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TABITHA WALTER, EAGLE FORUM Socialism, or Democratic Socialism, is portrayed as a system that helps those in need most and gives everyone a fair chance...

THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP my heart fails me at the opening such a campaign of bustle & fatigue: the unlimited calumnies of the federalists have...

BY ALLEN WEST Good Monday everyone! I will be heading back to Texas today. It has been great to be back down in South Florida,...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE The exodus of the wealthy from high-tax Connecticut continues, according to the Wall Street Journal: After four years on the market, and three price...

BY CLARENCE CARSON One of the more amiable traits which many people have is the inclination or desire to share something good with others. If...

THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP I inclose you a letter directed to your brother which came to me under cover a few days ago. I have the...

BY BOB BARR Last week, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London by a phalanx of British police officers; abruptly...

LAWRENCE H. WHITE, CATO INSTITUTE Stephen Moore and Herman Cain, the two recent nominees to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, have in the past...

WALTER OLSON, CATO INSTITUTE Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! Mar 2000: Palm Pilot IPOs at $53 billion Sep 2006: “Everyone’s always asking me when...

ReaganFoundation Published on Apr 2, 2009 Televised Campaign Address for Goldwater Presidential Campaign - 10/27/64. Watch a special "Remembering A Time For Choosing" video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulQ7k... For more...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE Tracy Gordon of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center writes interesting columns on taxes, fiscal federalism, and other economic issues. Before Congress...

DIEGO ZULUAGA, CATO INSTITUTE The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been controversial since its creation. As an executive agency enjoying Federal Reserve funding independent of...

LLOYD MARCUS, THE UNHYPHENATED AMERICAN Despite a billion dollars worth of negative press to destroy Trump before he was elected – over 500,000 lying articles...

BY BOB BARR As the saying goes, “it was great while it lasted.”  On Friday, March 29th U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez issued an 86-page Order declaring...

THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP Craven & Lillie at last have come to an open rupture: a desperate battle took place between them 4 days since: it...

LLOYD MARCUS, THE UNHYPHENATED AMERICAN In 2016, black businessman extraordinaire, Herman Cain terminated his run for the presidency due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Cain...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE Tax Day is here. In a column about this unhappy day, Christine Emba of the Washington Post provides her views regarding income tax filing...

BY PAUL DRIESSEN ~Extreme greens grouse, but African and other poor families see hop in David Malpass~ President Obama infamously told Africans they should focus on...

BY BOB BARR If you were to guess the most critical problem faced by President Trump in dealing with the flood of illegal immigration at...

THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP another object still more important is that every officer of the government make it his peculiar object to root out that abominable...

BY SELWYN DUKE A man’s home is supposed to be his castle. But this is no longer the case in New York City, according to...

WESLEY SMITH, ACLJ The designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by the Trump Administration as a Foreign Terrorist Organization is precedent-setting. Never before has the...

CHRIS EDWARDS, CATO INSTITUTE Federal tax returns for 2018 are due April 15 in most states. With your filing, you can see how your taxes...

THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP … in chusing these characters it has been an object of considerable attention to chuse French who speak the American language, &...

BY ALLEN WEST The progressive, socialist left introduced a theme, as they always do, and they continue to rhetorically assert this theme, “manufactured crisis.” Their...

BY BOB BARR In the aftermath of the February 2018 mass murder at a Parkland, Florida high school, it became readily apparent that danger signs...

CHELSEA FOLLETT, CATO INSTITUTE This week saw the passing of “Equal Pay Day,” which marks the culmination of the roughly three extra months that an...

LLOYD MARCUS, THE UNHYPHENATED AMERICAN President Trump has our economy booming. Unemployment claims are at an unprecedented 50 year low. https://bit.ly/2uKLrWV There are more jobs...

BY PAUL DRIESSEN ~Fish & Wildlife Service director nominee joins hundreds of others in confirmation limbo~ Aurelia Skipwith has a BS in biology from Howard University,...

LLOYD MARCUS, THE UNHYPHENATED AMERICAN My car, which has a “Trump/Pence” bumper sticker was keyed. While pumping gas, a motorist seemed impressed by my courage...