Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Representative from Hawaii, is running for president. She’s one of the only Democrats in the race who says anything meaningful or interesting about foreign policy. Unlike the rest of them, she’s decided to make it the center of her campaign....
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The Tyranny of the Police State Disguised as Law-and-Order
Enough already. Enough with the distractions. Enough with the partisan jousting. Enough with the sniping and name-calling and mud-slinging that do nothing to make this country safer or freer or more just. We have let the government’s evil-doing, its abuses, power...
Gun Violence in California
Upon hearing that a man dressed in a military-style outfit was shooting people with an assault rifle at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California on Sunday, I imagine that there were at least some Californians saying to themselves, “That’s impossible. It’s illegal in...
True Budget Hawks are Foreign Policy Doves
During my presidential campaigns, well-meaning supporters would sometimes suggest I stop emphasizing opposition to overseas intervention and focus on fiscal issues. I disregarded the advice, not only because adopting a noninterventionist foreign policy is crucial to...
What Killed the ‘Revolution?’
After the 9/11/01 attacks, many people who were formerly against military interventionism in other country’s affairs, immediately changed their tune. Every individual has a family member, good friend or casual acquaintance, who, at the drop of the towers, turned into...
Why Did They Bomb Black Wall Street?
In 1921, the black dominated Greenwood community in Tulsa, Oklahoma was one of the wealthiest in the city. The presence of nice hotels, jewelry shops, and so forth earned it the nickname: "Black Wall Street". By the end of the year, members of the city's white...
The Myth of the “Fair Share” of Taxes
There is seldom a shortage of politicians and pundits calling for more people to pay their “fair share” of taxes. But how is one to determine what everybody’s fair share should be? The blunt answer is that there is no non-arbitrary way to determine a “fair” amount of...
Two Reasons the ‘Gold Standard’ Had to Go
When one brings up the “Gold Standard” in discussion nowadays it’s almost treated as quaint. “Oh, I remember reading about that, that was a different time,” or, “Do you know how much “wealth” has been created since we abandoned that dinosaur?” And that’s just with the...
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