in a hotel room on the Las Vegas Strip fired multiple guns from his hotel window on a crowd of 22,000 gathered for an outdoor country music festival....
How I Came to Investigate the Ian Freeman Case by Jacob G. Hornberger
I fully realize that my 3-part article “The Unjust Conviction of an Innocent Man: The Ian Freeman Case” is extremely long. I also know that many people prefer to read short articles online. However, I have absolutely no doubts that anyone who takes the time to read my entire article will reach one conclusion: An innocent man ...
As I pointed out in parts 1 and 2 of this article, the main thrust of the U.S. government’s case against Ian Freeman involved money-laundering and conspiracy to launder money....
