Janet Yellen announced on Monday that she will be leaving the Federal Reserve once Jerome Powell is sworn in as the new Chair of the United States central bank. The only thing we can say is: good riddance! She said in a statement: “As I prepare to leave the Board, I am gratified that the […]
Archives for November 2017
WATCH: Milton Friedman talks monopolies, antitrust
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is trying to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger by claiming it violates antitrust laws. The real reason, of course, is that President Donald Trump is going after his political opponents, namely CNN, which is owned by Time Warner. There are a few issues here: Antitrust laws should be abolished; they […]
Ron Paul: Yemen’s tragedy ‘is the result of foreign military intervention in the internal affairs’
By: Ron Paul It’s remarkable that whenever you read an article about Yemen in the mainstream media, the central role of Saudi Arabia and the United States in the tragedy is glossed over or completely ignored. A recent Washington Post article purporting to tell us “how things got so bad” explains to us that, “it’s […]
SOCIALISM: The Daily Hell of Life in the Soviet Bloc
By: James Bovard This month is the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party’s seizure of power in Petrograd, Russia. British Guardian columnist Paul Mason recent declared that the Soviet revolution provided “a beacon to the rest of humanity, no matter how short lived.” The New York Times has exalted the Soviet takeover in a series of articles on the […]
WATCH: Anti-Roy Moore CNN, MSNBC defend Senator Al Franken
Roy Moore is a creep. Al Franken is a creep. This month, the media have crucified the Alabama United States Senate Republican candidate over sexual misconduct allegations. At the same time, the media have given the Minnesota Democratic Senator a pass on the sexual misconduct accusations. To the media, if you’re alleged to have committed […]