Do We Need To ‘Rebuild The Military’?
To keep our military strong we must constrain our foreign policy. We must adopt a policy of non-intervention and a strong defense of this country. The neocons will weaken...
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First They Came for the iPhones …
The FBI tells us that its demand for a back door into the iPhone is all about fighting terrorism, and that it is essential to break in just this...
Intervention Fail: Back to Libya
The use of the US military overseas seems to have become so commonplace that the Obama Administration can bomb a country with no Congressional input and very little media...
What Markets Are Telling Us
There are many Wall Street cheerleaders who are trying to say that this is just a technical correction, that the bottom is near, and that everything will be getting...
Mandatory Depression Screening Is a Depressing Thought
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended mandatory depression screening for all Americans. The task force wants to force health insurance companies to pay for the screening....
Is Congress Declaring War on ISIS … or on You?
Passage of Senator Mitch McConnell’s authorization for war against ISIS will not only lead to perpetual US wars across the globe, it will also endanger our civil and economic...
Congress Is Writing the President a Blank Check for War
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is scheming to bypass normal Senate procedure to fast-track legislation to grant the president the authority to wage unlimited war for as long as...
When Peace Breaks Out With Iran …
I have often said that the neocons’ greatest fear is for peace to break out. Their well-paid jobs are dependent on conflict, sanctions, and pre-emptive war. ...
Oregon Standoff: Isolated Event or Sign of Things to Come?
Situations like the one in Oregon could become commonplace as the continued failure of Keynesian economics and militaristic foreign policy is used to justify expanding government power. These new...
Purism Is Practical
If the liberty movement refuses to compromise its principles, we may succeed in restoring a society of liberty, peace, and prosperity in our lifetimes. ...
What Are The Chances For Peace in 2016?
Each year more than one trillion dollars goes up in smoke. More accurately, it is stolen from the middle and working classes and shipped off to the one percent....
Do We Need the Fed?
Stocks rose Wednesday following the Federal Reserve’s announcement of the first interest rate increase since 2006. However, stocks fell just two days later. One reason the positive reaction to the Fed’s...
If You Want Security, Pursue Liberty
Expanding government power will not increase our safety; it will only diminish our freedom. Americans will have neither liberty nor security until they abandon the fantasy that the US...
Will the IRS Take Your Passport?
A little-noticed provision in the highway funding bill Congress passed this week threatens a right most Americans take for granted: the right to travel abroad. The provision in question...
The War on Terror Is Creating More Terror
The world’s two most deadly terrorist organizations, ISIS and Boko Haram, have achieved their prominence as a direct consequence of US interventions. ...
Who Should Pay for the Syrian Refugees?
It is a sign of Washington’s moral and intellectual bankruptcy that US citizens are being forced to pay for those fleeing Washington’s foreign policy. ...
Paris and What Should Be Done
The horrific attacks in Paris on Friday have, predictably, led to much over-reaction and demands that we do more of the exact things that radicalize people and make them...
Does the Bell Toll for the Fed?
Last week Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen hinted that the Federal Reserve Board will increase interest rates at the board’s December meeting. The positive jobs report that was released...
Save the Apologies, Just Stop Promoting War
Instead of apologies and non-apologies from politicians, how about an actual debate on the policies that led to such disasters? Why not discuss why the US keeps being drawn...
House Benghazi Hearings: Too Much Too Late
The “Benghazi Committee” hearings have proven not much more than a means for each party to grandstand for political points. A real Congressional hearing should focus on the crimes and...