News Story of the Day: well, this is bad news for any fiscal conservative. For the 29th consecutive month, Americans spending grew faster than their incomes. Here is what we learned from the latest U.S. government numbers: YoY income growth hit four percent, YoY spending held steady at 4.4 percent, and the personal savings rate slumped […]
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Forget the border wall, end the drug war to stop migrant push
By: Mark Thornton Over the last couple of weeks we have been bombarded by news coverage of the US government handling of foreigners illegally crossing the southern border and having their children separated from parents by our government. At first I tried to avoid subjecting myself to this circus, but I have been paying close […]
George Will thinks Libertarians have a shot in 2020 – with Bill Weld at the helm
The Libertarian Party has a mixed batch of contenders for the presidential nomination come 2020 (SEE: Libertarian Party getting interest for 2020 election). But it looks like the leading candidate is former Massachusetts Republican Governor and 2016 vice-presidential candidate Bill Weld. And George Will thinks the party has a shot in 2020… if Weld leads […]
WATCH: Mark Perry talks Trumponomics on Fox’s ‘Life, Liberty & Levin’
The great Mark Perry of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) appeared on the Fox News Channel’s “Life, Liberty & Levin” program with Mark Levin. Considering how President Donald Trump’s base absolutely loves both the conservative personality and Fox News, this was a great opportunity for the MAGA crowd to understand why the president’s protectionist stances […]
RED HEN: The right condemns, the left condones – so, who’s right?
Some on the right were outraged over the weekend when it was reported that the Red Hen restaurant kicked out White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders because the owner disapproved of her politics. The left, meanwhile, was pleased by the decision by the business owners. It was an interesting Freaky Friday turn of events. […]