In his recently leaked first draft of an opinion that would reverse the abortion-rights cases Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gives Americans a choice between judges who read their personal preferences into the...
Politics
‘America First’ Means Anti-Bush, Not Antiwar
by David Brady | May 12, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Donald Trump, despite not being perfect (far from it), was useful in making the idea of chronic interventionism and foreign entanglements unpopular, but as much credit as the New Right is given, they are hardly antiwar. The New Right is largely a rejection of the...
Joe Biden Blames Everyone for Inflation (Except Himself)
by Ryan McMaken | May 11, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
Speaking at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, President Joe Biden on Tuesday morning declared inflation to be his top “domestic priority” and insisted that inflation would not be a problem were it not for covid and the war in Ukraine. There was little room,...
TGIF: NATO and Collective Insecurity
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 22, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman
Collective security, the official goal of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, seems plausible on its face. A group of nations ostensibly concerned about a common threat agree to defend one another in the event of an attack. "All for one and one for all," as...
Smear Bund Labels House GOP Dissenters ‘Pro-Putin’
by Dave DeCamp | Apr 12, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
While legislation aimed at Russia has been overwhelmingly passing through Congress, each bill has seen “no” votes from a small handful of Republicans in the House. The opposition to the measures has led to Democrats smearing the GOP members as “pro-Putin.” Rep. Thomas...
TGIF: In Defense of Ideology
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 8, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, TGIF
The seemingly unprecedented mean-spiritedness of politics these days drives some people to think that ideology is the problem. To distinguish themselves from those whom they blame for the toxic atmosphere, some pundits declare themselves "above ideology," even...
TGIF: Joe Biden, What the Hell?
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 1, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
What's going on with Joe Biden? Is he oblivious to the fact that Russia has about as many strategic nuclear weapons as the United States has? Is he taking advice from the neocons, who apparently believe that we should not fear a nuclear holocaust because that's...
Ron DeSantis, Champion of Liberty?
by Patrick Macfarlane | Mar 29, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
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...