Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is now the political face of populist conservative opposition to U.S. COVID-19 policies. Notably, he signed legislation to prohibit (1) private employer COVID-19 vaccination mandates, (2) government entities from requiring COVID-19...
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TGIF: Our Age of Character Assassination
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 25, 2022 | Featured Articles, Justice, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
I am not one for romanticizing the past because in every alleged golden age you find grumblers looking longingly to some earlier alleged golden age. Nevertheless, our own time has earned its share of criticism. For example, we live in a time when, for many, character...
The Cheese in the Trap: When Will the Populist Right Join the War Party?
by Patrick Macfarlane | Mar 23, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
On Wednesday, March 13, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene released a statement on the war in Ukraine. As the White House is purposely prolonging the conflict, risking a wider war, Greene’s statement is praiseworthy and needed. She condemned weapons shipments to Ukraine,...
TGIF: Congress Again Rewards Israel’s Misdeeds
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 18, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
To judge by what Congress is up to these days, one would think that it wants to reward Israel for its relentless confiscation of Palestinian land and continued ethnic cleansing. Congress -- which is not only interested in "the Benjamins," that is, Israel Lobby...
Only People Threatened by Russia May Bear Arms
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 11, 2022 | Blog, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
Pundits and politicians who routinely deny that Americans have the natural right to keep and bear arms nevertheless are thrilled by the scenes of Ukrainian civilians bearing arms in order to resist the Russian invaders. I guess only people threatened by Russians have...
TGIF: Russia in Ukraine: Cui Bono?
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 11, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
I don't know if the U.S. foreign-policy elite wanted Russia to invade Ukraine -- an argument could be made for the affirmative -- but I'd hate to think it did. Yet given its long record of global mischief (a polite word for its machinations), we certainly cannot rule...
American Infallibility
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 9, 2022 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Politics
Beneath the widespread stubborn American refusal to understand the Russian government's motives for its condemnable invasion of Ukraine is the equally widespread stubborn refusal to learn from the U.S. government's wrong moves with respect to Russia over the last 30...
What Does a Capitol Fence Say to the World?
by Jim Bovard | Mar 7, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
Spooked by the threat of anti-Biden trucker convoys heading to Washington, high fences will reportedly return around the US Capitol in the coming days. When President Biden gives his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, he will have no fears of hearing any...