Oversight of Billions for Ukraine Is Not What Is Needed by Laurence M. Vance March 21, 2023 In an interview with ABC News last month, after it was noted that U.S. aid ...
Geofence Surveillance: First, They Spied on Protesters. Then Churches. You’re Next by John W. Whitehead March 16, 2023 “I know the capability that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that this agency and all ...
The Right to Be Let Alone: When the Government Wants to Know All Your Business by John W. Whitehead March 10, 2023 “Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent.”—Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis There was ...
Biden Weaponizes Hate to Win Votes by James Bovard March 6, 2023 Historian Henry Adams observed a century ago that politics “has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.” President Biden confirmed this axiom in his ...
Sports Gambling: The Latest “Public Health” Crisis by Laurence M. Vance March 3, 2023 The Kansas City Chiefs were not the only winners in Super Bowl LVII last month at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The American ...
When the Government Thinks It Knows Best by John W. Whitehead March 1, 2023 “Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military.”—Simone Weil, ...
A Positive and Hopeful Sign in the Banking Crisis by Jacob G. Hornberger March 27, 2023 Throughout the time during which Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were going under, U.S. officials were steadfastly assuring the American people that the U.S. banking system “remains sound and resilient.” The purpose of the assurances was to discourage people from withdrawing or transfering their deposits from smaller, regional banks. An article at CNN Business this past Saturday pointed out that ...
Are Supply Chains and Oil Shocks Driving Zimbabwe’s Inflation? by Jacob G. Hornberger March 24, 2023 According to an article in the New York Times, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says that current rapid price growth in the economy is due to such factors as “snarled supply chains, an oil shock following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a shift among American consumers from spending money on services like travel and dining out to goods like furniture.” In ...
Bailing Out Uninsured Deposits Encourages Bank Runs by Jacob G. Hornberger March 23, 2023 In the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, U.S. officials decided to cover all the uninsured deposits in both banks — that is, deposits that exceeded the $250,000 insurance coverage of the FDIC. The belief was that failing to cover those uninsured deposits ran the risk that bank runs could spread to more banks. Covering those uninsured deposits was intended to ...
Let’s Not Forget the Pre-Invasion War Against Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger March 22, 2023 The mainstream press and the Internet are filled with commentators who are expressing deep regret and remorse for having supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. That’s a good sign. But we shouldn’t forget that the U.S. government was waging war against the Iraqi people for ten years prior to its deadly and destructive invasion and war of aggression in 2003. I’m ...
Lessons from Iraq March 23, 2023 What lessons are there to be learned on the twentieth anniversary of the 2003 invasion of Iraq? ...
Banking Crises and the FED’s Monetary Antics March 20, 2023 This week's episode focuses on the banking crisis. FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard M. ...
Should Hate Speech Be Made Illegal? March 2, 2023 Should federal or state governments make hate speech illegal? FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard ...