The Eighth Amendment of the Bill of Rights addresses the national government’s power in regard to bail. As with many other provisions in this set of the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the declaration regarding bail is one of limitation on the national...
As the United States and Russia governments have over the last decade-plus drifted into relations that bring to mind the cold war and that have brought forward the prospect of descent into nuclear war, there has been much effort from within America and other NATO...
Eleven years back, John W. Whitehead warned in his weekly column about the danger from government’s proliferating use of automated license plate readers across America. Whitehead included these devices among the tools being employed in the construction of what he...
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has long been an adamant pusher for children in America to be given an increasingly long list of shots at an early age as laid out in the childhood vaccine schedule of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....
You still have time to obtain tickets for the Ron Paul Institute’s annual conference near Dulles Airport in Virginia, and to book your guest room at the conference hotel at a special reduced rate. The Saturday August 16 conference titled “Blueprint for Peace” provides...
On Saturday, I received three pennies in change at a store. Looking at the pennies in my hand, one jumped out for its unique color. I was happy to see it — the happy penny. Sometimes I have to look at the date on a penny to see if it is one of those increasingly rare...
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) distinguished itself as an obsessive shots pusher and freedom theatener during the coronavirus crackdown. It was admonishing that children — who were at very minimal risk from coronavirus — be subjected to the quack practices...
Gazans are starving. They are starving because of the actions of the Israel government, undertaken with the critical support of the United States government. A Wednesday statement signed on to by over 100 aid organizations describes how the Israel government has...
Special interests are continually finagling to gain more support from the United States government that oversees a vast trove of money and power. A vote just after midnight Friday morning in the US House of Representatives suggests that the government of Israel is at...
Many people, including President Donald Trump, have been suggesting over the last year that, because Trump survived being shot at during the 2024 presidential campaign, he and the things he does are endorsed by God. Indeed, this week, Trump, speaking with a reporter...
Earlier today I wrote about the United States Department of Justice under the Donald Trump administration continuing the prosecution of Dr. Michael Kirk Moore, Jr. because of actions he was accused of taking to protect patients from the dangers of coronavirus...
In January of 2023, the United States government’s coronavirus crackdown set its sights on the medical practice of Dr. Michael Kirk Moore, Jr., with the US Department of Justice charging him and three other individuals with crimes stemming from the allegation that the...
This is not the kind of news many supporters of the placement of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in charge of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wanted to see come out of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now under his purview. Reuters...
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a press conference Tuesday at Ronald Reagan National Airport where she stood before flags, banners, and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees. Starting off her prepared statement, Noem...
Each Fourth of July is a good time to consider the eloquent and insightful commentary filling the Declaration of Independence that was adopted by the Continental Congress in 1776. The Declaration of Independence was initially drafted by Thomas Jefferson. At the time,...
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...
President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leadership have been putting immense pressure of Republican United States House of Representatives and Senate members to approve and send to Trump before the July 4 holiday a large in size and scope piece of...
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...
Interviewed Sunday by Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation at CBS, United States House of Representatives members Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority in ordering this weekend’s US military attack on Iran....
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