We're not really going to get anywhere until we take the criminality out of drugs.
–George P. Shultz, McNeil-Lehrer NewsHour [1989]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
June 8, 2020 Limit Police Power to Targeting Real Criminals
Given the history of brutality by the Minneapolis police department, especially against blacks, with the killing of George Floyd being the most recent example, the Minneapolis city council has signaled its intent to abolish its police department. The mayor of the city, Jacob Frey, opposes the idea, instead favoring police “reform,” an idea that has been tried repeatedly in the past, with ...
Reform versus Liberty
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Americans alive today have grown up in what libertarians term a welfare-warfare state. It is a system in which the primary purpose of the ...
Freedom Requires Resisting Coronavirus Pessimism
by Richard M. Ebeling
“I’m from the government, and I am here to help!” This line has become a cynical joke among large numbers of Americans, and it...
The Killing of George Floyd
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Another black man killed by cops followed by protests all across the country. Join FFF president Jacob ...
Sickness Is The Health Of The State!
by David Stockman
A hundred years ago in response to the horror of WWI, the great Randolph Bourne famously pronounced the truth that “War is the Health ...
