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The Ticking Time Bomb of Social Security
At a time when President Biden and congressional Democrats are pushing to expand the breadth of entitlements to include free preschool and subsidized child care, little attention is given to the fact that the country’s biggest existing entitlement program—Social...
The Media Is Lying To You About Inflation
With the recent rise in inflation—with subsequent increases in both consumer and producer price levels—one suspects that sooner or later people on the left either would downplay it or find a way to spin the bad news into something positive like an alchemist would want...
How I Said Phooey to College
President Biden is tub-thumping for Congress to create new federal handouts to make college free for the vast majority of students. But as Ryan McMaken and other commentators on mises.org have pointed out, college is vastly overpriced and overrated nowadays. My view...
Anaheim Cops, ‘Like a Firing Squad,’ Execute Man Holding a Water Bottle
Last September, Brandon Lopez, 33, led police on a chase before crashing his car. He was suspected of driving a stolen vehicle, had several warrants out for his arrest, and was mentally ill. If he actually committed all the crimes of which he was accused, however,...
Syrian Christians were Quietly Warned Before the War
Years ago I wrote about my first encounter with Syria as a young twenty-something year old fresh out of active duty service in the Marines: "My first visit to the region while desiring to study Arabic in 2004, just after completion of active duty service, and while...
TGIF: Rigged Political Language
It's an old trick: gain advantage over others by hiding one's meaning behind euphemisms and other forms of linguistic camouflage and misdirection. People do this in all walks of life, but politicians make careers of it. If they engage in straight talk at all, it is by...
OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate Was Never Possible
On November 18, 2021 OSHA suspended enforcement of the Biden administration's vaccine mandate. According to a CBS News report, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will rely heavily on informants to help enforce the federal vaccine mandate. More...
Cops Kill 8 Year Old Girl, Charge Two Teens With Murder
In Pennsylvania, the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office has charged two individuals with first-degree murder and related offenses in connection with the August 27 police shooting of 8-year-old Fanta Bility. In a statement, the DA’s Office said that Angelo...
The Fed’s Big Flub Up
What do the Federal Reserve and neoconservatives have in common? They both refuse to admit that their policies—the neocons’ promotion of perpetual war and the Fed's manipulation of the money supply—are complete failures, having produced the opposite of the promised...
Gun Control, By the Numbers
For many decades, people have been pushing for gun control as a way to decrease crime. The main purpose of a gun, after all, is to kill and injure people. Therefore, if fewer people have guns, then less crime will occur, as the common logic goes. However, as with most...
Is the GOP Finally Turning the Corner on Weed?
Both Bloomberg and the cannabis industry publication Marijuana Moment now report that Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace is preparing to introduce new legislation ending the federal prohibition on marijuana. According to Bloomberg: A Republican bill to legalize...
Americans Must Demand ‘Maximum Peace’ With Iran
In Vienna, at the end of November, the indirect talks to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will resume. Of the original P5+1, five states remain within the nuclear deal: Iran, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Of course, the...
We the People Have a Right to Presidential Papers
Former president Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to block release of speech drafts, call logs, and handwritten notes regarding the January 6 Capitol Clash. Trump is seeking to prohibit the National Archives from delivering those records to a congressional committee...
The Government Is Coming for Your 401K
Quiet conversations are occurring in the halls of Congress, think tanks, NGOs, and academia on how to continue the enrichment of the public sector elites and their various complexes (military, education, financial, healthcare, and “non-profits”). The “wise men” know...
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