Of Liberty then I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is unobstructed action according to our will. But rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others.
--Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Isaac H. Tiffany [1819]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
July 23, 2020 The Immigration Police State Comes to Portland
For years I’ve been pointing out that an immigration police state comes with a system of immigration controls, just as thunder comes with lightning. Immigration police-state measures include: (1) warrantless trespasses and warrantless searches of farms and ranches within 100 miles of the border; (2) domestic immigration checkpoints that subject travelers who have never entered Mexico to ...
Why Do Democrats Hate Donald Trump So Much?
by Laurence M. Vance
Democrats didn’t much care for presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, or George W. Bush — mainly because they were Republican presidents. Just as ...
The REAL ID Act Ravages Our Liberty
by James Bovard
National ID cards have been atop the command-and-control political wish list for decades. In the 1990s, Republican Congresses shot down efforts to move toward ...
Socialism, American Style, Part 1
by Jacob G. Hornberger
In September 1990, the first year of The Future of Freedom Foundation’s existence, FFF published an article I wrote entitled...
FDR's New Deal Fiasco
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Have you ever thought about the effect that Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal has had on American life ...