The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only be their will.
--John Marshall, Supreme Court Justice, Cohens v. Virginia [1821]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
June 29, 2020 The Conservative (and Libertarian) Embrace of Socialism
When President Franklin Roosevelt enacted his New Deal economic program in the 1930s, including Social Security, he revolutionized America’s economic system. For more than 100 years after the Constitution called the federal government into existence, the American people lived without an income tax and an IRS. During that period of time, they also lived without a welfare state, including ...
Impeachment Reminder of Our Toxic Foreign Aid
by James Bovard
Foreign aid to Ukraine helped spur the Democrats’ effort to impeach and remove President Trump earlier this year. Ukraine was supposed to be on ...
Religion and Education in a Free Society
by Laurence M. Vance
Montgomery County, Maryland, which lies just outside of Washington, D.C., is one of America’s richest and most populous counties. It is also home ...
The Meaning and the Mind of an American
by Richard M. Ebeling
One of the continuing and burning issues in America today is determining how we view ourselves and how we view others, including in matters ...
Fifty Years of Statist Policies and Economic Fallacies
by Richard M. Ebeling
It is about fifty years since, as an undergraduate, I took my first economics classes in college. Virtually all my professors were adamant that ...
