For in the last analysis, the thought and conscience of the individual man are the only thought and conscience there are…. There is, in literal truth, no public mind: there are only the minds of the persons composing the public. There is no public conscience; there are only their several consciences. Dry these functions up, or bind the life out of them, and all the mental and moral life of the public is stopped at its source.
— William Ernest Hocking, The Future of Liberalism [1935]
HORNBERGER’S BLOG
November 1, 2022
Dissolve the Pentagon for Its Nuclear Antics
If the Pentagon’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine somehow turns nuclear and both Russia and the United States hit each other with their entire nuclear arsenals, I wonder how Americans who supported the Pentagon in the crisis would react. I’m referring, of course, to those Americans who would survive the nuclear onslaught. Most, if not all, of them, would undoubtedly be radiated. And …
Our Immigration Police State
by Jacob G. Hornberger
When immigration is restricted, the rights of citizens and non-citizens alike are violated. FFF president Jacob G. …
Central Bank Digital Currencies
by Kevin Dowd
Professor Kevin Dowd, professor of finance and economics at Durham University, gave the third talk in our …
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 …