Though freedom and wealth are both good things which most of us desire and though we often need both to obtain what we wish, they still remain different. Whether or not I am my own master and can follow my own choice and whether the possibilities from which I must choose are many or few are two entirely different questions. The courtier living in the lap of luxury but at the beck and call of his prince may be much less free than a poor peasant or artisan, less able to live his own life and to choose his own opportunities for usefulness.
– Friedrich A. Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty [1960]
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HORNBERGER'S BLOG
December 11, 2020 The National Security Establishment Is In Charge
In the debate over whether a recently retired military man, Gen. Lloyd Austin, should be secretary of defense, the New York Times published an editorial yesterday emphasizing the importance of “civilian control” over the military. How quaint! Never mind that Times, by its own admission, endorsed President Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, Gen. James Mattis. The Times ...
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
This month marks the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Join ...
The Stench Of Bipartisan Cooperation On The Potomac
by David Stockman
Well, here is a picture worth a thousand words. Featured front and center is Mr. Crony Capitalist Never Trumper, Mitt Romney, explaining how another $908 ...
The Cunning Plot to Assassinate JFK
by Jacob G. Hornberger
In a radio interview with WVW, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the national-security establishment's sophisticated plot to assassinate President Kennedy, given Kennedy's plans ...
Republicans and the Minimum Wage
by Laurence M. Vance
Republicans claim to believe in limited government, the free market, and the free-enterprise system, but their claims often ring hollow. A case in point ...
