Fighting aging is like the War on Drugs. It’s expensive, does more harm than good, and has been proven to never end.
--Amy Poehler, Yes Please [2015]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
July 13, 2020 It Was JFK Who Blinked in the Cuban Missile Crisis
By the time he graduates public high school, most every student in America has been indoctrinated with the notion that it was Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev who “blinked” during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nothing could be further from the truth. Actually it was President John Kennedy who “blinked” during the crisis, and it was a good thing he did. Every public ...
Regime Change: November 1963
by Jacob G. Hornberger
On November 22, 1963, the U.S. national-security establishment violently removed John Kennedy from the presidency through assassination. ...
The Question Never Asked about Federal Lands
by Laurence M. Vance
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), known as the Government Accounting Office until 2004, “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works ...
Liberty Is the Theme of the American Spirit
by Richard M. Ebeling
July is the month when Americans celebrate the signing and then the announcement of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. While this ...
Seattle Gets It Half Right
by Laurence M. Vance
The city of Seattle City Council has voted to strike down its drug-traffic and prostitution loitering laws. The vote was unanimous. I should emphasize ...