Are Corporations Entitled to Free Speech?
The Founding Fathers’ words are being used to vilify corporate political campaign messages, but the historical record condemns the condemners and shows that the Founders supported free political speech....
About: Thomas R. Eddlem
Posts by Thomas R. Eddlem
Review of “No Easy Day: The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL”
No Easy Day is more than the first primary source story of the SEAL Team Six raid that killed Osama bin Laden; it's a single snapshot of the culture...
Peter Schiff Baits DNC to “Ban Corporate Profits”
Free-market financial analyst, author and radio talk-show host Peter Schiff made some waves online with his baiting of delegates at this week's Democratic National Convention. Schiff, microphone in hand,...
Bernanke Touts Quantitative Easing in Jackson Hole Speech
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled that the Fed would return to another round of “quantitative easing” (QE) in his August 31 annual address from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a speech that...
RNC Continues to Undo Ron Paul Delegate Wins, This Time in Maine
The Republican National Committee tentatively ruled to strip Texas Congressman Ron Paul of half of his delegates to the Tampa national convention next week. Paul came in a close...
Obama and Romney on Social Issues (Video)
A video presentation produced by our partner Liberty News Network takes a hard look at the record of the Obama administration and the positions staked out by the Romney...
Obama and Romney on Civil Liberties (Video)
A video presentation produced by our partner Liberty News Network takes a hard look at the the record of the Obama administration and the positions staked out by the...
Obama and Romney on Foreign Policy (Video)
A video presentation produced by our partner Liberty News Network takes a hard look at the foreign-policy positions of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. In a nutshell, both major-party...
The “Other” Candidates for President
When Americans vote for president this November, their choices will not be limited to the standard-bearers of the two major political parties. ...
Obama and Romney on Fiscal Issues (Video)
A video presentation produced by our partner Liberty News Network takes a hard look at the budget numbers put out by both President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt...
Is Paul Ryan Just Another Bailout Politician?
Many Washington conservatives swooned when presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney picked seven-term Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate, but Ryan has a long history...
Obama v. Romney: Their Core Beliefs
President Barack Obama and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney are in the public eye almost every day, but few Americans can tell where they differ and where they're alike. The...
Mich. Primary: Bentivolio, Amash, Hoekstra All Winners
Reindeer farmer and high school teacher Kerry Bentivolio easily prevailed in a Michigan GOP congressional primary August 7 to replace U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter against a well-funded establishment insurgency...
Arthur Laffer: Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Proves He Still Has Much to Learn
Supply Side economics school godfather Arthur Laffer penned an op-ed column for the Wall Street Journal August 6 that claims increases in government spending inhibited economic growth during the recession, as indicated...
Ron Paul Ally Kerry Bentivolio Gets Super-PAC Aid in Congressional Bid
Michigan congressional candidate Kerry Bentivolio will get a leg up in his battle against the GOP establishment in next week's Republican primary election, courtesy of the Ron Paul movement-aligned...
WikiLeaks’ Syria Files: Embarrassing to West, Irrelevant in Syria
WikiLeaks' “Syria Files,” 2.4 million emails purloined from anonymous Syrian government sources, seem destined to have a greater impact on the West than on Syria. The headlines thus far have...
WikiLeaks Sees Financial Spigot Re-Open, Wounds Itself on Satiric Hoax
The Internet-based whistleblower website WikiLeaks appears to have won some battles to recover its financial infrastructure in the past few weeks, winning the first stage of a legal battle...
UN Conference Fails to Agree to Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
The month-long United Nations conference to draw up a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) failed to achieve consensus after the United States, Russia, and China requested more time to...
Australian Government Helps Cover Up Guantanamo Crimes
The Australian government folded a civil case against former Guantanamo Bay prison inmate David Hicks after former Guantanamo guard Brandon Neely pledged to testify under oath to conditions at...
CFR Tells Americans “UN Doesn’t Want Your Guns”
Stewart M. Patrick of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations says that gun owners' concerns about a United Nations small arms treaty, the so-called Arms Trade Treaty(ATT) being...