This week, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., sentenced Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, to 22 years in jail for the crime of “sedition” arising out of the January 6 protests at the Capitol. It wasn’t the first time that the judge, Timothy Kelly,...
Jacob G. Hornberger
A Constantly Shifting Array of Official Enemies
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jul 28, 2023 | Featured Articles
I entered Virginia Military Institute as a freshman in 1968. By that time, the Vietnam War was in full swing. During the four years that I was at the school, VMI graduates were among the tens of thousands of US soldiers who were being killed or injured for nothing....
Intervene Only When It’s In 'Our National Interest'?
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jul 25, 2023 | Featured Articles
One of the popular mantras for some conservatives and some libertarians when it comes to foreign interventionism is the following: “We should never intervene abroad except when it is in ‘our national interest.’” There is one great big problem, however, with that...
Why Shouldn’t a University Be Free to Adopt Affirmative Action?
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jul 12, 2023 | Featured Articles
Not surprisingly, right-wingers are celebrating the Supreme Court’s decision to declare affirmative-action policies at American universities to be unconstitutional. In the process, conservatives fail to recognize that they are, at the same time, celebrating the...
The Cancer of the National-Security State
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jul 3, 2023 | Featured Articles
Suppose that after you visit your doctor for a physical examination, he informs you that you are suffering from the following ailments: 1) A stiff knee, which requires six months of physical therapy. 2) Being overweight, which requires a big change in diet. 3) Kidney...
The Anti-Communist Crusade
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jun 20, 2023 | Featured Articles
A central feature of the Cold War racket was the anti-communist crusade. At the behest of the US national-security establishment, the entire nation became obsessed with the commies, both foreign and domestic. The Reds were coming to get us. They were everywhere. They...
Our Biggest Threat
by Jacob G. Hornberger | May 23, 2023 | Featured Articles
Both liberals and conservatives are convinced that the biggest threat to our freedom and well-being lies with Russia and China. And, well, also the terrorists, Muslims, drug dealers, illegal immigrants, North Koreans, Cubans, Syrians, Vietnamese, communists, Reds, and...
Involuntary Servitude in Russia, Ukraine, and the US
by Jacob G. Hornberger | May 12, 2023 | Featured Articles
One of the interesting aspects of the Russia-Ukraine war is that the regimes in both countries have resorted to conscription to get soldiers to “serve their country.” One would think that if a war is just, citizens would not have to be forced to fight in it.With...
The US Military’s Recruiting Crisis Is a Positive Sign
by Jacob G. Hornberger | May 3, 2023 | Featured Articles
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal demonstrates what a huge disaster conservatives are for our nation and for the rights and liberties of the American people. The article is entitled “The Military Recruitment Crisis Is a Symptom of Cultural Rot.” Co-written...
Time to Revisit the Maria Butina Case
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Apr 12, 2023 | Featured Articles
Yesterday, I wrote about the concocted, made-up, fake crime that US officials used to incarcerate Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for some 14 years of his life, until he secured his freedom from incarceration in the trade with accused drug-law violator Brittney...
Conservative Mental Dichotomy on the Draft
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Mar 2, 2023 | Featured Articles
The war in Ukraine has displayed a fascinating dichotomy that exists within conservatives. They uniformly condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine while, at the same time, steadfastly ignoring the measures that the Pentagon took through NATO to provoke the invasion. ...
What Does 'Unprovoked' Mean?
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Feb 3, 2023 | Featured Articles
Note the following sentence in a New York Times news story yesterday by Michael Schwirtz and Anton Troianovski about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “Mr. Putin’s attempt to put a veneer of nobility on an unprovoked invasion that has killed thousands of civilians and...
Will a Crackdown Finally Win the War on Drugs?
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured Articles
Among the federal government’s biggest failures is the war on drugs. Despite decades of warfare, the federal government is still a long way from declaring victory. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Today, the federal government is still fiercely waging the drug war,...
George Santos Will Be Right at Home
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jan 4, 2023 | Featured Articles
The mainstream press is so upset over the lies that Congressman-elect George Santos has told that they are besides themselves. In their eyes, Santos sullies the much-vaunted concept of democracy that US officials spread around the world through force of arms, a...
We Must Not Forget the US War on Afghanistan
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Dec 8, 2022 | Featured Articles
When the Pentagon used NATO to provoke Russia into invading Ukraine, it had to know that one of the great benefits to such an invasion would be that it would enrich US weapons manufacturers, who, of course, are an important, integral, and loyal part of America’s...
George Orwell, Call Your Venezuelan Office
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Dec 2, 2022 | Featured Articles
It appears that the American people are being prepared for a change of mindsets. After many years of treating Venezuela as an enemy, opponent, adversary, competitor, and rival, it seems that US officials are now changing course and paving the way toward converting...
The Anti-Russia Paranoia
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Nov 8, 2022 | Featured Articles
Given the mid-term elections, the anti-Russia paranoia of US officials has been at a peak. The feds have been scouring the Internet to determine whether the Russians are improperly influencing American voters into supporting candidates who refuse to adopt the...
The Pentagon Brought on Both Nuclear Crises
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Oct 27, 2022 | Featured Articles
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,...
Are You Attending the RPI Conference This Saturday?
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Aug 30, 2022 | Featured Articles
The Ron Paul Institute is holding its annual conference at the Westin Washington Dulles Airport this Saturday, September 3. It stands to be another outstanding one. I have the honor and pleasure of again speaking at it. I will also be speaking at the conference’s...
How Did America Survive Without an Espionage Act?
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Aug 25, 2022 | Featured Articles
(See Jacob Hornberger speak live at the Ron Paul Institute's Sept. 3rd Washington Conference!)For some 140 years, the United States did not have an Espionage Act. It didn’t come into existence until 1917, when US officials used it to punish Americans who had the...
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