[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall become nullities; to render unnecessary an appeal to the people, or in other words a rebellion, on every infraction of their rights, on the peril that their acquiescence shall be construed into an intention to surrender those rights.
--Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia [1782]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
July 27, 2020 Inflation Could Make Portland Look Like Child's Play
In the run-up to the November elections, both President Trump and Joe Biden, along with their respective party cohorts, are gearing up to give another few trillion dollars in free money to American voters. This vote-buying scheme is being sold as another attempt to “stimulate” the economy. Actually, it will do the exact opposite. Their vote-buying scheme will plunge the economy into ...
The Evils of Federal Spending
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What will be the effect of another round of trillions of dollars of free money that the ...
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 ...
