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This Week in Congress
The Senate will be considering nominations. The House will be in Tuesday through Friday. The big item this week is the farm bill. Several amendments have been submitted that would reduce the bill's costs and make other changes to the farm [...]
Liberty at the Movies: Black Panther
As promised, here is my review of Black Panther. Black Panther is not just a movie but a phenomenon, and the best first outing for a new MCU character at least since Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014 and maybe since Iron Man kicked-off the MCU in [...]
ICYMI: Dr. Rand Paul: “Congress Moves to Give the President Unlimited War Powers”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an op-ed for The American Conservative today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) discussed his opposition to Senator Corker and Senator Kaine’s proposed Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which would see [...]
The NSA Continues to Abuse Americans by Intercepting Their Telephone Calls
One of the few positive things in the ill-named USA FREEDOM Act, enacted in 2015 after the Snowden revelations on NSA domestic spying, is that it required the Director of National Intelligence to regularly report on its domestic surveillance [...]
Ron Paul: Piracy is Liberty
Last year, Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul recorded.a special episode of his Liberty Reelrt (which line dreams every day at 12 p.m. EST and is highly recommend) on the link between Privay and Liberty. You can watch the video at this link.
Trump’s Plan for Iran: Put Terrorists in Charge
Back in the 2008 presidential race, I explained to then-candidate Rudy Giuliani the concept of “blowback.” Years of US meddling and military occupation of parts of the Middle East motivated a group of terrorists to carry out attacks against [...]
The Red-Hot Chili Peppers and Tax Policy
What do the Red-Hot Chili Peppers have to do with tax policy? Plenty… One of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ biggest hits is Californication, which is about how the whole country -- and even the world -- is becoming a carbon copy of [...]
This Week in Congress
The Senate will be doing nominations this week. The House is in session Monday through Thursday. Among the legislation the House will consider is S.J. Res. 57 which overturns a federal regulation dealing with auto lending and the equal credit [...]
Open skies worth keeping
Jazz Shaw of Hot Air gives an excellent overview of the benefits of Open Skies policies and how these policies will benefit the American people. The article also exposes the arguments against these agreements as nothing more than an attempt by [...]
Red State Socialism Update
Congress is not in session this week, but they will return next week. When they do, they may take up the farm bill. As I have previously written about, the farm bill increases spending by $3.3 billion dollars over the next five years ,but reduces [...]