I was in Europe when the Constitution was planned, and never saw it till after it was established. On receiving it, I wrote strongly to Mr. Madison, urging the want of provision for... an express reservation to the States of all rights not specifically granted to the Union.
–Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Joseph Priestley [1802]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
January 10, 2025 The Failure and Fallacy of Central Planning
Ironically, two seemingly unrelated articles in today’s New York Times reflect much of what is wrong with the United States, at least in an economic sense. One op-ed, titled “The Tragedy of Joe Biden,” is by Peter Coy, a regular columnist for the Times. The other one, titled “A Big Idea to Solve America’s Immigration Mess” is a Times editorial. In his article, ...
Trump's Upcoming Pardons of the January 6 Protestors
by Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications of President-elect Donald Trump's upcoming pardons ...
The Police State Is America's New Crime Boss by John W. Whitehead
The American police state has become America’s new crime boss. Thirty years after then-President Bill Clinton signed the...
Using Russia to Suppress Speech at Home, Part 1 by Jacob G. Hornberger
By enacting the First Amendment, our American ancestors were acknowledging that the federal government would inevitably attract ...
Time to Separate Alcohol from the State
by Laurence M. Vance
President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on all goods entering the United States from Mexico and Canada — two ...
