This Is What Tyranny Looks Like Now: No Crowns. No Coups. Just Unchecked Power. by John W. Whitehead January 19, 2026 NYT: “Do you see any checks on your power on the world stage? Is there anything that could stop you if you wanted to?” President ...
Conservatives Are Incorrigible Drug Warriors by Laurence M. Vance January 16, 2026 Forget everything that conservatives say about individual liberty, personal freedom, property rights, the Constitution, federalism, capitalism, limited government, the free market, and free enterprise. ...
A Sick Society, Part 2 by Jacob G. Hornberger January 14, 2026 Part 1 | Part 2 The Russian-Ukraine war is another example of the extreme steadfast refusal of the American people to confront the reality ...
Libertarian Aspirations by Laurence M. Vance January 12, 2026 Although it may have been true at one time that libertarians and conservatives were “uneasy cousins,” such has not been the case for many ...
2016: The Year American Democracy Became “Post-Truth” by James Bovard January 9, 2026 Was the 2016 election a turning point for American democracy? Did political shenanigans and the election destroy so much credibility and legitimacy that the ...
The Supreme Evil of the Drug War by Laurence M. Vance January 5, 2026 The medical use of marijuana is legal in 39 states, while the recreational use of marijuana is legal in 24 states. Both are legal ...
Martin Luther King, Jr., Was Right about the U.S. Government by Jacob G. Hornberger January 19, 2026 What will be scrupulously avoided in the mainstream press today -- Martin Luther King, Jr., Day -- will be what King pointed out about the U.S. government — that it is “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.” Of course, that statement is as true today as it was in 1967. When it comes to violence, including killings, there is no ...
The U.S. Government Co-Killed the Iranian Protestors by Jacob G. Hornberger January 16, 2026 While U.S. officials and their right-wing and interventionist supporters are condemning and castigating the Iranian government for killing thousands of Iranian protestors, they conveniently block out of their minds an important point: The U.S. government is a co-killer of those protestors. Ever since the 1979 Iranian revolution, which succeeded in ousting from power the CIA-installed brutal dictator of Iran, the Shah of Iran, ...
Return Our Stolen Gold to Us by Jacob G. Hornberger January 15, 2026 President Trump has justified his military attack on Venezuela and his kidnapping and rendition of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro by saying that “they” stole “our” oil from us. Of course, this is simply false. The oil in Venezuela was always owned by the Venezuelan government. At the turn of the 20th century, it entered into oil leases with private American oil companies that ...
Crocodile Tears for the Iranian People by Jacob G. Hornberger January 14, 2026 President Trump and the U.S. national-security establishment (i.e., the Pentagon, CIA, and NSA) are ramping up the U.S. war machine for another military attack on a sovereign and independent nation — this time, Iran. Their rationale? They say that they just want to help the Iranian protestors who are being killed by the Iranian dictatorship and its own national-security establishment. Don’t make me ...
Libertarian Angle: The Criminal Investigation of Jerome Powell January 15, 2026 In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the Justice Department's decision to launch a criminal ...
Trump Watch: Trump’s Support of the Chavista Regime January 13, 2026 In this week's Trump Watch, Jacob discusses the ramifications of President Trump's decision to continue the Chavista ...
Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Abduction and Rendition of Maduro January 8, 2026 In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the ramifications of President Trump's and the ...
Inmigración y Libertad: El Secuestro de Nicolás Maduro January 7, 2026 En el episodio de Inmigración y Libertad, Jacob analiza las repercusiones del secuestro del presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro ...
