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Trump’s New and Improved Obamacare

by Laurence M. Vance October 8, 2020

At an appearance in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month, President Trump unveiled his replacement for Obamacare that “puts patients first, families first, and — perhaps most importantly for all of us — America first.” The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as the PPACA, ACA, or Obamacare, was signed into law on March 23, ...

If I Ruled the World: A Dangerous Dream

by Richard M. Ebeling October 7, 2020

“If I Ruled the World,” say the lyrics in the hit song from the 1960s, the world would be a beautiful place with a smile on everyone’s face. Every man would say the world was his friend, with happiness that no man could end. No, my friend, not if I ruled the world. A nice fantasy for a daydreamer, ...

The Strange Thing about Biden’s Economic Agenda

by Laurence M. Vance October 5, 2020

Thirteen recipients of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, representing the universities of Georgetown, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Chicago, Yale, Columbia, New York, and Stanford have issued an endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s economic agenda: We the undersigned express our support for the economic principles and policies of Joe Biden. While each of us ...

‘We the People’ Lose

by John W. Whitehead October 2, 2020

“Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.” ― Herbert Marcuse Republicans and Democrats alike fear that the other party will attempt to hijack this election. President Trump is convinced that mail-in ballots are a scam except in Florida, where it’s safe to vote by mail because of its ...

Socialism, American Style, Part 6

by Jacob G. Hornberger October 1, 2020

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 I grew up on a farm on the Rio Grande just outside Laredo, Texas, a city that is situated on the U.S.-Mexico border. I lived practically half my life in Texas. Throughout that time, I witnessed an immigration ...

“Extremism” as a Ticket to Tyrannize

by James Bovard October 1, 2020

“Extremists” are one of the famous bogeymen that American politicians invoke to sanctify their own power. But the definition of “extremism” has forever been in flux. The only consistent element in definitions of extremism is that politicians always win. In the 1770s, people who suggested that the king of England had no right to rule America were considered extremists. Even ...

Donald Trump, Flag Burning, and the First Amendment

by Laurence M. Vance October 1, 2020

Earlier this year, Germany’s Parliament passed an amendment to outlaw the burning of foreign flags, including the flag of the European Union. The vote was in response to an anti-Israel rally held on the streets of Berlin in which protesters burned Israeli flags. The penalty is a maximum of three years in prison. Burning the German flag is already ...

The Socialist Elixir Is a Deadly Cyanide

by Richard M. Ebeling October 1, 2020

Suppose you saw someone holding a bottle that had a label with the word “cyanide” and he was about to drink from it. You tell him to be careful, that that is poison, and he could die a painful death. He says, no that’s not true, cyanide is a delightful drink, that he has heard that it cures many ...

The Continuing, Poisonous Russia Obsession

by Ted Galen Carpenter October 1, 2020

For more than a decade, there has been pronounced animus toward Russia in the American news media and among hawks, especially congressional Democrats, in the political community. That hostility surged when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in 2014. Furious political leaders and Western media outlets slammed the Kremlin’s action as an outrageous case of unprovoked aggression, akin to the ...

Stakeholder Fascism Means More Loss of Liberty

by Richard M. Ebeling September 29, 2020

A strong wave of anti-free market thinking and policy proposals are currently dominating the debates over the role of government in society. From calls for greater emphasis on income equality, to “saving” the planet from global warming, and on to demands for increased attention to claimed gender and racial “social injustice” inside and outside the marketplace, the presumptions are ...

What Is Good for Students Might Be Bad for Taxpayers

by Laurence M. Vance September 28, 2020

The federal Department of Education was created in 1979 by Jimmy Carter and his Democratic-controlled Congress. It was established by the Department of Education Organization Act of 1979 that split the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare into the departments of Education, and Health and Human Services. It began operation in May 1980. Conservatives generally opposed the creation of this ...

No, the U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Save Us

by John W. Whitehead September 24, 2020

The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people. — Justice William O. Douglas The U.S. Supreme Court will not save us. It doesn’t matter which party gets to pick the replacement to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. The battle that is ...