New Jersey May Renew Push to Legalize Marijuana in 2019 Recent comments from Governor Phil Murphy and Senate President Steve Sweeney suggest one final legislative effort to legalize marijuana in 2019. “I think I’ve been consistent that I hoped we could have one more...
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Why No Congressional Investigation into Epstein’s Intelligence Connections?
by Jacob Hornberger | Aug 22, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
With convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein now dead, the Justice Department has launched an investigation into prison procedures that allowed him to commit suicide. Meanwhile, women who were sexually abused or raped by Epstein when they were minors are continuing...
Siege at Ruby Ridge: The Forgotten History of the ATF Shootout That Started a Militia Movement
by Ammo | Aug 22, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
The Siege at Ruby Ridge is often considered a pivotal date in American history. The shootout between Randy Weaver and his family and federal agents on August 21, 1992, is one that kicked off the Constitutional Militia Movement and left America with a deep distrust of...
Red Flags Is All They Will Ever See
by Eric Hailar | Aug 22, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
With both the left and right calling for supposed “Red Flag Laws”, we have to take a step back and look at what the State is trying to accomplish here. Lindsey Graham said that “The Second Amendment is not a suicide pact.” The politicians say they are concerned with...
Know Your Ruby Ridge Apologists
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 22, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
Books have been written about the ATF/Marshals Service and FBI actions at Ruby Ridge so great detail is not needed here. Randy Weaver’s 14-year-old son, Sammy, and his wife Vicki were killed by government bullets. One US Marshall was shot and killed. When Weaver and...
Why Facts and Data Are Less Persuasive Than Moral Appeals
by Bradley Thomas | Aug 20, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
When’s the last time you heard somebody say: “that statistical table really changed my view of how society should be organized”? Probably never. That’s because facts don’t persuade, but emotions do. People’s views are shaped by their moral intuitions first, reasoning...
Are Recessions Inevitable?
by Ron Paul | Aug 20, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Stocks fell last week following news that the yield curve on Treasury notes had inverted. This means that a short-term Treasury note was paying higher interest rates than long-term Treasury note. An inverted yield curve is widely seen as a sign of an impending...
If Deficits Are This Huge Now, What Happens When the Recession Hits?
by Ryan McMaken | Aug 20, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
The Treasury Department released new budget deficit numbers this week, and with two months still to go in the fiscal year, 2019's budget deficit is the highest its been since the US was still being flooded with fiscal stimulus dollars back in 2012. As of July 2019,...