Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty.
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Philip Mazzei [1796]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
February 2, 2022 Where Is Congress on Ukraine's Membership in NATO?
Given all those pious pro-democracy pronouncements by U.S. officials, I’d like to ask what might be considered a discomforting question: Where is the U.S. Congress when it comes to deciding whether Ukraine becomes a member of NATO? The answer to that question might be even more discomforting than the question itself: In a country that purports to be a representative democracy, Congress has ...
Is Elon Musk Paying His Fair Share?
by Laurence M. Vance
According to Forbes magazine, “The number of billionaires on Forbes’ 35th annual list of the world’s wealthiest exploded to an unprecedented ...
Will Politicians Revive American Slavery? by James Bovard
In the wake of America’s disastrous Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment was enacted to prohibit involuntary servitude....
Totalitarian Paranoia Run Amok
by John W. Whitehead
Once upon a time, there was a government so paranoid about its hold on power that it treated everyone ...
The Healthcare Road to Serfdom
by Scott McPherson
COVID-19 hysteria has done more to embolden the power-mad than a massive terrorist attack. Once content to whisper among themselves about the danger of ...
