The “U.S. government” is comprised of a wide variety of different people, many of which are good and decent human beings. So this obviously does not represent everyone who works in the government. More importantly, this does not represent U.S. citizens either, so please do not fall into the trap of defending the crimes of […]
‘Pointlessly confrontational’: Libertarian rips JD Vance’s new ‘culture-war tirade’ MSN Read More Article from “libertarian” – Google News
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has held up a mirror to Europe’s ‘elite’ which did not like to acknowledge what could be seen in it: Minions, a lot of minions. “But our common values?” cried Christoph Heusgen, the chairman of the Munich Security Conference. What values Mr. Heusgen? Those displayed daily, with your applause, by the European colonists in […]
A year ago I drew a metaphor between the stagnation of Europe and the stagnation of the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev. It must have had some validity, since Niall Ferguson recently drew a parallel between the late Soviet Union and the current state of the ‘West’. Sadly, a year on, the metaphor is still […]
Libertarian Party’s Mark Hornshaw to run for Lyne News Of The Area Read More Article from “libertarian” – Google News
Today, I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense. It’s all about common sense. — President Donald Trump’s inaugural address, January 20, 2025 [Emphasis added] Presidents other than Trump have invoked the appeal of common sense in […]
On February 6, the Fifth Circuit decided United States v. Peterson, holding that noise suppressors (aka silencers or mufflers) are not protected by the Second Amendment. Written by Chief Judge Jennifer Elrod, the court held that suppressors are not “Arms” within the Second Amendment’s purview. Under Bruen, if an item is an “arm” within the […]
I confess, as a conservative-minded Catholic, that I read the news of Pope Francis’ most recent missive with a healthy dose of annoyance. Why does this pope, who had little but silence or scorn for American politics over the last 10 years, choose to take formal action now, with this President, over this issue? And why, when he at last does act, does he do so in such […]
There are more federal grantees and cont Read More Article from Mises Institute
Today is Presidents’ Day. Every year a multitude of lazy regime journalists are ordered by their editors to tweak and recycle a banal and deferential piece on the “best” or “worst” presidents for consumption by the naïve and willfully ignorant masses. They ritualistically consult “court historians” in the hope of providing a Ouija board luster […]