Scene: Suburban house in metro Washington, D.C. A GS-12 bureaucrat with the FDA arrives home and is greeted at the door by his wife. “Hi honey, how was your day?” asks the wife, who had just gotten home from her job with the Department of Labor. “It was great,”...
Obamacare
How the Market Is Already Repealing Obamacare
by Stewart Jones | Apr 6, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles
There’s a common misconception that if you’re opposed to government services, programs and/or departments, then you’re opposed to building roads, education, people getting affordable health care and even people taking care of the sick and elderly. These misconceptions...
3/31/17 Tom Woods on Trump’s Obamacare repeal failure, a debt-busting infrastructure rebuilding plan, and Russiagate
by Scott Horton | Mar 31, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Tom Woods, an author, senior fellow of the Mises Institute and host of The Tom Woods Show, discusses the 2nd annual libertarian "Contra Cruise" in October 2017; why Trump is working with former nemesis Paul Ryan on reforming Obamacare instead of the conservative...
Real vs Fake Health Care Reform, and How to Tell the Difference
by Jeffrey A. Tucker | Mar 26, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles
You want to know why the “freedom caucus” has balked at passing the Trump-backed Ryancare health care proposal? Because the package does not address the core problem of the existing system. They are leaning – correctly – on a brilliant insight from F.A. Hayek. Let’s...
Michelangelo and ObamaCare Reform
by Craig Cantoni | Mar 25, 2017 | Blog
It was almost a certainty that ObamaCare would not be replaced or reformed enough to restore a consumer market in medical care/insurance, one in which the consumer is at the top of the pyramid instead of the bottom. Why was it almost a certainty? Because the...
One More Flaw in Conservative Health Care Reform
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog, Economics
Conservatives oppose federally mandated health insurance benefits (maternity, etc.), but they favor states having the power to mandate such benefits, which they already have. But conservatives (e.g., the Heritage Foundation) say they also favor a nationwide insurance...
News Roundup 3/24/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog
Trump's pick for Labor Secretary, Alexander Acosta, was a district attorney in Miami and gave a very lenient plea deal to Jeffery Epstein. Under the plea deal, Epstein was given 13 months in prison but was allowed to work from home during the day. Epstein was...
The Science of Fat vs. the Science of Global Warming
by Craig Cantoni | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog
For over a half-century, the government and those in the medical and science community who fed at its richly nutritious teats of grants and subsidies had declared that it was a scientific fact that dietary fats were a primary cause of heart disease, obesity and...
Blog
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Larry Johnson: How Can Iran Keep Bombing US Bases
The story we’re being sold about Iran doesn’t survive contact with the facts: if Iran’s military is supposedly “obliterated,” why are US bases still getting hit and US troops still dying? We unpack that disconnect with Larry Johnson, walking through the mechanics of...
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Michael Vlahos: Trump’s Iran Gamble: Will it Pay Off or Explode?
If you think the war is basically over because someone said Iran was “decimated,” slow down and do the math. We bring back author and longtime war and strategy teacher Michael Vlahos to dissect the claims coming out of Washington, including a clip of the Secretary of...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Tucker Blasts Trump as ‘Weak’ for Allowing Netanyahu to Drag Him to War
Trump’s posture on Iran is getting judged from an unexpected angle, and we dig into why. We react to Tucker Carlson calling Trump “weak” not for avoiding intervention, but for failing to stand up to allies, especially Israel, as the conflict widens. From there, we lay...
Ordinary Men: Preface
John and I discuss the evils of men, changing ourselves, and reading the preface to Ordinary Men.
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Misty Winston: Massie Sparks Democratic Civil War Over Israel, Can Anyone Win?
A single yes or no question can expose an entire political strategy. We sit down with activist and independent journalist Misty Winston to unpack why so many Democratic leaders can’t answer plainly when Israel and Palestine comes up, especially on the hardest point:...
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Kelley Vlahos: Lindsey Graham’s Ghost
A 500% tariff on anyone who does business with Russia sounds like “strength” until you follow the blast radius. We walk through the revived Graham sanctions bill and why secondary sanctions can punish far more than the intended target, from US partners and global...
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