It's an old trick: gain advantage over others by hiding one's meaning behind euphemisms and other forms of linguistic camouflage and misdirection. People do this in all walks of life, but politicians make careers of it. If they engage in straight talk at all, it is by...
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OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate Was Never Possible
by Michael Maharrey | Nov 19, 2021 | Featured Articles
On November 18, 2021 OSHA suspended enforcement of the Biden administration's vaccine mandate. According to a CBS News report, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will rely heavily on informants to help enforce the federal vaccine mandate. More...
The Fed’s Big Flub Up
by Ron Paul | Nov 18, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
What do the Federal Reserve and neoconservatives have in common? They both refuse to admit that their policies—the neocons’ promotion of perpetual war and the Fed's manipulation of the money supply—are complete failures, having produced the opposite of the promised...
Gun Control, By the Numbers
by Starte Butone | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured Articles
For many decades, people have been pushing for gun control as a way to decrease crime. The main purpose of a gun, after all, is to kill and injure people. Therefore, if fewer people have guns, then less crime will occur, as the common logic goes. However, as with most...
Is the GOP Finally Turning the Corner on Weed?
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 17, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Both Bloomberg and the cannabis industry publication Marijuana Moment now report that Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace is preparing to introduce new legislation ending the federal prohibition on marijuana. According to Bloomberg: A Republican bill to legalize...
Americans Must Demand ‘Maximum Peace’ With Iran
by Connor Freeman | Nov 16, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In Vienna, at the end of November, the indirect talks to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will resume. Of the original P5+1, five states remain within the nuclear deal: Iran, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Of course, the...
We the People Have a Right to Presidential Papers
by Jim Bovard | Nov 16, 2021 | Featured Articles
Former president Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to block release of speech drafts, call logs, and handwritten notes regarding the January 6 Capitol Clash. Trump is seeking to prohibit the National Archives from delivering those records to a congressional committee...
The Government Is Coming for Your 401K
by Mike Fedele | Nov 15, 2021 | Featured Articles
Quiet conversations are occurring in the halls of Congress, think tanks, NGOs, and academia on how to continue the enrichment of the public sector elites and their various complexes (military, education, financial, healthcare, and “non-profits”). The “wise men” know...