If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable to the same reproach? Men are not apt to change their characters by agglomeration; nor does their patience in the presence of obstacles increase with the consciousness of their strength. And for these reasons I can never willingly invest any number of my fellow creatures with that unlimited authority which I should refuse any one of them.
–Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America [1835]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
December 3, 2025Castro Didn't Participate in the JFK Autopsy
Last week, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius wrote about “a startling document” that the CIA has kept hidden for some 50 years. The document apparently said that “the Mexican government had investigated Kennedy’s assassination and concluded Cuba was responsible.” It’s just more misdirection on the part of the CIA. Its targeted audience is those Americans who cannot bring themselves to recognize ...
Trump Watch: Drug-War Atrocities on the High Seas by Jacob G. Hornberger
In this week's Trump Watch, Jacob discusses President Trump's and the U.S. national-security establishment's drug-war atrocities off ...
A Sick Society, Part 1 by Jacob Hornberger
The irrational murders of two children and the wounding of several more at the hands of a killer in Minneapolis remind us again that ...
Libertarian Angle: Socialism and Thanksgiving
by Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the relationship between socialism and Thanksgiving. Go to the ...
Trump Watch: Ukraine and Venezuela by Jacob G. Hornberger
In this week's Trump Watch, Jacob provides his up-to-date analysis of President Trump's current actions with respect ...
