On the first day of July already relatively high marijuana taxes in California went up more with the kicking in of a tax increase from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. It had looked like this tax increase would likely be avoided. But, here it...
Bill Moyers is properly being described as “legendary” in reporting on his death this week. The long-time journalist excelled at discussing ideas in a thoughtful manner. And, as an interviewer Moyers regularly welcomed elaboration from people, even when he disagreed...
Big news out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meeting this week is member governments agreeing to a declaration stating they each “commit to invest 5 percent of GDP annually on core defence requirements as well as defence-and security-related spending...
Many people have been comparing President Donald Trump’s ongoing push for war on Iran to a similar course taken by President George W. Bush in regard to Iraq a little over twenty years ago. And there are definitely similarities including allegations against the...
It’s Bilderberg time again. Government and corporate pooh bahs met privately June 12 through 15 at a posh Stockholm, Sweden hotel for the by invitation only 71st Bilderberg meeting. As tends to be the case, war was a major focus among the Bilderberg hobnobbers. For...
Last month, I wrote about an example about how lawless police have become in America, noting that in recent oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case of Martin v. United States “a lawyer for the US government argued, in the case concerning a wrong house...
RPI Director Daniel McAdams joins RPI Board Member Judge Andrew Napolitano's "Judging Freedom" program to discuss how Congress skirts its Constitutional obligations while exceeding its Constitutional authority. They also discuss the riots in Los Angeles and the use of...
Four months after her resignation as chairman of the United States Libertarian Party, Angela McArdle has been singled out for ostracism by the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) that oversees the party. “Whereas the Special Investigatory Committee finds that former...
What has happened to Europe? Why is its rhetoric so bombastic and militaristic? Why are Europe’s leaders so afraid of democracy? Why is the continuation of the Ukraine war so important for them? And what does any of this have to do with so-called ‘European values’?...
During the United States presidential election last year, then Libertarian Party Chairman Angela McArdle spoke openly of her desire to use the Libertarian Party to help elect Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump. She even arranged for Trump to make a...
California has earned a reputation for high taxes. Yet, this week there is a sign of hope for tax resistance in the state legislature. On Monday, the California Assembly voted unanimously to delay by five years a tax increase that had been set to go into effect on...
“For the children.” That is a go-to justification for politicians and bureaucrats seeking to infringe on individual rights. It was on display last week in the final minutes of the testimony of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary before a...
Elon Musk, the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency in Donald Trump’s presidential administration, has expressed in a new interview his disappointment in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which the United States House of Representatives approved last week....
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is in the news for claiming it has eliminated several Census Bureau surveys and that it will be reviewing others in turn. That may do some good. But how about the US government takes a much bigger step and limits the...
Donald Trump’s presidential administration has made it clear it is an opponent of free speech through its cracking down on individuals and colleges in an effort to silence negative comments about the Israel government. This animosity to free speech was widely reported...
Cops enforce laws. On first impression that may seem a good thing as one considers long in place laws, such as against assault, murder, and theft, that can help protect individuals’ ability to live in peace. But, laws have proliferated over time in America so that...
Speaking Tuesday before the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations regarding the implementation of REAL ID mandates on travelers, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem displayed...
In a Friday message to board members of the Libertarian National Committee that oversees the United States Libertarian Party, party Chairman Steven Nekhaila wrote that “This board may very well be the last one standing between the Libertarian National Committee and...
In an editorial last week, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio was touting his effort to ensure the US government respects free speech. But, Rubio is also a leader in the ongoing US government program that deports people from America because they have...
During the coronavirus scare, bureaucrats in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relentlessly claimed “the science” demanded that people stay isolated at home as much as possible, wear masks, keep at least six feet away from everyone else, refrain from...
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