Christian pastors, you are now free to talk about politics from the pulpit. You can even endorse a candidate. And when your sermon is finished, you can register people to vote right in your church. Who gave you this right? Well, first, the First Amendment does: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of [...]
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What’s the best way to get these career politicians out of Washington D.C.? Take away the special privileges that make it so comfy that they never leave, and make it so hard to vote them out. If we’re ever going to experience liberty again in this country, we must remove the elitists in our nation’s [...]
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“Now you have socialized healthcare too,” said a European friend of mine. “Yeah?” I replied. “What makes you think that?” “Well,” he seemed confused, “Didn’t the U.S. Congress pass Obamacare into a law?” My reply only increased his confusion: “The Congress did. But the American people didn’t. The law still needs their consent to become [...]
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1. The crucial objective factor promoting economic growth in a private property social order is per capita investment. 2. Americans save less than 5% of household income. 3. The Federal Reserve System runs the show economically; Congress doesn’t. 4. Here is the supreme symbol of the chain of command: Congress will not audit the Federal [...]
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Filling in for Gary, Joel McDurmon looks into the federal government spending under the Obama administration, the the so-called “savings” that the president has already found we can take throughout…
Full Story » On Thursday, September 24, 1789, the First House of Representatives voted to recommend – in its exact wording – the First Amendment to the states for ratification. The next day, Friday, September 25, Congressman Elias Boudinot from New Jersey proposed that the House and Senate jointly request of President Washington to proclaim a day of thanksgiving for “the many signal favors of Almighty God.”
Full Story » A few months ago I sold my 1979 rustbucket Dodge for $500, just to get rid of it. Darn the luck! If I’d have just held on to it, I could have traded it in on the gummint’s “Cash-4-Clunkers” program. I could have gotten a $4500 voucher toward a Prius or a Focus! When that [...]
Full Story » A friend of mine in the radio business called me recently to ask what I think about the “performance tax” issue. If you are a regular listener to talk radio, you’ve probably heard ads decrying a plan to impose a “tax on radio.”
Full Story » Sen. Barbara Boxer claims that “Well-dressed” protesters at Town Hall meetings are out to “hurt our president.” House Majority leader Nancy Pelosi claims protesters are “carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare.” A DNC attack ad calls those who oppose latest round of legislative agenda “angry mobs” and “extremists.” The [...]
Full Story » Many of the improvements in financial conditions can be traced, in part, to policy actions taken by the Federal Reserve to encourage the flow of credit. For example, the decline in interbank lending rates and spreads was facilitated by the actions of the Federal Reserve and other central banks to ensure that financial institutions have [...]
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