Has Kamala Harris inadvertently done free-market advocates a favor? Let's not get too hopeful, but maybe. How so? By pandering to voters and marketing herself as a consumer watchdog who will stamp out (undefined) supermarket "price gouging." This could create teaching...
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TGIF: Gaslighting
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 16, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History, Justice, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
I wonder who's gaslighting us now. Here are some of the major perpetrators: The pundits and pseudo-economists of all tribes who try to convince us that the government can spend, borrow, and create money almost without limit or harm. What happens when interest on the...
Nixon’s Resignation and America’s Impunity Democracy
by Jim Bovard | Aug 13, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Politics
August 8 was the fiftieth anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Unfortunately, that anniversary spurred little reflections or lamentations on how lawless the federal government has become in the subsequent half century. Aside from his Watergate abuses,...
Josh Shapiro and Anti-Semitism: ‘Woke-servatives’ Cry Prejudice
by Brad Pearce | Aug 13, 2024 | Featured Articles, Politics
Kamala Harris has been criticized by many on the right as the “DEI candidate,” since in 2020 Joe Biden made it clear he would select a “woman of color” for the role of vice president in advance of announcing her as his running mate. This line of attack may be...
Donald Trump Should Endorse the ‘Defend the Guard’ Act
by Liam McCollum | Aug 12, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
This public letter includes a list of signatories including influential libertarians, Republican legislators, and military veterans which can be found below. The newly adopted Republican Party platform promises to “SEAL THE BORDER” and “PREVENT WORLD WAR THREE.”...
TGIF: Khan Controlling Trade
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 9, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Lina Khan is a Washington, D.C., rock star. She is not only President Joe Biden's celebrated chief of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); she's also a favorite of J. D. Vance, Donald Trump's pick for vice president. This Lina Khan must really have something going for...
Is the Economy Headed For a Soft Landing?
by Thomas Eddlem | Aug 8, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
Official propaganda is trumpeting that the Federal Reserve Bank is pulling off a soft landing for the economy after the excesses of the COVID deficit/inflationary era. For example, CNN circulated a story on July 25 boasting that: “America’s economy is about to stick...

The Civil War Didn’t ‘Settle’ The Question Of State Secession
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Aug 7, 2024 | Featured Articles, History, Politics
Secessionist inclinations are on the rise in the United States, and are sure to intensify after Nov. 5 regardless of which party prevails. When that happens, you can expect the accompanying discourse will be peppered with assertions that states have no right to...