An empire remains powerful so long as its subjects rejoice in it.
–Titus Livius Patavinus [Circa 17 A.D.]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
December 9, 2021 The Way Out of the Statist Morass
Given the seemingly intractable welfare-warfare system that characterizes the United States, it might be tempting for some people to despair and simply give up and surrender to what might appear to be the inevitable -- the permanent continuation of our lives as serfs on the welfare-warfare state plantation. After all, Americans have lived under a welfare state since the 1930s, when President Franklin ...
The Real Lessons of the Afghanistan Disaster
by Jacob G. Hornberger
I will never forget a formal dinner I attended shortly after the 9/11 attacks. It was sponsored by a conservative-oriented libertarian foundation. There were ...
The Constitution and Economic Liberty
by Jacob G. Hornberger
FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger gave a talk for the Constitution Day Celebration held by The Freedom ...
Trust Funds: Real and Imaginary
by Laurence M. Vance
It is interesting that the basic framework of the U.S. unemployment compensation program was first established in the Social Security Act of 1935. Although ...
Thanksgiving and Inflation by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What is the real meaning of Thanksgiving, and what does inflation hold for Americans in the days ...
