Summary:One could not be blamed for pessimism about America’s future after the public’s complete acquiescence to the atrocities committed by their governments in 2020. But do Trump’s victory and the public’s wholesale rejection of the legacy media represent new hope for liberty?Links:MSNBC ratings plunge after Trump election victory — as more than half of primetime...
Summary: Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough of MSNBC’s Morning Joe made a trip to Mar a Lago to meet with President-elect Trump. Takes are numerous, with liberals decrying their betrayal while conservatives either celebrate their surrender or call them out as self-serving hypocrites. But their account of the meeting, and in particular one thing Mika...
Summary: Trump’s victory in the presidential election was as much a rejection of the legacy media as the Biden administration’s policies. But Trump’s lawsuits could give them new life by allowing them to make a superficially plausible argument he is suppressing freedom of the press. Links: Trump sues media outlets in $10bn lawsuit What Trump’s...
Summary: In 2016, Trump ran on an America First foreign policy and promised to keep the U.S. out of unnecessary wars. But he filled his administration with neoconservatives who didn’t agree with his foreign policy agenda and undermined it time and again. Surely, he wouldn’t make the same mistake in his second term, would he?...
Summary: Americans are increasingly concerned about the history being taught to students in our schools and universities. From the Pilgrims through the so-called “Progressive Era,” the school system teaches our students a skewed version of history where freedom is always the problem and government intervention the solution. It should come as no surprise that when...
Summary: Since the end of WWII, the conservative movement has been dominated by foreign policy hawks, initially anti-communist and later neoconservative (“neocon”). But there was a completely different conservative movement that existed during the first half of the 20th century retrospectively known as “The Old Right.” Do Trump and the broader MAGA movement represent a...
Summary: Donald Trump has done the seemingly impossible. After enduring a four-year assault on his presidency including a two-year investigation into spurious accusations of “colluding with Russia” and two impeachements, followed by four more years of politically motivated prosecutions and two assassination attempts, he is returning to the White House as the 47th president of...
Summary: On Election Day 2024, Tom considers whether he will vote for a major party candidate for president for the first time in his life. Links: Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary Episode 173 The Libertarian Case for Chase Oliver Episode 172 The Libertarian Case for Trump Free Gifts from Tom: Download a free copy of...
Summary: In 2022, the Libertarian Party was taken over by the Mises Caucus, promising to bring “the Ron Paul version” of libertarianism to the party. With its members occupying virtually positions within the party, including the Chair, it expected its preferred candidate Michael Rectenwald to win the nomination for president. However, non-Mises Caucus member Chase...
Summary: Whether libertarians like it or not, either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will be President of the United States in late January 2025. While one can refuse to vote for either on principle, that won’t protect the nonvoter from the winner’s policies. Is there a libertarian case Trump is the better alternative? Links: Trump...