Trump’s ISIS Plan: Another US Invasion?
Washington cannot handle the truth: solving the ISIS problem must involve a whole lot less US activity in the Middle East, not a whole lot more. ...
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Will Congress Stop Forcing Pro-life Americans to Subsidize Abortion?
Congress should also end all taxpayer funding of abortion and repeal Obamacare’s abortion mandates, along with the rest of Obamacare. Forcing pro-life Americans to subsidize what they believe to...
Cut, Don’t Reform, Taxes
Many Americans who have wrestled with a 1040 form, or who have paid someone to prepare their taxes, no doubt cheered the news that Congress will soon resume working...
Trump’s Foreign Policy: An Unwise Inconsistency?
Throughout the presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s foreign policy positions have been anything but consistent. One day we heard that NATO was obsolete and the US needs to pursue better...
Will Trump Continue the Bush-Obama Legacy?
[Last] week, Congress passed a budget calling for increasing federal spending and adding $1.7 trillion to the national debt over the next ten years. Most so-called “fiscal conservatives" voted...
Will Obama’s ‘Good War’ in Afghanistan Continue?
Last week, as the mainstream media continued to obsess over the CIA’s evidence-free claim that the Russians hacked the presidential election, President Obama quietly sent 300 US Marines back...
Good News: Washington Frozen Out of Syria Peace Plan
As the US mainstream media obsessed last week about Russia's supposed “hacking” of the US elections and President Obama’s final round of Russia sanctions in response, something very important...
New Year’s Resolutions for Donald Trump and Congress
In the spirit of New Year’s, here are four resolutions for president-elect Trump and Congress that will enable them to really make America great again. ...
After Aleppo: We Need a New Syria Policy
We cannot be sure what exactly is happening in Aleppo, but we do know a few things about what happened in Syria over the past five years. This was...
War on ‘Fake News’ Part of a War on Free Speech
A major threat to liberty is the assault on the right to discuss political issues, seek out alternative information sources, and promote dissenting ideas and causes such as non-interventionism...
Trump’s Promised ‘New Foreign Policy’ Must Abandon Regime Change for Iran
While I hope we can take President Trump at his word when it comes to foreign policy, I also we think we should hold him to his word — especially his...
To Really “Make America Great Again,” End the Fed!
Those of us who understand that changing monetary policy is the key to making America great again must redouble our efforts to convince Congress and the new president to...
Memo to the Next Administration: Defense Spending Must be for Actual Defense
Do we really need to continue spending hundreds of billions of dollars manipulating elections overseas? Destabilizing governments that do not do as Washington tells them? Rewarding those who follow...
Blame Government, Not Markets, for Monopoly
Those concerned about excessive corporate power should join supporters of the free market in repudiating the regulations, taxes, and subsides that benefit politically-powerful businesses. ...
Obama’s Pivot to Asia Hits a Roadblock in the Philippines
While the mainstream media continues its obsessive reporting on the mud-slinging campaign for the White House, a dramatic development in China last week brought President Obama’s “pivot to Asia”...
Iceland Today, the US Tomorrow?
Iceland is not the only government to turn to a departure tax to raise revenue. Just last year, in order to raise revenue for federal transportation programs, Congress gave...
Fifteen Years Into the Afghan War, Do Americans Know the Truth?
Last week marked the fifteenth anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan, the longest war in US history. There weren’t any victory parades or photo-ops with Afghanistan’s post-liberation leaders....
Wells Fargo or the Federal Reserve: Who’s the Bigger Fraud?
The Wells Fargo bank account scandal took center stage in the news last week and in all likelihood will continue to make headlines for many weeks to come. What...
The Fed Plans for the Next Crisis
Much more significant than Yellen’s latest suggestion of a rate increase was her call for the Fed to think outside the box in developing responses to the next financial...
The Right Lessons From Obamacare’s Meltdown
The first step in restoring a health care system that meets the needs of all people is to start treating health care as a good that can and should...