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...
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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...
Project 2025: The Good, the Bad, and the Frustrating
by Connor O'Keeffe | Aug 6, 2024 | Featured Articles, Politics
Anyone following the 2024 presidential election has undoubtedly heard about the political establishment’s latest villain, Project 2025. This policy agenda — technically named the 2025 Presidential Transition Project — was produced by a group of conservative policy...
Speaking of democracy…
by Laurie Calhoun | Aug 5, 2024 | Blog, Politics
Democracy has been a much discussed topic of late, what with the separation of President Joe Biden from his delegates only weeks before the upcoming Democratic party convention, to be held in Chicago from August 19 to 22, 2024. There have been brokered conventions in...
Dictator Biden’s Anti-Dictator Constitutional Amendment
by Jim Bovard | Aug 5, 2024 | Featured Articles, Justice, Politics
Twenty years ago, I jokingly proposed a constitutional amendment to require the U.S. government to obey the Constitution. President Biden has one-upped me with his proposal for a “No One is Above the Law” constitutional amendment. But Biden would have been more honest...