By: Jose Nino The US purports to be the land of free speech, but you can always expect politicians to carve out exceptions. Just look at how government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service can slither their way into the political affairs of individuals and organizations. Americans generally associate the Internal Revenue Service with the […]
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Random Friday: The coronavirus edition
News Story of the Day: The stock market has not been beaten up this badly since the financial crisis. In just one week, the stock market has lost $6 trillion based on fears over the coronavirus. What makes Covid-19 terrifying for investors is that there is still plenty unknown about the outbreak, from its health […]
WATCH: Stephen Moore, Gene Epstein debate the Trump trade war
Here is a fascinating debate at the Soho Forum: President Donald Trump’s trade war. Stephen Moore and Gene Epstein go head to head on the subject. The two men are definitely respectable and smart fellows, so it is a great discussion.
Does the coronavirus outbreak support the case for one-world government?
By: Jeff Deist Sometimes terrible things happen without any human malfeasance, and the novel Wuhan coronavirus may in fact be one of those things. It is entirely plausible the virus emerged from “wet markets” in the Hubei Province of China rather than as a fumbled (or worse, intentionally released) bioweapon cooked up by the Xi Jinping government. We […]
Tom Steyer wants to dictate to companies what they can produce
It is a good thing that Tom Steyer has zero shot of winning the Democratic nomination or the presidency. If he did, Steyer would be as dangerous as Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Appearing on a CNN town hall, the billionaire revealed that he would dictate to companies what automobiles they can produce and how they […]