Jacob G. Hornberger

I have long pointed out the rank hypocrisy of conservatives and the conservative movement. Some examples: Conservatives have long railed against socialism, even while fiercely defending Social Security, Medicare, and most other welfare-state programs. They have long waxed eloquent about free markets, even while fiercely supporting America’s decades-old deadly and destructive system of immigration controls and the police state that comes with it. They complain about government regulation of the economy while fiercely defending America’s government regulated-managed economic system. Continue Reading

The libertarian movement can be divided into two basic groups: libertarians who call for reforming welfare-warfare state programs and libertarians who call for dismantling welfare-warfare state programs. I fall within the latter group. Why? Because I want to be free. Reform doesn’t get me freedom. At best it gets me a better serfdom. That’s nice, but it’s not want I want for the rest of my life. I want to be free, and only by dismantling infringements on Continue Reading

The U.S. immigration-control death machine has struck again. A few days ago, six bodies were found inside a railroad container car in my hometown of Laredo, Texas. There was no way to open the door to the container car from inside. The victims died of dehydration and extreme heat. At least one of them was from Mexico and authorities are working to identify the other five. It is a virtual certainty that they were all illegal immigrants.

To date, President Trump and the U.S. national-security branch of the federal government (i.e., the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA) have assassinated around 200 people in small boats on the high seas near South America. Such assassinations are quickly becoming a normalized part of American life, especially within the mainstream press. There is no question but that the American people, as of now, can do little to stop these assassinations. Trump controls the congressional branch of government Continue Reading

During the administrations of Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden, how many times did we hear about how Republicans were the answer to those big-spending Democrats who were bankrupting our country with their out-of-control federal spending and debt? Almost continuously! If only American voters would put those fiscally responsible Republicans in charge of both houses of Congress and the presidency, we were repeatedly told, fiscal responsibility would return to the federal government. What a bunch of hooey. As we learn Continue Reading

If there is one thing that American citizens remember from their 12 long years in public (i.e., government) schools, it’s the Pledge of Allegiance. That’s because they recited or heard it recited every single morning before the start of classes. The Pledge is such an ingrained part of American society that oftentimes adults at public events proudly stand, place their right hand on their heart, and recite the Pledge. Of course, no student in public school is required Continue Reading

The fangs of the U.S. Empire are now being bared against not only the Cuban people but also against the American people. The Empire has issued subpoenas to two American citizens — Medea Benjamin, founder of Code Pink, and Hasan Piker requiring them to provide Empire officials with detailed information about a trip that Benjamin and Piker recently took to Cuba. The purpose of their trip? To assist the Cuban people, who the Empire has targeted with death Continue Reading

The fangs of the U.S. Empire are now being bared against not only the Cuban people but also against the American people. The Empire has issued subpoenas to two American citizens — Medea Benjamin, founder of Code Pink, and Hasan Piker requiring them to provide Empire officials with detailed information about a trip that Benjamin […]

The fangs of the U.S. Empire are now being bared against not only the Cuban people but also against the American people. The Empire has issued subpoenas to two

There is no question but that the type of society in which, say, late 19th-century Americans lived was totally different from the type of society in which 20th-century Americans lived and in which 21st-century Americans continue to live.