during the 2000 libertarian presidential primary, hornberger published an essay titled "lord acton was right: a response to david bergland: part 3 (of 3)". in it, hornberger accused then-candidate for chair of the libertarian national committee jim lark of silencing a presidential candidate, don gorman, during the libertarian party of virginia's state convention. hornberger also detailed a conversation he had overheard between lark and gorman that supported these accusations. both lark and gorman, as well as others, denied this conversation happening. hornberger acknowledged this two years later in an essay titled "correction and apology."