No interests are dearer to men than those which ought to be secured to them by their form of government, and none deserve better of them than those who contribute to the amelioration of that form.
–Thomas Jefferson, Letter to M. Ruelle [1809]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
January 8, 2021 There Is Still Time for Trump to Do the Right Thing
It is amazing to me that President Trump has pardoned some people who he considered heroic while continuing to leave Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, two genuine heroes, in the lurch. Assange, of course, is getting the worst of it, given the brutal conditions under which U.S. and British officials have incarcerated him in England. But it still can’t be a bundle ...
The Real Constitutional Crisis
by Laurence M. Vance
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a crisis (plural: crises) is: 1a: the turning point for better or worse in an acute disease or fever b: a ...
Will People Now Ask the Fundamental Question?
by Michael Swanson
Andrew Bacevich’s new book, The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory, examines the period...
Conservative Hypocrisy on Foreign Aid
by Laurence M. Vance
After initially threatening to veto it, Donald Trump signed into law a $2.3 trillion, 5,593-page spending bill that no member of ...
