"Green New Deal" is now more a slogan galvanizing support for a myriad of state spending programs than a concrete proposal, but two proposals warrant a thorough analysis, House Resolution 109 introduced last week by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (hereinafter the GND)...
“I need a witness!” exclaimed the worried Transportation Security Administration screener at Reagan Washington National Airport a few months ago. Because I had forgotten to remove my belt before going through a TSA scanner, he explained that I must undergo an...
Elected officials have always had their reasons for wanting to end America’s recent unpopular wars, from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan. Some cite broad concerns over blood and treasure, others focus on the geo-political and domestic consequences of prolonging...
Prepare yourself for the push of another national crisis that can only be solved by a gigantic new government program. What is it this time? According to Katha Pollitt, it is the desperate need for Day Care for All. Her piece contains vast amounts of compelling...
On a steamy Sunday last July, at about half-past noon, a caravan of unmarked SUVs exited the FBI’s Washington, D.C., field office, an eight-story concrete building that exudes all the charm of a supermax prison. The cars moved swiftly across the city; speed was...
“What Next?” is perhaps the perennial question asked by this this book. It is the question that reins throughout from the mouths of many of the military men who dared to question any aggressive policy that often was taken. We bear witness to the answer to that...
In the past months, three U.S. states and municipalities – New York City, Ohio and Maine – have issued orders for business-owners to remove their CBD products from shelves. The way federal, state and municipal regulators have rushed in to the new and expanding market...
Could A Universal Basic Income Work? Ever since Sir Thomas More first proposed the idea in 1516, the promise of a Universal Basic Income, or UBI, has steadily gained support, now to the point that 48% of americans support a universal basic income, or UBI. The most...
