Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.
— Theodore Roosevelt [1918]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
September 9, 2022 America's Immigration Death Machine
A Texas judge recently denied bond to 28-year-old Christian Martinez, one of the two men who have been indicted for the roles they allegedly played in the deaths of 53 migrants in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio. Everyone was shocked over the deaths. Yesterday immigration officials discovered the bodies of nine migrants who drowned while crossing the Rio Grande ...
Minimum-Wage Nonsense
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What will be the effect of minimum-wage nonsense in states like Nebraska and California? Join FFF president ...
Lessons from Biden's Disinformation Board Debacle
by James Bovard
President Biden’s campaign to banish (or maybe outlaw) political paranoia took a wallop last spring. In April, the Department of Homeland Security proudly announced ...
Republicans Ignore the Elephant in the Room
by Laurence M. Vance
It is ironic that although the symbol of the Republican Party is an elephant, Republicans fail to see the massive elephant in the room ...
The Impact of Mikhail Gorbachev by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What was the impact of Mikhail Gorbachev on U.S.-Russia relations? Join FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and ...
