Conscience is the root of all courage; if a man would be brave, let him obey his conscience. –James F. Clarke
HORNBERGER’S BLOG
July 27, 2023 How to Avoid Nuclear War
The new movie Oppenheimer has caused many people to rededicate themselves to the goal of achieving an international ban on nuclear weapons. But that’s never going to happen. There is no reasonable possibility whatsoever that the U.S. national-security establishment (i.e., the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA) would ever agree to dismantle its nuclear stockpile, especially since there would be no way to …
Jeremy Bentham, Usury Laws, and the CFPB
by Laurence M. Vance
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case that challenges the constitutionality of the funding of the federal Consumer Financial …
How Evil Are Politicians? Part 2
by George Leef
Caplan follows up on that observation with a devastating point about the calculating political mindset. Suppose that a politician had to…
The Immorality of Occupational-Licensure Laws
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this episode of the Libertarian Angle, FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard M. …
How the JFK Autopsy Led to the Truth
by Jacob G. Hornberger
In this talk, delivered at the 2023 FreedomFest in Memphis, Tennessee, Future of Freedom Foundation president Jacob …