Russell D. Longcore: Are You An Automatic Teller Machine For Washington? …The politicians slide in their card, and out comes cash…All the while, they devise cunning ways to transfer more and more money from your personal and business accounts into theirs…Sadly, I also predict that most of the American states will keep their lips locked [...]
Robert Higgs The Pessimist …This past week, however, we have seen President Barack Obama awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, and seen him use the occasion to present the same-old-same-old pseudo-justifications for enlarging the foolish war in Afghanistan and for perpetuating global U.S. hegemony. As if that shameful travesty were not more than enough insult added to [...]
Walter E. Williams: Collusion Against our Youth …the primary effect of a minimum wage law is that of discrimination against the employment of low-skilled workers…Teenagers tend to be low skilled. They lack the experience, knowledge and maturity of adults. That means they will be the primary victims of a minimum wage law. But why are [...]
During the 1980s, talk show host Gene Burns was on WRKO in Boston. Now he is on KGO in San Francisco, and I’m glad the station provides podcasts of his show. When he was in Boston, Gene gave a possible solution to overcrowded prisons, and for people who had a problem with the death penalty. [...]
Justin Raimondo: The Afghan ‘Experiment’ Chuck Baldwin: The Bush-Obama War …Under the rubric of the “war on terror,” Big Government elitists are able to dismantle the constitutional safeguards of our freedom….All in all, perpetual war serves two great interests: it helps the Machiavellians among us strip us of our liberties, and it helps the military-industrial [...]
–Gary North on the medical industry’s culpability of his family’s tragedy. –From 1994: Lew Rockwell on the AMA’s control and corruption.
US Rep. Ron Paul has introduced legislation to “repeal the legal tender laws, prohibit taxation on certain coins and bullion, and repeal superfluous sections related to coinage.” Dr. Paul made this statement in the House to introduce the Free Competition in Currency Act of 2009. Dr. Paul has been trying to effect reform of our [...]
Russell Longcore: Mikhail Gorbachev: How a REAL Communist Handled Secession …In 1990, newly-elected Russian President Boris Yeltsin led the Russian Congress to formally declare Russia’s sovereignty over its own territory, and began passing laws to supersede Soviet law. Russia was the largest republic in both territory and population in the Soviet Bloc… …After the attempted [...]
Yesterday was the party primary to select nominees for the Massachusetts Special Election to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. Voter turnout was about 15%. The final election is January 19th. I can’t wait. It appears that the swallows did NOT return to Capuano, and US Rep. Mike Capuano lost to AG Martha Coakley in [...]
I still can’t believe that President Obama is sending MORE troops to Afghanistan, when we should be withdrawing from the region. Worsening the mess there and getting more US soldiers killed is not going to protect our country from terrorism. Jacob Hornberger hits the nail on the head with this post. For the people who [...]
–Bloomberg: Possible Abortion Funding Controversy Returns In Health care Debate –U.S. Marines Launch New Offensive –Andy McCarthy: Somebody At Fort Hood Should Be Walking The Plank –Lazarowitz: Trade In Keynesian Clunkers
There is a need for more clarity in the discussions of the day’s news, particularly in the recent controversial environmental issues and health care. A lot of commentators have been referring to “health care” when they really mean “government-run health care” and referring to “global warming” when they mean “man-made global warming.” For example, in [...]