By Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh Countries run more efficiently when there is less government intervention. Government certainly has its role in providing a strong military, adequate border defense, police and fire protection, and education. Unfortunately government intervention in the free market has caused again and again more harm than good. And government has now become […]
LOS ANGELES – (INT) – Almost 1 in 3 California households struggle each month to meet their basic needs, according to a report released Tuesday by United Ways of California. The report finds that 3.2 million California households do not earn enough income to account for the types of expenses-food, rent, health care-that are essential […]
By Andre Damon The economic recession that began with the collapse of the housing market in 2007 officially came to an end in June 2009—more than six years ago. But by most indications, American households are significantly worse off than they were at the depth of the downturn. Despite the drop in the official unemployment […]
In this superb new video – which is just under six-minutes long – the Manhattan Institute’s Nicole Gelinas explains the relevant, bailout-bloated history behind the 2008 financial crisis. Contrary to popular myth, the chief cause of this crisis was not banks and other financial institutions being too free of the oversight of government regulators but, […]
Patrick J. Buchanan Thousands of U.S. troops safeguard the border of South Korea. U.S. warships patrol the South China Sea to stand witness to the territorial claims of Asian allies against China. U.S. troops move in and out of the Baltic States to signal our willingness to defend the frontiers of these tiny NATO allies. […]
Congress should not grant President Obama authority to conclude another free trade agreement in Asia, because it would lower American wages and exacerbate income inequality. The Trans-Pacific Partnership would eliminate tariffs and lower other regulatory barriers to trade and investment among the United States, South Korea, Japan, and nine other Pacific Rim nations. If successful, […]
In 2010, President Obama sold Obamacare with the line “If you like your insurance, you can keep it.” Millions of canceled policies later we discovered the line was a lie. Now, Obama and his salesman are saying the Trans-Pacific Partnership, aka Obamatrade, will keep China from taking over the world. Yet just this week, Obama […]
Paul Craig Roberts Over the last 15 months Ukrainians have paid for Washington’s overthrow of their elected government in deaths, dismemberment of their country, and broken economic and political relationships with Russia that cost Ukraine its subsidized energy. Now Ukrainians are losing their pensions and traditional support payments. The Ukrainian population is headed for the […]
1) People who want to change sexes should be treated by a psychologist, not deformed through surgery, given hormone treatments, and falsely told that they can change sexes. 2) Most people who remain poor over the long haul in America stay that way because of their own poor life choices. 3) Most black Americans are […]
BY JIM OWEN President Obama shares some of the responsibility for the nation’s wealth inequality, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie alleged Tuesday. The potential Republican presidential candidate cited the policies of the president’s administration and the Federal Reserve as contributing factors in the income gap, Thomson / Reuters reported. Obama has made the situation worse […]
