The Federal Reserve has a legal dual mandate to minimize unemployment and price inflation. The current “dual” between the two mandates is to reduce price inflation by increasing interest rates to increase unemployment and kill businesses to choke off aggregate demand....
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The War for Our Language
by Jeff Deist | Oct 5, 2022 | Featured Articles
"Language is the perfect instrument of empire."- Antonio de Nebrija, bishop of Ávila, 1492 The bishop was correct, in his time and ours. Spain proceeded to become the most powerful empire in the world over the following century, spreading her mother tongue across the...
Kremlin Gives Positive Response to Musk’s Twitter Peace Plan
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 4, 2022 | News
The Russian government praised Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for his Ukraine war peace proposal. Musk Tweeted a four-point plan on Monday that drew stern criticisms from Western politicians and commentators. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, "It is...
Biden Says the Pandemic is ‘Over’ (He Better Act Like It)
by Ryan McMaken | Sep 22, 2022 | Featured Articles
On 60 Minutes last Sunday, President Biden declared "the pandemic is over," but quickly added "we still have a problem with COVID, we’re still doing a lot of work on it." Biden then reiterated: "But the pandemic is over" and his evidence was the fact "no one’s wearing...
Statism Is Bad for the Brain
by A.J. Van Slyke | Aug 22, 2022 | Featured Articles
I met a man the other day while at the gym. He asked me what kind of work I did which steered us into a conversation about politics. He was a kind man, older, served in ‘Nam in ‘69, smart. During the whole conversation he was afraid to ask me what my politics were. He...
Senate Votes 95-1 to Expand NATO Into Sweden and Finland
by Dave DeCamp | Aug 4, 2022 | News Roundup
The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a resolution approving Sweden and Finland’s bids for NATO membership, demonstrating the bipartisan consensus on expanding the military alliance further on Russia’s border.
News Roundup 8/3/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 3, 2022 | News Roundup
US World governments made a record number of requests to Twitter to reveal users' data. The requests include a 100% increase of governments seeking information on journalists. Tech Dirt President Joe Biden and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks met virtually with...
The Loneliness of Ron Paul: By the Numbers, 1975-1985
by Brandan P. Buck | Aug 2, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
In 2022, the ideological landscape of American foreign policy opposition is the most dynamic and diverse it has been in over eight decades. This newfound disorder is especially true for the right, as a new crop of libertarian-leaning and populist Republicans are...
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American Odysseus
Matthew Hoh, former Capt. USMC, led men into war. So he knows the truth that war cheerleaders will never tell you. Check out his recent Memorial Day speech here: A Morality of Anger and Guilt
American Israel Supporters: Fake
Everyone is sick and tired of murderous, dishonest Israel. So they use ChatGPT to fake it. “I gotta reevaluate my opinions due to this new information.”
Now They Figure It Out…
Too little and too late and once the smaller companies get Pentagon contracts, they will be destroyed in the Pentagon's Soviet acquisition system. “While the Armament Directorate remains committed to our highly-capable legacy products, we have become convinced that...
Language, Race, and Man
“Man belongs neither to his language nor to his race; he belongs to himself.” --Ernest Renan
The Frigate Follies Get Worse and Worse
Déjà vu, it's happening again. The surface navy failures manifested in the Littoral Combat Ship, the Zumwalt and the USS Ford will soon have another ship to add to that gallery of maritime incompetence that showcases the modern US Navy. I say again, construction...
Democracy and Free Stuff
Democracy: the matching up of people who want free stuff with politicians who promise free stuff. Problem: free stuff as they all imagine it does not exist. However, it does exist in the market, as explained by Frédéric Bastiat in Economic Harmonies, chapter 8,...
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