For days on end we've had to read the headlines about the unfortunate persecution of our thin blue heroes by the evil tyrant teenagers of Starbucks Inc. Oh, woe is them. The poor little guys. But now, from the New York Post: The Oklahoma police chief who blasted...
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Asset Forfeiture and the Destruction of American Liberty
For centuries, it has been an established tenet of Western jurisprudence that a person cannot be punished for a crime unless the government first convicts him of the crime in a court of law. After the Constitution called the federal government into existence, our...
Even Nixon’s Ghost Agrees That Price Controls Won’t Fix Our Broken Health Care System
The answer to high out-of-network health care costs is not to increase the federal government's already excessive powers over the marketplace. On a hot summer night—Sunday, August 15th, 1971—millions of red-blooded Americans tuned their Zenith and Magnavox TV sets to...
In Light Of Ukraine Drama – Remember The Yahoo Who Said It Was A Blatant Coup?
In 2014, George Friedman of Stratfor said that the Kiev, Ukraine coup was "the most blatant coup in history". Then, by 2016, he backtracked. He said something to the effect that if it was a coup, it would be the most blatant coup in history. Implying it's obviously...
Oppose a Disease at its Beginning
If you give politicians an inch, they’ll take a mile. John Dickinson was one of the leading writers in the early days of the conflict. He insisted that the colonists needed to “oppose a disease at its beginning,” before the sickness could spread. Writing under the...
Thanksgiving: The Forgotten History of America’s Thanksgiving and What It Commemorates
Thanksgiving is the oldest national holiday in the United States. However, it’s observation is not a continuous presence in American history. While the celebration of Thanksgiving predates even the founding of the nation, it was proclaimed by George Washington, then...
Doctors Speak Out, Say Julian Assange ‘Could Die in Prison’ Due to Horrific Treatment and Neglect
As TFTP reported in April, several men in black suits, surrounded by a dozen cops, raided the Ecuadorian embassy in London and kidnapped Julian Assange. Since that day, Assange has been rotting in solitary confinement as his health drastically deteriorated. “Unless...
Monsters and U.S. Foreign Policy
It looks like the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity will be having some competition. The formation of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft was recently announced. The think tank gets its name from John Quincy Adams. According to the organization’s...
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