For forty years now, I have been putting the one question to reformers, planners, single-taxers (one of which I am), socialists, etc., etc., and never got an answer: 'Suppose you got your system all set up, what kind of people can you get to administer it except the kind you've got?"
–Albert Jay Nock, Selected Letters of Albert Jay Nock
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
January 25, 2022 A Time for Introspection
With the crisis over Ukraine getting bigger by the day, this would be a good time for the American people to engage in some serious introspection, especially given the recent withdrawal of U.S. forces from their forever deadly and destructive war in Afghanistan. One option, of course, is to continue business as usual. That’s what is clearly going on today. Congress continues ...
The Fabric of Civilization by Neera K. Badhwar
Virginia Postrel’s Fabric of Civilization is a fascinating, deeply researched tale of the development of fabric. Starting with fiber to make string, it takes...
Abolish the FBI. Now. by Scott McPherson
In late December, pollster Scott Rasmussen released an interesting report. A poll conducted earlier in the month of 1,000 likely voters ...
Hayek's Contribution to Liberty
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What were Friedrich Hayek's major contributions to the principles of the free market and the free society? ...
Cancel Culture's War on Free Speech
by John W. Whitehead
Cancel culture—political correctness amped up on steroids, the self-righteousness of a narcissistic age, ...
Boosting American Standing on the World Stage
by Laurence M. Vance
What do a member of the left-leaning New York Times editorial board and a senior fellow at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute (AEI) have ...
