I was in Europe when the Constitution was planned, and never saw it till after it was established. On receiving it, I wrote strongly to Mr. Madison, urging the want of provision for... an express reservation to the States of all rights not specifically granted to the Union.
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Joseph Priestley [1802]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
December 10, 2019 A Pentagon Paradise Built on Lies
The Pentagon cannot be pleased with the Washington Post today. That’s because the Post has just disclosed a mountain of previously secret documentary evidence within the military showing that the Pentagon has been intentionally lying for years about the “progress” that it was making with its forever war in Afghanistan. While the Pentagon has been publicly assuring the American people that its ...
Socialism and the Green New Deal are Economically Impossible
by Richard Ebeling
The Spanish philosopher, George Santayana (1863-1952) is usually credited with the phrase, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Nowhere ...
Should There Be a Federal Cap on Interest Rates?
by Laurence M. Vance
Although every state has laws that limit the rate of interest that can be charged on loans, there exist broad exemptions, exceptions, and loopholes ...
The Libertarian Angle: Socialism in America, Part 3
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
A majority of millennials approve of socialism, and progressives are gaining more influence with every election. What ...
The Destruction of American Liberty
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, were a watershed event for the United States, not ...