Socialism is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a better and finer world, but a spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build; it destroys. For destruction is the essence of it. It produces nothing, it only consumes what the social order based on private ownership in the means of production has created. – Ludwig von Mises, Socialism [1951]
HORNBERGER’S BLOG
July 9, 2025America the Ugly For decades, I’ve been saying that anyone who thought that the immigration police state along the U.S.-Mexico border would remain in that part of the country was naive to the extreme. Given that the decades of those borderlands police-state measures have still not succeeded in preventing the illegal entry of immigrants into the United States, it was inevitable that the immigration police state …
Trump Watch: Big Ugly Spending and Debt
by Jacob G. Hornberger
In this week’s Trump Watch, Jacob talks about President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill that entails continued out-of-control …
The Second Amendment Has No Exceptions
by Laurence M. Vance
Some opponents of abortion have been accused by other pro-lifers of weakening their case against abortion by making exceptions to abortion prohibitions, such as …
Libertarian Angle: The Declaration of Independence
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the real significance of the Declaration of Independence. Go …