After each war there is a little less democracy to save.
– Brooks Atkinson, Once Around the Sun [1951]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
February 23, 2023
Nicaragua and America's Golden Goose
After socialist Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega released several political prisoners and sent them packing to the United States, he proceeded to confiscate their homes and convert them into government-owned assets. His action demonstrates how socialism works here in the United States. What Ortega is doing is taking private property from those who have it and converting to the benefit of “society.” The homes ...
Trump's Big Lie about Medicare and Social Security
by Laurence M. Vance
In a recent brief video message to his supporters, former president and current 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump warned Republicans about ...
Don't Bow Down to a Dictatorial Government
by John W. Whitehead
The government wants us to bow down to its dictates. It wants us to buy into the fantasy that we are living the dream, ....
Why Sue Amazon for Antitrust Violations?
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Why is the Justice Department considering filing an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon? Join FFF president Jacob G. ...
Fiat Money and the French Revolution
by Phil Duffy
Weimar Germany’s hyperinflation is well known, as are more recent hyperinflations in Argentina and, most recently, Venezuela. Perhaps fewer people have heard of John ...
Republican Déjà Vu
by Laurence M. Vance
The year was 1994. A Democratic president had been in the White House for two years. The Democrats controlled the Senate and the House ...
