National Blog - page 37
Why I Don't Trust Trump on Iran
President Trump and his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told us the US had to assassinate Maj. Gen. Qassim Soleimani last week because he was planning “Imminent attacks” on US citizens. I don’t believe them. Why not? Because Trump and the [...]
And Now: The Airing of Grievances. . .
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) celebrated Festivus, the “holiday” created by Seinfeld’s Frank Costanza, by airing his grievances in the form of a year-end edition of his Waste Report. Among the examples of wasteful spending that make Senator [...]
This Week in Congress Wrap Up
The House passed H.R. 1865, the omnibus containing the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, Agriculture, Energy and Water Development, Interior-Environment, Legislative Branch, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, State-Foreign [...]
The Great Ron Paul
Looking for a last-minute stocking stuffer for a liberty-minded friend or relative? Or are you already thinking of how you’re going to spend that Amazon gift card you get every year from friends and family who know your second favorite thing to [...]
Afghanistan War – The Crime of the Century
“We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan. We didn’t know what we were doing.” So said Gen. Douglas Lute, who oversaw the US war on Afghanistan under Presidents Bush and Obama. Eighteen years into the longest war in US [...]
Should Racists Get Health Care?
Political correctness recently took a dangerous turn in the United Kingdom when the North Bristol National Health Service Trust announced that hospital patients who use offensive, racist, or sexist language will cease receiving medical care as [...]
How Congress and the Federal Reserve Stole Christmas
The bickering over impeachment did not stop the president and Congress from coming together last week to avert a government shutdown by passing a 1.4 trillion dollar spending package. The bipartisan agreement has something for everyone — a [...]
Thank you for helping to stop Medical IDs!
One of the few good provisions in the massive spending bill that passed the House on Tuesday and will be voted on by the Senate today or tomorrow is that it contains the ban on Unique Patient Identifiers. The ban has been in place for over [...]
This Week in Congress
It’s the last week of the first session of the 116th Congress. The Senate came in yesterday to start working on the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Following the NDAA, the next major item on the Senate’s agenda will be the [...]
This Week in Congress Wrap Up
The rush of events this week prevented me from doing a preview, so here’s a wrap up. On Wednesday, the U.S. House passed the conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 377-48. Six Republicans voted no—Ken Buck [...]