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he makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness… They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone — the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.~ Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) When the Bill of Rights was being crafted in the House of Representatives, it was left to James Madison to articulate the values that would provide an insulation between government negating freedom and the inalienable rights of all persons. The right to worship freely,…
I’ve been trying to distract myself from the end of the world, as Trump blows up not only Iran but the Republican Party with a pointless war that has spiked oil prices, depleted our munitions, closed the Strait of Hormuz, jettisoned America’s moral standing, distracted the president from immigration, and, so far, cost us $30 billion in direct military spending, with $200 billion more requested. So I’ve been spending my time on murder mysteries. Reading David Baldacci’s action-thriller To Die For, I was willing to suspend disbelief and accept his portrayal of the CIA and FBI as all-powerful, super-stealth agencies,…
The Iran war has widened the gulf between the United States and once-Great Britain. President Trump threatened to withdraw from NATO in retaliation for Britain’s unwillingness to join the war. He said Prime Minister Keir Starmer is “not Winston Churchill”, and that the Special Relationship is imperiled by Starmer importing and appeasing Muslim voters “from foreign lands who hate you.” All true—but Trump has given a boon to Britain’s most hated prime minister on record, because Starmer’s decision to abstain from the war, unpopular on both sides of the pond, looks prudent. Iran now controls the Strait of Hormuz, holding…
From S. Fla. Muslim Fed., Inc. v. Atrium Trs I, LP, decided Jan. 27 by Judge Raag Singhal (S.D. Fla.), but only recently posted on Westlaw; an appeal is pending: Plaintiff, South Florida Muslim Federation, Inc. (“SFMF”) describes itself as “an umbrella organization representing over thirty South Florida entities serving religious and secular Muslims, including Islamic centers, schools, and other similar community organizations, and over 200,000 Muslims in South Florida.” It operates “a resource-sharing hub” that connects the South Florida Muslim community with “both religious and secular businesses, goods and services.” SFMF sponsors an annual conference for the South Florida…
Today’s guest is Stimson Center Senior Fellow Emma Ashford, a foreign policy analyst who has written widely on post–Cold War strategy, the Middle East, and the limits of American power. An adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program, a columnist at Foreign Policy, and a former Cato Institute staffer, Ashford is the author of First Among Equals: U.S. Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World. She talks with Nick Gillespie about the incoherence of President Donald Trump’s Iran strategy and the surprising and disturbingly ineffective continuity of U.S. foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. Previous appearance:…
The President is committing lives and treasure to war. Congress has not authorized it. And no citizen has any legal standing to object. That is not a constitutional republic operating as designed. It is one operating as though the founding document does not mean what it says. A Distinction the Courts Refuse to Make Not every presidential use of military force is unconstitutional. The commander-in-chief power is real. The executive has discretion over how forces are deployed, where they are positioned, and how operations are conducted. Courts are right to avoid second-guessing those decisions. But there is a categorical difference…
This post first appeared on Pat MacFarlane’s email list, “What They’re Not Tellin’ You” Sign up for that here. The last few months I’ve been especially conscious of how time is passing us by. This being my original Liberty Weekly mailing list, some of you have been with me since I got my original Tom Woods shoutout in July 2016. That was almost ten years ago now. At thirty-two I am by no measure an old man, but I feel like it. Those ten years were at once an eye blink and an eternity. During that time, the arc of…
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This Tax Day, America needs a tax revolt. The executive branch is out of control. We’re now more than six weeks into a deeply unpopular, unnecessary war with Iran that lacks any semblance of congressional authorization. The Trump administration has sent masked, unaccountable goons into American cities, where they have harassed and arrested innocent people and killed multiple times. President Donald Trump’s signature economic policy is an illegal tax increase that his administration is refusing to refund. Congress has been unwilling or unable to stop these unlawful actions. If legislators will not deploy “the power of the purse,” then it…
Date of discovery: April 14, 2026Location of discovery: AntarcticaSource: Google map at 79°56’17.82″S 81°45’55.59″WHey all, I found this last week and just got around to posting it. Been busy this week. This is a reptilian face of a thin human/reptile alien hybrid species. Yes, even reptilians want in on controlling and benefiting from high and powerful positions in the human culture. This is proof that they were succeeding already thousands of years ago. Reptilians are the one species of alien that really gets upset about humans and would much rather eat a human than invite it over to have dinner with. This is 100% proof…