In his inauguration speech, President Donald Trump asserted, “We must protect our border from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength." Throughout his campaign, Trump made it clear that manufacturing jobs have been leaving the U.S. for far too … Continue reading School Choice Will Restore Our Competitive Edge
The state is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of human behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving differently. – Gustav Landauer[1] Introduction Count Leo Tolstoy outlines the following scenario in The Kingdom of God is Within You (1894).[2] A man – I’ll call him Anatoliy – chooses to live by the … Continue reading Would You Press the Button?
Well, Hillary Clinton has gone and done it. To the cheers of alt-righters everywhere, those angry lords of the green frog meme who hurl edgy un-PC insults at everyone to their left, the Democratic nominee has put them on the map at long last. Specifically, she accused Donald Trump of encouraging and giving voice to … Continue reading Five Differences Between the Alt-Right and Libertarianism
“[O]n life support,” says US Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) of the “Border Adjustment Tax,” proposed during last year’s GOP presidential primaries by US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and backed by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI). If the idea is indeed dead, American workers and consumers should heave a sigh of relief. It’s a very bad … Continue reading The Target of the “Border Adjustment Tax” is You
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said he’s puzzled his predecessor, Steve Beshear, will be delivering the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. Democrats have touted Beshear for making Obamacare work in Kentucky. Bevin said that’s not the case. “He unilaterally chose to expand Medicaid in Kentucky, enrolled hundreds of … Continue reading GOP Governors Say Real Threat Comes If Obamacare Not Repealed
The national debt decreased by $12 billion in Trump's first month month...as long as you define "month" as "34 days" and make sure it ends on Feb. 23. Between Jan. 20 and Feb. 23, total national debt decreased by $12 billion, even though Trump made no spending or borrowing decisions. There's a reason Trump stopped … Continue reading Did Trump decrease the debt by $12 billion? Ha, ha…No.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said on Friday it will accept proposals next month for the design of a wall to be built near the U.S.-Mexican frontier, a first step in picking vendors for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall. In a document on the federal government's website for business … Continue reading US agency seeks ideas for Trump’s proposed border wall
I recorded this video as North Korean officials flew me in a Soviet-era Mil Mi-17 military helicopter to observe Pyongyang. The interior had been redecorated for "luxury" passenger use by North Korean government officials. In this video they take directly directly over their new science complex, where DPRK scientists are developing their new nuclear … Continue reading VIDEO: Flying directly over North Korea’s nuclear weapons facility
When word got out in January 1848 that gold had been discovered at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, near Sacramento, it triggered the famous California Gold Rush, which in a few short years brought some 300,000 fortune seekers to the territory, whose population at the time was just 155,000, most of them Native Americans. President Trump’s … Continue reading Mexico Tariff Will Attract, Not Deter, Immigrants
The pronunciation in English is lay-say-fair. Its French origins date back to the late Renaissance. As the story goes, it was first used about the year 1680, a time when the nation-state was on the rise throughout Europe. The French finance minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, asked a merchant named M. Le Gendre what the state could … Continue reading What Is Laissez-Faire?
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