Politics

We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire.

The election is upon us. We wonder whether we have to have war, tariffs, and deficit spending, regardless of whom we support. What are we to do?

The 2024 election will provide few solutions to the underlying pressures eroding American political norms. Regardless of the outcome, half the country will feel like they live under an occupational government.

Not all news from the gold and monetary fronts is bad. In fact, gold made a number of advancements in seven states, including exemptions from taxes and attempts by states to restrict Federal Reserve behavior. Gold is alive and well.

Greg Penglis interviews Mark Thornton on The Action Radio Show.

While fine with calling Trump “Hitler” and a “threat to democracy” are apparently acceptable epithets for Facebook, a memory of Bovard‘s article “Dictatorial Democracy” was removed by Facebook for alleged violation of “Community Standards.”

When politics invades our lives, cooperation is replaced with coercion and conflict.

Using state power to enforce social orthodoxy is always a recipe for disaster. Radical Republican governments in the post-war South attempted to do just that, sowing seeds of hatred and discord in the process.

The sweep of history shows that there are two main dangers to liberty, one that comes from the left and the other that comes from the right.

The darling of America‘s political elites, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, now touts a “Five-Point Plan” that surely will extend the war and ultimately make his country even worse off. It is time to end this farce.