I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.
– Benjamin Franklin, On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor [1776]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
August 26, 2019 Donald Trump, Democratic Dictator
Some people think that the United States is safe from dictatorship because the country is a democracy. It’s only in totalitarian countries, they hold, that people are subject to dictatorship. Nothing could be further from the truth. Such people are confusing how a ruler gets elected with the powers that the ruler has after being elected. A democratically elected ruler can ...
American Apocalypse
by John W. Whitehead
The U.S. government is working hard to destabilize the nation. No, this is not another conspiracy theory....
The Libertarian Angle: The Coming Recession?
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling talking about deficit spending, the inverted yield curve, and monetary ...
Radio Hypocrisy
by Laurence M. Vance
During the Cold War, Radio Free Europe (RFE) broadcast news, information, and U.S. government propaganda to Soviet satellite countries and Radio Liberty (RL) did ...
George S. Schuyler, Anti-Racist Champion of Liberty
by Richard M. Ebeling
One of the most difficult subjects to discuss in America today is race. It is the proverbial “third rail,” which, if talked about outside ...
Adhering to Principle to Achieve Liberty, Part 1
by Jacob G. Hornberger
I believe that when it comes to liberty, principles and ideals are everything. It has been principles and ideals that have given us...
