The loss of liberty, to a generous mind, is worse than death. And yet we know that there have been those in all ages who for the sake of preferment, or some imaginary honor, have freely lent a helping hand to oppress, nay to destroy, their country.... This is what every man who values freedom ought to consider. He should act by judgment and not by affection or self-interest; for where those prevail, no ties of either country or kindred are regarded; as upon the other hand, the man who loves his country prefers its liberty to all other considerations, well knowing that without liberty life is a misery....
– Andrew Hamilton, The Trial of John Peter Zenger [1735]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
May 15, 2025 Joseph's Stiglitz's Strange Concept of Freedom
Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, a professor at Columbia University and the author of The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, has a strange interpretation of the word “freedom.” This week, the New York Times published an op-ed by Stiglitz entitled “My Brush With Trump’s Thought Police.” Stiglitz explained that he was set to deliver a lecture ...
No Institution or Individual Has a Right to Your Money by Laurence M. Vance
Conservatives are jumping on the “defund Harvard” bandwagon. President Donald Trump has threatened Harvard University with withholding billions in federal grants over what the administration ...
Trump Watch: Suspending Habeas Corpus
by Jacob G. Hornberger
In this week's Trump Watch, Jacob discusses the Trump administration's plans for suspending habeas corpus, which has ...
When America Was Free of the Minimum Wage by Jacob G. Hornberger
In today’s society, there are incessant debates over how much the minimum wage should be. I sometimes wonder how many Americans realize that there ...
Constitution-Free Policing in Trump's America by John W. Whitehead
What the Founders rebelled against—armed government agents invading homes without cause—we are now being told to accept ...
