National Blog - page 85
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 [...]
Government Should Leave Bakers Alone
Last week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The case stems from the refusal of Masterpiece Cakeshop, a bakery, to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. The bakery [...]
Classic Ron Paul: Let’s Have Free Trade in Pharmaceuticals
At his hearing of the Senate Health, Education, and Labor (HELP) Committee, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul Paul told Health and Human Services Nominee Alex Azar that he could not support his nomination unless he presented a plan to allow importation [...]
This Week in Congress
The big item this week is passage of a two week government funding bill to give Congress more time to work on a longer term funding bill. This bill is not expected to contain any policy “riders” like an extension of Section702 of the FISA [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Stupid and Evil
There is a saying that there is stupid party and an evil party and sometimes they team up to do something stupid and evil. That’s what came to mind when I heard the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein had [...]
Good News: Young Americans Want a New Political Party
Do we need a third major political party? I often joke that I’d be happy if we actually had a second party, as when it comes to the big issues – war, monetary policy, civil liberties – the Republicans and Democrats are more alike than [...]