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Trump Is Setting Biden Up for a War With Iran

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 4, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest

On Conflicts of Interest #42, Kyle explains how Trump's Iran policy will position Biden to start a war with Iran. The Daily Beast reports Trump has delegated increasing tensions with Iran to Secretary of State Pompeo. Pompeo hates Iran and wants nothing more than to...

News Roundup 12/2/20

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 2, 2020 | News Roundup

China China offers to engage in talks with NATO after a NATO report identified China as a threat. [Link] North Korea The State Department offers a $5 million reward for information about violations of sanctions on North Korea. [Link] Afghanistan An Afghan government...

News Roundup 12/1/20

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 1, 2020 | News Roundup

US News Biden has elected Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Budget Management. Tanden is a former adviser to Hillary Clinton and is unconcerned about the US budget deficit. [Link] Congress is looking to include reforms to Section 230 - a law that works to ensure free...

News Roundup 11/30/20

by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 30, 2020 | News Roundup

US News An Appeals Court rules that two police officers who beat a schizophrenic man to death are not entitled to qualified immunity. Nine other officers who watched the murder happen were granted qualified immunity. [Link] The mayor of Los Angeles says the city will...

Moving Closer Towards War with Iran

by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 30, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest

On Conflicts of Interest #40, Kyle discusses the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist. The scientist was murdered in his car. It is believed that members of the anti-Iran axis - US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia - are likely behind the attack. The attack on an...

News Roundup 11/25/20

by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 25, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest

US News When announcing his defense team picks, Biden said, “America is back” and “is ready to lead the world.” [Link] Biden picks to be his Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has links to the US torture and drone assassination programs. [Link] Venezuelan...

Trump Derangement Syndrome Broke Senator Tammy Duckworth’s Brain

by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 23, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest

On Conflicts of Interest #37, Kyle discusses recent Orwellian comments made by Senator Tammy Duckworth. The Senator responded to Trump's plan to bring US troops home from Afghanistan by claiming that it would KILL US SOLDIERS COMING HOME. Kyle updates Trump's...

News Roundup 11/20/20

by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 20, 2020 | News Roundup

US News More cops are saying they will not enforce the COVID lockdowns. [Link] Alaska voters approve rank-choice voting. [Link] The New York Times ran an article warning about removing US forces from Somalia. [Link] Taiwan Taiwan is beginning to build a fleet of...

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Black Youth Unemployment Before Democrats Started “Helping”

Although most people are familiar with more recent statistics on black youth unemployment, not many are aware of the black/white statistics for earlier periods. Table 3.2 (below) shows that in 1948, the two were roughly equal. For that year, blacks aged sixteen to...

Political Discrimination vs. Market Discrimination – Walter E. Williams

Gross racial discrimination alone has never been sufficient to prevent blacks from earning a living and bettering themselves by working as skilled or unskilled craftsmen and as business owners, accumulating considerable wealth. The fact that whites sought out blacks...

GDP is a Scam, Here’s How to Measure Wealth

https://youtu.be/mYfH_9arsRk In 1981, the cheapest IBM personal computer cost $4,459 (in 2018 U.S. dollars), or 210 hours of labor. An Insignia tablet and keyboard combo cost $120 in 2018, or 5.6 hours of labor. - Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know, CATO...

The Democratic Policy Which Keeps Poor People Poor – Walter E. Williams

To criticize occupational licensing laws is not to argue that information about the quality of a licensee's services is not important to consumers. However, it is by no means clear that licensing is the most effective way to provide that information. Indeed, licensing...

How Economic Regulation Hurts the Poor – Walter E. Williams

In the name of protecting public health, California requires that an individual who seeks to perform any kind of hairstyling service must complete nine months (1,600 hours) of classes at a state-approved cosmetology school, at a tuition cost of at least $5,000, before...

My Body My Choice: Abolish Occupational Licensing

The most immediate effect of licensing is to restrict the number of practitioners because of the higher entry costs involved in meeting the qualifications of the activity. Some licenses, as in the cases of cosmeticians and barbers, require many months of schooling....