Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power in Israel has ushered in a government more dominated by religious and ultra-nationalist extremists than any ruling coalition in the country’s 74-year history. While that fact has been well-reported, most Americans are oblivious to...
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In Trump’s Tax Returns, We See the Evil of the Income Tax
by Ron Paul | Jan 10, 2023 | Featured Articles, Politics
The final act of the Democrat majority on the House Ways and Means Committee was to make public several years of Donald Trump’s tax returns, which the Committee obtained after a prolonged legal battle. The tax returns confirmed that, despite being one of the richest...
Happy New Year! (The Government Did Not Save Your Life)
by Laurie Calhoun | Jan 9, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
More than 100,000 persons died of narcotics overdoses last year in the United States, in many cases because the street drugs they used were laced with extremely potent fentanyl. If you were among the survivors of a dose of unknown provenance, the reason you are alive...
The IRS Straps on Their Jackboots to Enforce Biden’s Tax Laws
by Jim Bovard | Jan 9, 2023 | Featured Articles
The Internal Revenue Service is perhaps the ultimate sacred cow in Washington. It is the “goose that lays the golden eggs” for the city’s power and prestige, delivering trillions of dollars to politicians to work miracles (or at least get reelected). When criticism...
On Trade, Biden Continues Reading from the Trump Playbook
by James Bacchus | Jan 9, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles
The prolonged charade of the United States is over in its disingenuous opposition to the reconstitution of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization. It is clear now that the Biden administration—like the Trump administration before it—has no desire to...
TGIF: The Mythical Right to Medical Care
by Sheldon Richman | Jan 6, 2023 | Featured Articles, Justice, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
This clever video juxtaposes footage of Bernie Sanders and the late Milton Friedman to create a debate over whether the central government should take over medical care in America. Sanders condemns as a "national disgrace" the lack of a medical care guarantee for all...
Will the War Party Wield the Speaker’s Gavel?
by Dan McKnight | Jan 5, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
We’re witnessing a fascinating thing: Congress is actually debating and voting on something. Remarkable! For the first time in a century—and only the second time since the Civil War—the vote for the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has entered...
Jim Bovard’s Best Digs of 2022
by Jim Bovard | Jan 5, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
This past year served up endless opportunities for hounding and pounding politicians and federal agencies. Here’s a round-up of the most liked or most hated lines from my 2022 articles. Hearty thanks to Hunter DeRensis and editors at other outlets who ran these...