But it happens that, at the same period and amongst the same nations in which men conceive a natural contempt for the rights of private persons, the rights of society at large are naturally extended and consolidated: in other words, men become less attached to private rights just when it is most necessary to retain and defend what little remains of them.
— Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America [1835]
HORNBERGER’S BLOG
October 26, 2022
The Pentagon Brought on Both Nuclear Crises
I fully realize that when it comes to Ukraine, one is supposed to focus exclusively on Russia’s invasion and not on what the Pentagon did to gin up the crisis, a crisis that has gotten us perilously close to a world-destroying nuclear war with Russia. Nonetheless, the Pentagon’s role in this crisis needs to be emphasized, over and over again, just as …
The Republican Death Wish
by Laurence M. Vance
Republican politicians are not just incorrigible drug warriors; they also have a death wish, but not for themselves. Not only do they want to …
The Alex Jones Cases Will Not Censor Him
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Whatever one might think about Alex Jones, it’s difficult for me to understand how anyone can question …
Liberalism, True and False
by Richard M. Ebeling
The death of liberalism has been hailed or feared for well over a century now. In the United States, the tribal collectivists of identity …