Oversight of Billions for Ukraine Is Not What Is Needed
In an interview with ABC News last month, after it was noted that U.S. aid to Ukraine now totals at least $113 billion, President Joe Biden was told that “many” …
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The Pledge of Allegiance and Government Schools
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting article today by Nicholas Goldberg about the Pledge of Allegiance. Goldberg praises those independent-minded students and parents who have challenged its enforcement in …
Separate Money and the State
The United States once had the finest monetary system in history. It was a system that the U.S. Constitution established. It was a system in which the official money of …
The U.S. War of Aggression Against Iraq
The U.S. invasion of Iraq, whose 20th anniversary occurs this month, provides a perfect demonstration of why so many people around the world believe that the U.S. government suffers from …
Geofence Surveillance: First, They Spied on Protesters. Then Churches. You’re Next
“I know the capability that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that this agency and all agencies that possess this technology operate …
The Federal Reserve Is the Root Cause of the Banking Crisis
The Justice Department has announced it is investigating the banking crisis. It will undoubtedly charge that banking officials are responsible for the crisis. One thing is for sure: It will …
Why Not Let Banks Fail?
Imagine that for the last 100 years, the federal government’s policy was to bail out every business that was in danger of going under. The policy would consist of shoveling …
A Cruddy and Dangerous Monetary System
For a long time now, I have been maintaining that America’s cruddy monetary system was headed toward a crack-up. Of course, it’s always impossible to predict the exact timing of …
Killing Communists with Impunity
The New York Times recently carried an interesting article about the death in 1973 of Pablo Neruda, one of the most renowned poets in the world. Neruda was a Chilean …
The Right to Be Let Alone: When the Government Wants to Know All Your Business
“Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent.”—Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis There was a time when the census …