The U.S. election is now over and Donald Trump will be the next president. Elections come and go, but a theme tends to stay: when the establishment wins, we must unite around the winner. But when they lose, their rhetoric always clashes with the reality. We are going...
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Will Donald Trump Eliminate the Department of Education?
by Benjamin Seevers | Nov 25, 2024 | Featured Articles
Hardly a minute has gone by without the media sounding off about President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations. However, one department has garnered more attention than others: the Department of Education). Trump has stated that eliminating the Department of...
Will Armageddon Be Joe Biden’s Final Legacy?
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Nov 25, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
When the Soviet Union dissolved in late 1991, the world seemed poised for a new, more peaceful era no longer haunted by the fear of a nuclear Armageddon. The principal successor state from the wreckage of the USSR was a noncommunist Russia that was intent on becoming...
TGIF: “You Didn’t Build That”
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 22, 2024 | Economics, Justice, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Remember Barack Obama's profound 2012 campaign speech about success? Here's part of what he said: There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me -- because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t -- look, if you’ve been successful,...
Whether the Interest Rate Rises or Falls, Inflation Is Here to Stay
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Nov 21, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles
In an economic landscape shaped by the aggressively rising prices of 2020-2022, the Federal Reserve's monetary policy pendulum swung dramatically. Starting from rock bottom rates, it engaged in a series of hikes the likes of which had not been seen since the early...
All Risk, Little Gain: U.S. Authorizes Long-Range Strikes into Russia
by Ted Snider | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On November 17, the United States told the world what they told Ukraine three days earlier: Ukriane had permission to fire American supplied long-range missiles deeper into Russian territory. Not much needs to be said about the risks involved in the decision. They are...
For Elon Musk’s DOGE to Succeed, He Needs Ron Paul
by David Gornoski | Nov 20, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
Most Americans have a heart that yearns for a leaner, more efficient government, one that obeys the U.S. Constitution and practices fiscal honesty. For the last six decades, no figure has been more iconic and relentless in this pursuit than former Congressman Ron...
Ukraine’s 1,000 Days of War
by Brad Pearce | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Tuesday, November 19 marked 1,000 days since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, though Ukraine’s civil war has been ongoing for over ten years. President-elect Donald Trump has a clear mandate to try and end the war, but with staffing picks like Marco Rubio as secretary of...