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Government & Liberty
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Just When You Thought Congress Was Totally Dysfunctional
Opinion -Editorial -Last week, the Senate passed three Congressional Review Act resolutions overturning Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plans. What would have been called an earth-shattering precedent not long ago was this time hardly noticed except by those who closely follow Interior and energy issues. The Biden-era resource management plans were designed to lock up millions of acres of public lands from the “multiple uses” required by law. -
The Facts on Taxpayer-funded Health Care for Illegal Immigrants
Opinion -Editorial -Contrary to Democrats’ talking points and media “fact checkers,” Senate Democrats are demanding significant amounts of taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants in exchange for opening the government for merely one month. -
Life, Liberty, Property #123: New York State of Confusion
Opinion -Editorial -“Mr. Mamdani is asking for a lot,” report Grace Ashford and Benjamin Oreskes at The New York Times. Mamdani will need enormous tax increases to cover his ambitious plans. -
No Kings Claptrap
Opinion -Editorial -Like any president, Trump has made some mistakes but calling him a “king” is absurd. Kings are not elected, and Trump ran for office three times, winning twice. -
The United States Is Broke. Americans May Not Care – But the World Does
Opinion -Editorial -The Republicans want to continue spending at currently ridiculous levels. The Democrats want to spend even more than that. -
Life, Liberty, Property #122: WSJ Article Finds Sanity in Trump’s Economic Policies
Opinion -Editorial -It is interesting that The Wall Street Journal published a very fair and sophisticated analysis of Trump’s economic policies last week. -
Life, Liberty, Property #121: Government Shutdowns and Political Polarization
Opinion -Editorial -The ongoing government shutdown, now in day 20, lays bare the increasingly acute political polarization of the United States. -
Yes Virginia, David can slay Goliath
Opinion -Editorial -Electricity is a utility, not a substance. -
Life, Liberty, Property #120: Trump Versus Antifa
Opinion -Editorial -Less than a month after declaring Antifa a domestic terror organization, President Donald Trump told the press he intends to designate the group as a foreign terror organization. -
The Sandstorm: Righting Wrongdoing In Our Schools
Opinion -From personal experience, I can say that the worst part of teaching is when you can’t do your job because students misbehave—hitting each other, talking to a classmate, being disrespectful, and so on. -
Life, Liberty, Property #119: Trump’s Academic Gambit
Opinion -The Trump administration announced on Wednesday a proposed agreement with American universities to implement campus policy reforms in exchange for preferential treatment in the distribution of federal funding. -
Feds Need Different Approach to Colorado River
Opinion -This month’s withdrawal of President Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) provides an opportunity, not just for a new nominee but for a new approach to the whole Colorado River management mess. -
A Long-Term Government Shutdown That Actually Hurts US
Opinion -I’ve LONG felt like Murphy when engaging with other conservatives. Who keep citing our nation’s founding document as if it’s the end of every discussion - and the solution to every problem. -
Life, Liberty, Property #118: Another Shutdown Showdown
Opinion -All signs now point toward the Federal Reserve (Fed) beginning a program of lowering interest rates, though cautiously and with no guarantees of continuation. -
Slanders That Inspire Murder
Opinion -Despite what some claim, this is not a case where both sides are guilty. Even ChatGPT, which often draws from left-leaning sources, failed to produce a single legitimate example of a comparable false claim from a leading Republican or conservative. -
Do Your Rights End at My Property?
Opinion -Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes often used similar analogies to argue that personal freedoms do not extend to injuring the safety or property of others. Yet he also upheld limitations on property rights when their exercise would harm the community. -
The Sandstorm: Randi Weingarten’s Fallacious Fascist Finger-Pointing
Opinion -The problem is that every word coming from the union boss’s mouth is nonfactual lefty claptrap. -
Dave Ramsey: ‘The FICO (Credit Rating System)…It’s a Bankers’ Scam’
Opinion -DC’s Cronies place their hands on pieces of paper. And DC traces them with law they write. Everything inside the hands represents the entirety of those businesses and their practices. And DC makes it all legal. -
Life, Liberty, Property #117: Fed Interest Rate Cut Remains on the Table
Opinion -All signs now point toward the Federal Reserve (Fed) beginning a program of lowering interest rates, though cautiously and with no guarantees of continuation. -
Big Gov Advocates Lobby the Wrong People – and Censor Everyone Else
Opinion -These Big Gov advocates are whining about losing an online tool for the Public Comment periods run by the bureaucracies. -
Life, Liberty, Property #116: Young Adults Losing Faith in America, Free Markets, Poll Finds
Opinion -A majority of young voters want a socialist to win the 2028 presidential election, and more than three-quarters want government to nationalize major U.S. industries, a new poll from The Heartland Institute and the Rasmussen group has found. -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: 59% of Young Voters Support Income Caps, 40% Support Penalties for Free Speech, and 59% Support UN Authority Over the United States
Opinion -59% of likely voters aged 18-39 voiced support for a law that imposes a maximum annual income cap for individuals -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: 36% of Young Voters Are Struggling Financially, 62% Think the Economy Is Unfair to Young People, and 55% Are Open to Radical Redistribution
Opinion -36% of likely voters aged 18-39 described their financial situation as “struggling” or “in crisis.” -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: 53% of Young Voters Want a Socialist to Win the 2028 Presidential Election, 76% Want Government to Nationalize Major U.S. Industries
Opinion -Press Release -53% of likely voters aged 18-39 said they would “like to see a democratic socialist candidate win the 2028 presidential election.”