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News Roundup 2/8/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 8, 2017 | Blog

The Senate approves Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. Devos has been the most contested of Trump's appointments so far. The Senate vote was 50-50 with Mike Pence breaking the tie. [Link] In a conversation with sheriffs around the country, Trump expresses support...

Mike Pence Thinks the “Free Market” Is Making You Poor

by Brittany Hunter | Dec 11, 2016 | Economics, Featured Articles

Vice President-elect Mike Pence has no idea what the term “free market” means, or at least, that is what his most recent statement would suggest. Defending President-elect Trump’s $7 million deal with Carrier, Pence recently stated, “the free market has been sorting...

The Coming Economic Fascism

by Jacob Hornberger | Dec 10, 2016 | Economics, Featured Articles

The recent efforts by President-elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-elect Mike Pence against Carrier Corp. provide us with a signpost of the economic fascism that lies ahead after both men take office. Whatever might be said about economic fascism, one thing is for...

Never Say Never?

by Sheldon Richman | Nov 21, 2016 | Blog

"We're going to have a president again who will never say what we'll never do." --VP-elect Pence Think about that.

President-Elect Donald Trump: Stay Out Of Syria

by Doug Bandow | Nov 18, 2016 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

The U.S. presidential election mercifully has ended. But global conflict continues. And American politicians are still attempting to drag America into another tragic, bloody Middle Eastern conflict. To do so would be madness. President-Elect Donald Trump appears to...

News Roundup 11/13/16

by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 13, 2016 | Blog

Obama gives up on attempting to pass that Tras-Pacific Partnership. [Link] A look into Trump's Transition team. Mike Pence will head the team that includes Trump's children. [Link] Hillary Clinton blames FBI Director Comey in part for her election loss to Trump....

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The US Government Has Been Lying About How to Lose Weight for Decades

https://youtu.be/TUADs-CK7vI Fat Fiction Movie Website Research by Ann F. La Berge: How the Ideology of Low Fat Conquered America Turns out a low-carb diet does far more to help people lose weight than a low-fat diet.

The “Rich Get Richer” Myth

Some 94 percent of Americans who reach “top 1 percent” income status will enjoy it for only a single year. Approximately 99 percent will lose their “top 1 percent” status within a decade. Now consider the top 400 U.S. income-earners—a far more exclusive club than the...

The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism

Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...

A Response to My Memorial Day Critics

My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...

Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle

https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...

The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”

Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...

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