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Cline: Do Advocates for Total Government Dependency Have Any Limiting Principles?

July 23, 2025 Andrew Cline

“I find more and more that dependency from [upon] the will of others is always some diminution of human happiness, principally to a man accustom’d to follow his own will uncontrolled.” – Jan Ingenhousz to Ben Franklin, 1777 During the two weeks since Americans celebrated the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, political discourse in … Read more

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DiLorenzo: To Make America Free Again

July 9, 2025June 13, 2025 Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Everyone likes to be flattered by being called “great,” especially Donald Trump. Equally as flattering is to have one’s entire country called “great” if not “the greatest,” “exceptional,” or “indispensable.” Or perhaps even “a shining city on a hill,” reminiscent of “The Emerald City” of The Wizard of Oz. In the political world, however, there are … Read more

Opinion: The Deadly Perils of Predatory Idealism

July 9, 2025June 3, 2025 James Bovard

How would people react if, on the third time their broken-down car was towed to the same repair shop for the same problem, the swaggering mechanic told them: “Sure — the engine doesn’t work today but — follow me on this — next year, you will drive from coast to coast, and get 90 miles … Read more

Imagine a World Where Our Kids Don’t Know What Jeanne Shaheen Is?

February 21, 2025 Steve MacDonald

In the mid-oughts, then-politically unemployed former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen decided a career in the US Senate would be good for her. And it has. She’s been there since 2009 and profited handsomely while more than tripling the national debt. And yes, she did run in 2008 against irresponsible government spending – by which … Read more

Bill Introduced to Repeal Federal Laws That Ruined Gas Cans

February 21, 2025 Steve MacDonald

I don’t think any of our writers have riled on this issue more than Skip. The ruination of the iconic gas can via federal interference and regulation. An icon of government interference for the everyman. A bureaucratic assault on simplicity that drove up the price while making it nearly impossible to use one. Talk about … Read more

The Exploitation of Taxpayers by Federal Workers

February 19, 2025 Ryan McMaken

Workers across the country responded with anger and confusion,” the Associated Press reported last week, in response to the Trump administration’s layoffs of probationary workers. CBS News tells us “federal workers express shock, anger over mass firings,” and The New York Times writes that federal works face “sleeplessness, anger and tears.” Some workers launched lawsuits against the Trump administration. Others went on … Read more

Leftist Doesn’t Know What A Fascist Is – Part 2

February 15, 2025February 15, 2025 Skip

In Part 1, I talked about actions you could take if someone on the Left calls you a Fascist. A vile term meant to stop any further conversation because you are evil beyond compare and unworthy of consideration or debate. But when challenged to define Fascism, Stephen Sheehy, who called Trump a Fascist, ghosted further … Read more

Audit USAID…Then Shut it Down!

February 5, 2025 Ron Paul

As of this writing, when you attempt to access the US Agency for International Development (USAID) website or social media pages you are informed that, “This site can’t be reached.” The media reports that the new Trump Administration has not only frozen USAID activities but may be planning on bringing it back under control of … Read more

What Will AI Mean for Freedom and Government?

February 1, 2025 John W. and Nisha Whitehead

“At least when there’s an evil dictator, that human is going to die. But for an AI, there would be no death. It would live forever. And then you’d have an immortal dictator from which we can never escape.”—Elon Musk (2018) Get ready for Surveillance State 2.0. To achieve this turbocharged surveillance state, the government is … Read more

The Founders’ Warnings on Power and Liberty

December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 Michael Boldin

The Founders warned us – again and again – that power always expands, no matter who holds it. You can’t trust anyone with power, no matter how much you like them or what they’re doing with it, because that same power will eventually fall into the hands of someone determined to destroy your liberty. Their … Read more

James Madison’s Six Principles to Stop Federal Tyranny

December 27, 2024December 27, 2024 Michael Boldin

The states are “duty bound to interpose.” That’s how James Madison put it in his Virginia Resolutions, passed on Dec 21 and 24, 1798, in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. His resolutions answer a timeless question: What should be done when the federal government oversteps its constitutional bounds? Today, that’s 24/7/365 – so it … Read more

Government Smothers All Competition

December 23, 2024 Skip

I found this, among some others, over at Barnorama: “Taxes are like a subscription to your Country that you can’t cancel, no matter how bad the service gets.” Well, the “can’t cancel” bit is undoubtedly valid. Even if you are so low on the economic totem pole that you do not pay income taxes, except … Read more

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Get the Government Out of The Classroom

November 29, 2024 Ron Paul

President-elect Trump has nominated former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education. President-elect Trump promised that, if confirmed, Mrs. McMahon would “spearhead” the effort to “send education back to the states.” This has led some people to wonder if Linda McMahon may be the last Secretary of Education. The Constitution does not … Read more

Rising Up, Not Against Institutions, But Elitism

November 28, 2024 Andrew Cline

In the United States and across the globe, a stark political divide has emerged not between left and right, but between outsiders and insiders. To a large extent, the 2024 election reflects an outsider revolt against elite misuse of institutions. Analysts and writers on both the left and the right have noticed this, though they … Read more

Disinformation Isn’t the Problem. Government Coverups and Censorship Are the Problem

October 10, 2024 John W. and Nisha Whitehead

“What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a … Read more

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Don’t Trust the Government. Not with Your Privacy, Property or Your Freedoms

September 21, 2024 The Rutherford Institute

Public trust in the government to “do what is right” understandably remains at an all-time low. After all, how do you trust a government that continuously sidesteps the Constitution and undermines our rights? You can’t. When you consider all the ways “we the people” are being bullied, beaten, bamboozled, targeted, tracked, repressed, robbed, impoverished, imprisoned and … Read more

Of Course, Vermont Has an Unconstitutional Religious Test

July 16, 2024June 7, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Have you ever seen someone you used to know whom you thought was put together well? Then you run into them years later, and they look like they just gave up. That’s Vermont.

Why Shouldn’t You Trust the Government?

January 20, 2024January 19, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Most of you know any number of reasons, dozens, scores, innumerable, perhaps for distrusting the government, and it grows almost daily. You know enough, and we don’t want to turn off first-time readers – or relatively new lurkers – with the fire hose. No, this ‘Why’ is one why, but it’s a big one with lots of tentacles.

Night Cap: How Did the U.S. Government Become So Big?

December 16, 2023 Op-Ed

How big is the federal government? Two measures are the number of civilian employees (nearly two million) and the number of agencies (now exceeding 440). These numbers barely hint at their massive meddling into business activities and the personal lives of Americans.

The Biden Administration’s EV Goals Are an Expensive Fantasy

November 26, 2023 Op-Ed

The Biden administration is pushing for widespread electrification in less than 20 years through government subsidies and coercive regulations as part of its aggressive climate agenda. The truth is that President Joe Biden’s goals are an illusion at the expense of the American people.