Never is a very, very long time in politics. Yet whenever the topic of secession or so-called national divorce comes up, how often do we hear that “secession will never happen.” It’s difficult to tell if people using the term “never” actually mean it. If they mean...
Ryan McMaken
When the Private Sector Is the Enemy
by Ryan McMaken | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured Articles
Last Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee meeting provided some much-needed insight into how corporate personnel at Twitter (before Elon Musk’s takeover) had essentially turned the company into an adjunct of the federal government and its intelligence agencies....
The Election Won't Change Much in DC. The Real Battle Is Now in the States.
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 11, 2022 | Featured Articles
The votes are still being counted, but one thing is already clear: very little will change in Washington after this election. The House of Representatives will likely be controlled by Republicans, but the majority enjoyed by the GOP in the House will be small. This...
The Alex Jones Verdict Shows the Danger of Defamation Laws
by Ryan McMaken | Oct 14, 2022 | Featured Articles
In the latest demonstration of the absurdity of defamation laws, radio show host Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $965 million to people whose didn't like things Jones said about the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. In the years following the...
Falling Military Recruitment Is Another Sign of Waning Faith in the Regime
by Ryan McMaken | Aug 26, 2022 | Featured Articles
The US Army reports it is having some serious problems when it comes to recruiting new soldiers. Last month, according to the AP: “Army officials … said the service will fall about 10,000 soldiers short of its planned end strength for this fiscal year, and prospects...
The 'Rules-Based International Order' Is Dead. Washington Killed It.
by Ryan McMaken | Apr 9, 2022 | Featured Articles
The lack of self-awareness among the many American officials who are striking a moralistic pose in opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is striking. For example, Foreign Policy has published a column by Col. Yevgeny Vindman, asking how the world can tolerate...
We Must Now Learn the Lesson of 1914, Not the Lesson of 1938.
by Ryan McMaken | Mar 22, 2022 | Featured Articles
With proponents of military intervention and war, it's always 1938, and every attempt to substitute diplomacy for escalation and war is "appeasement." Last week, for example, Ukrainian legislator Lesia Vasylenko accused Western leaders of appeasement during Moscow's...
In the Age of Covid, We're Reminded an Unjust Law Is No Law at All
by Ryan McMaken | Feb 18, 2022 | Featured Articles
It has become something of a habit in both the American and Canadian media to insist that the Canadian trucker protest against vaccine mandates is an "illegal protest." They are "illegal border protests," one American news affiliate proclaims. Canada's National...
The White House Now Says It Never Really Wanted Lockdowns
by Ryan McMaken | Feb 9, 2022 | Featured Articles
Last Friday, a reporter asked White House press secretary Jen Psaki to respond to the Johns Hopkins covid study showing lockdowns provided no real benefit in terms of disease prevention. In response, Psaki dodged addressing the study directly, but then pivoted to...
The Experts' 'Zero Covid' Plan Was a Total Failure
by Ryan McMaken | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured Articles
The Chinese regime is doubling down in its “zero covid” strategy. In recent weeks, new covid cases have been detected in several cities. In a world of the more-contagious omicron variant, this is to be expected. But what has been the Chinese state’s response? It’s...
Employer Vaccine Mandates: When the Feds Pay the Piper, they Call the Tune
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 5, 2021 | Featured Articles
Advocates for vaccine mandates—led by the Biden Administration—are apparently unconcerned that the mandates are likely to drive down total employment and reduce access to government services. In many cases these are the same services that mandate-pushing politicians...
Without Lockdowns, Sweden Had Fewer Excess Deaths Than Most of Europe
by Ryan McMaken | Oct 6, 2021 | Featured Articles
It’s now been more than eighteen months since governments began the new social experiment now known as “lockdowns.” Prior to 2020, forced “social distancing” was generally considered to be too costly in societal terms to justify such a risky experiment.Yet in 2020,...
Biden’s Vaccine Mandates: It’s about Power
by Ryan McMaken | Sep 16, 2021 | Featured Articles
The Biden administration on Thursday announced sweeping new mandates. The new mandates require that all employers with more than one hundred workers require workers to be vaccinated or to test for the virus weekly. The mandates also require covid vaccinations for the...
The Pentagon and the Generals Wanted This Disastrous War
by Ryan McMaken | Aug 18, 2021 | Featured Articles
In early July, Ron Paul penned a column titled “It’s Saigon In Afghanistan,” invoking the imagery of the fall of Saigon in 1975, when US military helicopters scrambled to evacuate personnel from the roof of the US embassy. But Paul suggested that maybe the situation...
Yet Again, the Media’s Covid Narrative Doesn’t Add Up
by Ryan McMaken | Aug 14, 2021 | Featured Articles
If one were to go only on what one reads or sees in the media, one would think it’s the spring of 2020 all over again. The headlines are filled with stories of overcrowded hospitals, overwhelmed medical personnel, and predictions of people dying in parking lots...
Why Big Business Is Helping the Regime
by Ryan McMaken | Jun 18, 2021 | Featured Articles
Policymakers know they hold immense power to regulate and punish firms that don’t play ball. Industry leaders know this too. So it’s likely both sides will indeed end up “playing ball." The Democrats in Congress want comprehensive regulation of social media which will...
Vaccine Passports Are Just a Way for the Regime to Expand Its Power
by Ryan McMaken | May 5, 2021 | Featured Articles
Earlier this month, the conservative magazine known as The Spectator published an article with the absurd title “The Libertarian Case for Vaccine Passports.” The online version now bears the title “Vaccine Passports Are a Ticket to Freedom,” but the physical print...
Texas Ended Lockdowns and Mask Mandates. Now Locked-Down States Are Where Covid Is Growing Most
by Ryan McMaken | Apr 22, 2021 | Featured Articles
Early last month, Texas governor Greg Abbott announced he would end the state’s mask mandate and allow most businesses to function at 100 percent capacity. The response from the corporate media and the Left was predictable. California governor Gavin Newsom declared...
State Legislatures Are Finally Limiting Governors’ Emergency Powers
by Ryan McMaken | Apr 13, 2021 | Featured Articles
Last week, Indiana governor Eric Holcomb vetoed a bill that would limit gubernatorial authority in declaring emergencies. The bill would allow the General Assembly to call itself into an emergency session, with the idea that the legislature could then vote to end, or...
Homicides Are Way Up in 2020, and Covid Lockdowns Are a Likely Cause
by Ryan McMaken | Mar 27, 2021 | Featured Articles
Twenty twenty was an unpleasant year for so many reasons. It was a year of riots, unemployment, and the trend in overall rising mortality continued unabated. Homicides also increased. In fact, in preliminary homicide data, it looks like homicides increased a lot in...
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