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Conservatives Created the War on Terrorism, and Are Now Its Victims

by Tho Bishop | Apr 29, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics

The security walls around the U.S. Capitol may be removed, but the federal response to the January 6 protests has only just begun. The Democrats in Washington are determined to treat the incident as on par with the events of September 11, which may explain a troubling report about the potential use of the famed No Fly List. Yesterday Nick Fuentes, a right-wing social media pundit who attended the January 6 protests in the capital, alleged that he has been placed on the federal no-fly list, preventing him from traveling to Florida for a political rally. While Mr. Fuentes shared on social...

Three Ways the Coronavirus Is Benefitting Political Decentralization

by Tho Bishop | May 23, 2020 | Featured Articles

The coronavirus pandemic, and resulting government response, has created one of the greatest disruptions to daily life in modern American history. With much of the country now focused on “reopening,” pundits and policymakers have focused their attention on what the “new normal” of a post-COVID America looks like. Although much of the attention has been focused on the future of massive public gatherings and changes to American work environments, the most significant change to American societies may be faith in our governing structures. The policy response to the coronavirus has already led to...

Globalist-Endorsed War on Cash May Be China’s Next Terrifying Weapon

by Tho Bishop | Nov 18, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics

Recent protests in Hong Kong, along with the resulting fall out from international corporations questioned for their relationships with mainland China, has placed a renewed focus on the authoritarianism of the Chinese Communist Party. This has led to several articles identifying ways in which Western countries have learned from the CCP, including Europe's growing embrace of web censorship and growing interest in the social credit system rolled out in 2018. Given that it wasn't that long ago that it was common to see Western leaders and neoliberal commentators openly envy aspects of the...

This Obamacare Program Was Meant to Save Money, Instead it Killed Thousands

by Tho Bishop | Dec 25, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics

When crafting Obamacare, the top priority for policy writers was not identifying the best ways for patients to receive the medical care they needed, but instead to identify ways to reduce the costs of care. Rather than working to undo the labyrinth of regulation and government programs that directly contribute to the high costs of American healthcare, the policy wonks within the Obama Administration worked to identify ways government could save money by reforming existing programs and changing the operations of hospitals. One such initiative was the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program,...

An Armed Pregnant Woman Defended Herself, Now She Faces 24 Years in Jail

by Tho Bishop | Sep 28, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice

Last December, Krissy Noble (then going by her maiden name Tran) shot and killed a man who broke into her apartment and attacked her. She was 11 weeks pregnant at the time. As ABC News described the incident: [When her attacker was] inside, the man tackled her and began trying to cover her mouth with his hand, which she thought smelled of chemicals, the report states. He then started hitting her in the face with his fist. After she was able to break free, Noble grabbed a pistol off the coffee table and shot the man three times before running to her neighbor's apartment and telling her to...