Despite his anti-establishment reputation, Trump is continuing the U.S. empire tradition of threatening regime change and meddling in other countries’ affairs, not only in the Middle East and Africa, but now with a focus on South America as well. The Trump...
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Republican Tax Reform Plan: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Last month I did a preliminary libertarian analysis of the Republicans’ newest tax-reform plan. I concluded that their “Unified Framework For Fixing Our Broken Tax Code” left us with too many unanswered questions to render a verdict. Now the Republicans have issued...
Searching for a Doctor, Hair Stylist, and Auto Mechanic
In preparing for our move this coming January from our current home in metro Phoenix to our new home in metro Tucson, my wife Kim and I were recently in Tucson to find a new family doctor, a new hair stylist for her, and a new auto mechanic. These were stressful...
Due Process Is Fading Away. Thank the National Security State
Equating mere allegations of misconduct with definitive evidence is a growing habit in the United States. That tendency is most prevalent regarding national security matters, and the trend has been building since the onset of the so-called war on terror following the...
GOP Tax Plan Increases the Most Insidious Tax
Last Thursday, congressional Republicans unveiled their tax reform legislation. On the same day, President Trump nominated current Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome Powell to succeed Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve chair. While the tax plan dominated the...
A Day in the Life of the Empire
On March 9, 2015 President Obama formally declared a new national emergency. Most Americans went about their business that day without ever suspecting that what the White House called “an unusual and extraordinary threat to our national security” had suddenly popped...
Going After Iran Would Confirm to the World the US Is a Rogue State
During the 2017 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump was open about his hostility toward Iran and his disdain for the Obama administration’s diplomacy with that country. Since January, the Trump administration has been engaged in an Iran policy review....
News Roundup 10/9/17
The Trump administration changes Obama era policy by removing the mandate that employers offer free birth control to employees. [Link] Federal workers earn 80% more in wages and benefits than other Americans. [Link] The US government is illegally searching and storing...
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