7 Truths About Government Most People Ignore
By Michael Boldin As Richard Henry Lee so rightly observed, “politics is the science of fraud, and politicians are the professors of this science.” But…
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The Foilies 2022
By Dave Maass, Aaron Mackey, Mukund Rathi, Beryl Lipton, Caitlyn Crites, and Matthew Guariglia Recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency. The Foilies were compiled…
Covid: How the West Embraced Central Planning and Abandoned Human Rights
By Birsen Filip In January 2020, Hubei and more than a dozen other provinces in mainland China implemented totalitarian lockdown measures, such as the closure…
US Budget Deficit Triples To Record $3.1 Trillion In 2020 As US Spends 90% More Than It Collects
By Tyler Durden Those who have been following the record surge in US public debt (excluding the roughly $100 trillion in off-balance sheet obligations), which…
Since 9/11, the Government’s Answer to Every Problem Has Been More Government
By John W. Whitehead “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take away everything that you…
How Government Roads Expand Police Power in America
By Tate Fegley Advocates of a free society so frequently field the objection “Who will build the roads?” or some variation thereof that it’s become a meme….
Government Solutions Are Worse Than The Problem
By Michael Maharrey Government sucks you in by promising to fix the problems that it created in the first place. And it almost always makes…
Why Millions of US Workers Aren’t Collecting Unemployment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Jon Miltimore Before COVID-19, Annie Frodeman held two-part time jobs, one as a ramp agent for Piedmont Airlines in Burlington and another registering ER…
Freedom of Information Dead on Arrival — Another Covid Casualty
By Janet Phelan “Democracy Dies in Darkness”–Washington Post “It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there”–Bob Dylan Another fallout from the Covid crisis is that…
$1.4 Billion Worth Of Stimulus Payments Accidentally Sent To Millions Of Dead People
By John Vibes According to a report released last week by the Government Accountability Office, over a million stimulus payments were sent out to deceased…
How Federal Courts Gave us Qualified Immunity and Forced it on All 50 States
By Michael Boldin A legal doctrine first created out of thin air by judicial fiat went unchallenged – and the court did what it does…
Support Continues to Surge for Reopening the U.S. Economy — Add Your Voice Now!
By Neenah Payne President Trump is calling for the reopening of America on May 1. However, some governors may be reluctant to end the lockdown….
“It’s a DISASTER Waiting To Happen”: Hours Before Its Start, Small Business Bailout On Verge Of Collapse
By Tyler Durden Tonight at midnight, the most critical – if hardly biggest – part of the Fed’s $2 trillion fiscal stimulus is expected to…
Coronavirus Florida: Lake Worth Beach City Commission Meeting Turns Ugly
By PalmBeachPost Activist Post Editor’s Note: As they say: that escalated quickly. Although it’s just one local example, it’s illustrative of the real-world impact that…