On April 9, federal agents raided the office, home and hotel room of Michael Cohen, personal attorney to US president Donald Trump. Cohen has come under fire, with potential legal implications, for paying $130k to silence adult film actress and alleged Trump paramour Stephanie Clifford, better known as “Stormy Daniels.” That hush money seems to … Continue reading Mueller is Desperate — But For What? →
Continue reading →The First Amendment to the US Constitution is pretty clear: “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press …” The Communications Decency Act is similarly clear: “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by … Continue reading First They Came for Backpage →
Continue reading →Things that make me go hmmm … The Atlantic‘s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, adds conservative writer Kevin D. Williamson to the publication’s masthead. An odd choice, it seems to me. I’m a fan of both the magazine and the writer, and for similar reasons, but they make an odd match. I think it’s fair to describe Williamson … Continue reading The Atlantic is at Sea →
Continue reading →For months after his inauguration, US president Donald Trump bragged that he was single-handedly producing an economic boom, citing a rising stock market as evidence. Recently, however, he’s stopped that line of self-promotion. The market has seemingly gone nuts. Sudden one-day drops pare back weeks of gains, followed by a cautious recovery of the lost … Continue reading Uncertainty is the Root of the Current Market Craziness →
Continue reading →During a visit to Ohio to promote his infrastructure plan on March 29, US president Donald Trump dropped one of the bombshells that Americans have become accustomed to over the last year and a half: “We’ll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon …. Let the other people take care of it now.” If … Continue reading Syria: Is Trump Finally Putting America First? →
Continue reading →Press Release For IMMEDIATE Release Former Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Darryl W Perry has been outspoken about the need to reform the current justice system; as a member of the 2016 Libertarian Party Platform Committee, Perry co-sponsored the proposal to add an anti-Death Penalty plank to the LP Platform. He … Continue reading →
The US Supreme Court will, in the next couple of months, issue a ruling in a case that could have broad consequences. The case is United States v. Microsoft Corp. and according to SCOTUSblog, the issue before the Court is “Whether a United States provider of email services must comply … Continue reading →
One of the great things about the internet is the availability of information at the push of a button, and the ease with which people from around the globe can communicate. While this can be a powerful tool to help minority voices (including libertarians) publish their views, it has contributed … Continue reading →
Shortly after midnight on January 20 the federal government, we are told, was shutdown. However most people haven’t noticed any differences in their daily life. CNN reports, “Essential services, such as Social Security, air traffic control and the Transportation Security Administration, will continue to be funded even if some employees … Continue reading →
On January 15, many Americans will observe Martin Luther King, Jr Day with a bank holiday, school closures, and no postal service; otherwise it’s not really holiday that is celebrated by most Americans. King is probably best known for his “I Have a Dream” speech from 1963 where he famously … Continue reading →
Every January 1 a deluge of new laws take effect across the country, more than 200 of these new laws were added to the books in Illinois alone. Illinois state rep Mark Batinick said, “We passed bills that talk about things like how we label fish on a menu. I … Continue reading →
President Trump recently held a press conference where he said, “I promised we would pass a massive tax cut for the everyday, working American families who are the backbone and the heartbeat of our country.” Adding, “Congress has reached an agreement on tax legislation that will deliver more jobs, higher … Continue reading →
December 15 marks the day that the first ten Amendments were added to the Constitution of the United States of America. However, since 1791, Congress along with the Judicial and Executive Branches have usurped a vast amount of power and left us with the following as a redacted “Bill of … Continue reading →