Why Are We Attacking the Syrians Who Are Fighting ISIS?
Just when you thought our Syria policy could not get any worse, last week it did. The US military twice attacked Syrian government forces from a military base it...
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Trump’s Budget: Radical Change or More of the Same?
Far from presenting a radial challenge to the status quo, President Trump’s budget grows the welfare-warfare state, albeit with more emphasis on the warfare. ...
Are We Fighting Terrorism, Or Creating More Terrorism?
The real problem is that both Washington and London are more interested in regime change overseas than any blowback that might come to the rest of us back home....
President Trump: Toss Your Generals’ War Escalation Plans In the Trash
There is no way another “surge” in Afghanistan and Iraq (plus a new one in Syria) puts America first. There is no way doing the same thing over again...
President Trump: Cancel Your Saudi Trip, Play More Golf
Many pundits complain that President Trump spends too much time golfing. I would rather he spend a lot more time golfing and less time trying to solve the rest...
Save Liberty, Shut Down the Government
The root of the current crisis is neither political nor economic but philosophical. Too many have bought into the lie that government can protect us from life’s misfortunes and...
Candidate Trump: ‘I Love Wikileaks.’ President Trump: ‘Arrest Assange!’
“I love Wikileaks,” candidate Donald Trump said on October 10th on the campaign trail. He praised the organization for reporting on the darker side of the Hillary Clinton campaign....
The Federal Reserve Is, and Always Has Been, Politicized
The Federal Reserve has a long history of giving in to presidential pressure for an "accommodative" monetary policy. ...
After Trump’s Syria Attack, What Comes Next?
Thursday’s US missile attack on Syria must represent the quickest foreign policy U-turn in history. ...
Yes, Let’s Allow the Syrian People to Decide for Themselves
By all means, we should let the Syrian people decide who will be their president, even if they choose someone we don’t like. Syria was never a threat to...
Did the Government Spy on Trump? Of Course. It Spies on All of Us!
People like NSA whistleblower William Binney said that we know the NSA was spying on Trump because it spies on all of us! ...
Obamacare Repeal or Obamacare 2.0?
This Thursday, the House of Representatives will vote on a Republican bill that supposedly repeals Obamacare. However, the bill retains Obamacare’s most destructive features. ...
Why Trump’s Syria ‘Surge’ Will Fail
Last week President Trump significantly escalated the US military presence in Syria, sending some 400 Marines to the ISIS-controlled Raqqa, and several dozen Army Rangers to the contested area...
Arizona Challenges the Fed’s Money Monopoly
The Arizona Senate Finance and Rules Committees will consider legislation (HB 2014) officially defining gold, silver, and other precious metals as legal tender. ...
On Military and Spending, It’s Trump Versus Trump
It can be a challenge to follow the pronouncements of President Trump, as he often seems to change his position on any number of items from week to week,...