By Author "Norm Singleton" - page 40
Should We Give In to Big Government?
Leading paleoconservative scholar (and personal friend and a major influences on my thinking) Paul Gottfried has an article at The American Conservative arguing that conservatives should throw in the towel on federal spending: About 10 years [...]
Gambling Away Federalism & an Update on This Week in Congress
It looks like Congress will pass an extension of government funding until mid-January. The joint resolution will provide a temporary extension of Sec 702 of the FISA Act. This is a victory for Campaign for Liberty members as there was a serious [...]
This Week in Congress Part One: Raising Taxes
Congress is in session Monday through whenever they pass the end-of-Year spending bill. Today the House is voting on the tax bill, which the Senate is expected to pass tomorrow. While far from perfect, the bill does represent a good step forward [...]
Ron Paul: Trump Must Tackle the Renewable Fuel Standard
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul recently penned an op-ed for Fox News urging President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt to work to repeal, or at least modify, the renewable fuel standard (RFS). This is the [...]
This Week in Congress
The House is in session Monday through Thursday this week. Among the bills the House will consider is H.R. 3971 which creates “safe harbors” for small financial institutions to exempt them from some federal regulations. The House will also [...]
Congress Update
Late last week Congress hurried out of town after passing a Continuing Resolution funding the government until January 19. The resolution extends Sec 702 of the FISA Act until January 19. This is a small victory for Campaign for Liberty members [...]
This Week in Congress Part Two: Raising Spending
In addition to cutting taxes, Congress will consider an end-of-year spending bill. As of this writing little is known about what it will include. It is likely to blast “defense” spending and may also include an $81 billion disaster aide [...]
Liberty at the Movies: Spider-Man Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming is the latest, and best, Spider-Man movie. It is also provides a case study in crony capitalism that illustrates why so many Americans are rejecting the big government status quo. Homecoming is not just a reference to the [...]
The Feds should leave online gambling to the states
Joey Bradford, campaign consultant and former staffer for Rand Paul and Gary Johnson, has penned an op-ed at the Foundation for Economic Education explaining why a federal ban on online gambling is both dangerous to liberty and [...]
Liberty at the Movies: Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is the latest super-hero blockbuster and is one of the best "comic book" movies ever. It is certainly the best DC movie -- and, yes, I am including the Christian Bale Dark Knight trilogy and the early nineties Tim Burton-Michael [...]