“We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.”
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Turning Point: The Democrat Stranglehold on Black Americans is Ending
“Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the White House, but on what happens inside your house.”
Impeaching Trump, Greta Thunberg and Faith in the Status Quo
The new religionists tout environmentalism, feminism, multiculturalism, and welfare statism.
Stossel Interviews Democratic Presidential Candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is controversial within her party. She says the U.S. should talk to its enemies. She was criticized for meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. But Democrats were supposed to be the anti-war party, I say to her...
How Trump Raised Your Taxes
The 2018 tariffs imposed by President Trump on imports from China and other countries had already resulted in the direct transfer of tens of billions of dollars from U.S. businesses to government coffers.
The Democrats Who Cried ‘Impeach!’
Trump, post-impeachment, can credibly call himself a victim of a political vendetta and ride that narrative to victory in 2020.
Peddling Victimhood: Who Cares About You?
Are white people obsessed with and engaged in a conspiracy against black people?
My Life as an Austrian Economist and a Classical Liberal
Ayn Rand’s writings brought about an ethical and practical revolution in my thinking
Elizabeth Warren’s “Accountable Capitalism” Is More Dangerous Than Bernie Sander’s “Democratic Socialism”
I’d take whatever Sanders calls socialism over accountable capitalism any day, because rather than starve the dynamic private sector of resources, Warren’s vision stifles the dynamism itself.
History of the Monopolization of Welfare by the State
Throughout the 19th century, a primary means for the provision of what today we call the “social safety nets” was by the private sector outside of government.
A Free Market for Labor
Keep government out of labor markets, so long as people stick to their contracts and refrain from violence.
If Trump’s ‘Bigotry’ Is an Impeachable Offense, Why Did Obama Get a Pass?
Let’s examine these killers’ motives and means so we can reduce the possibility of more such shootings and reduce their lethality. But blaming Trump is lazy, dishonest and bigoted.
“L’etat C’est Moi”: The Presidency of Donald Trump
It was French king Louis XIV who declared, “L’etat c’est moi” (“I am the state”), indicating his insistence that he possessed absolute power over his subjects. This attitude is shared by Donald Trump, president of the United States.
Communist China, The Trump Presidency and The Democrat Totalitarian Threat
However vulgar, nationalistic and anti-capitalist is Trump’s presidency, he’s looking better than the alternative, each of whom shares the same moral premise and economic ideal as China.
Directive 10-289: A Chilling Directive
Our modern civilization is on a trajectory that will lead to a very dark place. History provides examples of what can happen. We refer to the period 1929-1945, and course to 476AD. If the monetary system is not changed, 476AD is where we will end. The raison d’etre of...
How Important Is Today’s Racial Discrimination?
How much of the plight of many blacks can be explained by current racial discrimination?
Why the News is Stupid and Shallow
Most reporters don’t like free markets, and politicians rarely talk about change they don’t control.
Was Trump Right About Baltimore?
Here's what President Donald Trump tweeted about Baltimore's congressman and his city: "Rep. Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his...
The Vietnam War by Ken Burns on PBS: Flawed, But Compelling
The Vietnam War, a 10-part series for PBS which aired in 2017, is flawed, biased and incomplete. It is also a compelling and important examination of the Southeast Asia war America lost.
Laissez Faire vs. Interventionism
In eighteenth-century France the saying laissez faire, laissez passer was the formula into which some of the champions of the cause of liberty compressed their program. Their aim was the establishment of the unhampered market society. In order to attain this end they...
Senator Kamala Harris “Wins” the Milking Taxpayers for “Free Stuff” Contest
While Trump’s $267 billion is bad, the Democrats’ plans are worse. We counted $297 billion proposed by Biden, $690 billion from Buttigieg, $3.8 trillion from Warren, $4 trillion from Sanders and $4.3 trillion from Harris.
Being a Racist Is Easy Today
When leftists have no other winning argument, they falsely accuse others of racism.
Laffer Gets Laughable
While the willingness to abandon long held beliefs for political gain has always been a common trait among public figures, the spectacle has recently taken on shocking levels of casual audacity. The contempt for even minimal levels of intellectual consistency has...
Trump Puts The Nail In The Tea Party Coffin
The Trump sanctioned agreement to suspend the debt ceiling and push annual deficits even further above the trillion dollar mark may only succeed in destroying the Republican Party as we know it.
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