It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. These rights cannot be separated.
-- James Madison, Speech in Virginia Convention [December 2, 1829]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
June 29, 2022 More on America's Culture of Immigration Death
Yesterday, I wrote about the deaths of 46 immigrants, who died of dehydration in the back of a tractor-trailer in Texas. The immigrants had illegally entered the United States. They were being illegally transported when they died in the back of that tractor-trailer. As I wrote yesterday, those deaths are a direct consequence of the federal government’s system of immigration controls. ...
Everybody's Guilty
by John W. Whitehead
The burden of proof has been reversed. No longer are we presumed innocent. Now we’re presumed guilty unless we can prove our innocence...
The Legacy of Leonard E. Read
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What impact did Leonard Read, the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education, have on the libertarian ...
The Stultification of American Conscience by Jacob G. Hornberger
One of the fascinating consequences of public (i.e., government) schooling is that it molds the minds of children in such a way that by ...
The Effectiveness of Medical Marijuana Is Not the Issue by Laurence M. Vance
Earlier this year, Mississippi became the 37th state to legalize the medical use of marijuana, which is also legal in the U.S. territories of ...
