National Blog - page 27
Troops Coming Home from Afghanistan? Depends on Who You Ask.
Foreign policy has really been dysfunctional in President Trump’s first term. No sooner does the president make a strong foreign policy statement than one of his appointees grabs a microphone to explain what the president “really [...]
This week in Congress SCOTUS Edition
This week, Congress will be dominated by two stories: the ongoing talks about a coronavirus “relief” and economic “stimulus” bill and Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings. Obamacare is a major issue in Judge Barrett’s [...]
H.R. 666(6) means biochips required
Implanting microchips in people to track them used to be something that only appeared in futuristic movies. Unfortunately, the future is now. These are the kinds of ideas that big government and their so-called “public-private [...]
Forced into submission
If Florida can finally drop the charade, why can’t the rest of the states? The governors of states across the U.S. are proving to be the worst kind of authoritarians we could ever imagine. Using fear tactics and executive overreach, they [...]
Question 'The Science'? Go To Gulag!
In the Soviet Union it was forbidden to dispute the wisdom of the “party line.” That’s because Marxian communism was viewed as the scientifically inevitable progression of mankind. For Marx and Lenin, the “science was settled.” [...]
Ron Paul: Campaign for Liberty fights Unique Patient Identifier
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul issued the following statement in support of the National Patient Identifier Repeal Act (S. 2538), which repeals the federal law authorizing a “unique patient identifier,” and Senator Paul’s efforts to [...]
Can the Fed End Racism?
House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters and Senator Elizabeth Warren have introduced the Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act. This legislation directs the Federal Reserve to eliminate racial disparities in income, employment, [...]
Trump and Biden Squabble While America Burns
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden spent most of last week’s first Presidential debate trading insults and interrupting each other. The result was a debate with very little discussion of actual issues or policies. In [...]
Ron Paul Remains Unstoppable
This piece appeared originally at mises.org and is authored by Jeff Deist, president of the Mises Institute. When Dr. Ron Paul suffered a health scare during his live Liberty Report show last Friday, I was perhaps less worried than most. His [...]
There is no small government party in DC
On Tuesday, the House passed a Continuing Resolution keeping the government funded until December 11. The bill also extends the highway trust fund for a year and blocked a planned increase in Medicare Part B premiums and allows FEMA to access [...]