To the extent that a society limits its government to policing functions which curb the individuals who engage in aggressive and criminal actions, and conducts its economic affairs on the basis of free and willing exchange, to that extent domestic peace prevails. When a society departs from this norm, its governing class begins, in effect, to make war upon the rest of the nation. A situation is created in which everyone is victimized by everyone else under the fiction of each living at the expense of all.
-- Edmund A. Opitz
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
October 5, 2020 Reform versus Abolition
Whenever I read an analysis that calls for reforming or fixing something the federal government is doing, I yawn. I find that sort of thing incredibly boring. In fact, when I first discovered libertarianism in the 1970s, if all that I had heard or read was libertarians calling for some reform program — school vouchers, Social Security “privatization,” health-savings accounts, or whatever ...
'We the People' Lose
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Republicans and Democrats alike fear that the other party will attempt to hijack this election. President Trump is convinced...
The Horrors of U.S. Foreign Policy
by Ted Galen Carpenter, Jacob Hornberger, and Richard Ebeling
Did you notice that foreign policy was not even mentioned in this week's presidential debate? Join special ...
Pandemic Follies: Tyranny Won't Keep Us Safe
by James Bovard
Politicians have destroyed more than 13 million jobs this year in a deluge of edicts aimed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 200,000 ...
Stakeholder Fascism Means More Loss of Liberty
by Richard M. Ebeling
A strong wave of anti-free market thinking and policy proposals are currently dominating the debates over the role of government in society. From calls ...
What Is Good for Students Might Be Bad for Taxpayers
by Laurence M. Vance
The federal Department of Education was created in 1979 by Jimmy Carter and his Democratic-controlled Congress. It was established by the Department of Education ...
