The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts [tariffs] and Excises…. —U.S. Constituton, Article I, Section 8 Referring to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 27, 2026 | History, Justice, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts [tariffs] and Excises…. —U.S. Constituton, Article I, Section 8 Referring to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 26, 2026 | News
The Omani Foreign Minister said that significant progress was made during talks between the US and Iran on Thursday. “We have finished the day after significant progress in the negotiation between the United States and Iran,” Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi...
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 26, 2026 | News
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that any strikes on Iran should be aimed at causing regime change in Tehran. “In my view, if you’re going to do something there, you better well make it about getting new leadership and regime change,” the Senator said on...
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 26, 2026 | News
The US has issued several hardline demands for Iran and is offering minimal incentives for Tehran to agree to a deal. President Donald Trump is threatening to attack Iran if Tehran does not sign an agreement that rolls back its nuclear program. According to the Wall...
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 26, 2026 | Blog
A wall of U.S. air and naval power now sits within reach of Iran, but does massed hardware equal a winning strategy? We sit down with Colonel Douglas Macgregor to map the real shape of a campaign: suppressing integrated air defenses, cracking command-and-control, and...
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Feb 26, 2026 | Economics, Featured Articles
In a landmark 6–3 decision issued on February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his statutory authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every trading partner under the International Emergency Economic...
by Alan Mosley | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured Articles
When Alysa Liu glided across the ice in Milan to claim gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics, the celebration was immediate and well deserved. She is a remarkable athlete. What followed just as quickly, however, was a familiar rhetorical maneuver: the deployment of her...
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 25, 2026 | News
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) found that Israel killed the majority of murdered journalists in 2025. “Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all journalist and media worker killings in 2025, driving the total number killed worldwide last year to a...
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 25, 2026 | News
The US and South Korea announced they will hold the annual Freedom Shield war games in March. Freedom Shield is a large-scale military drill held in South Korea each Spring. The war games will run for 10 days in mid-March, with 18,000 troops participating. Army Col....
by Bill Buppert | Feb 25, 2026 | Blog
No urinals on the USS Ford. This is a feature and not a bug. The main issue is breakdowns with the ship’s Vacuum Collection, Holding and Transfer (VCHT) system, which controls its toilets and sewage collection. The system is split across ten independent zones and...