Politics

Cancelling CO2: A Chilling Epiphany 10
- Science, Featured, Politics
- January 19, 2024
In a 1962 episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone, an alien race lands on Earth, promising to solve the problems of hunger, energy shortages, and war. In return, these aliens ask only to be trusted. A book an alien leaves behind is analyzed by decoders, who translate the title as “To Serve Man.” An
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Presidents May Want a Line-Item Veto, but Citizens May Not 0
- Politics
- January 18, 2024
What if there were some political tool that many US Presidents (going back to Grant, and all of them, including both leading major-party candidates this year) at least since Nixon, have wanted? What if they also agreed with Nixon that the result would be reduced political pork? Would such bipartisan agreement mean that the tool
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With Canada Arresting Journalists, Freedom of the Press Is More Vital Than Ever 2
- International, Culture, Featured, Politics
- January 16, 2024
It was once unthinkable for nations like Canada to arrest journalists for asking questions. Not anymore. That’s precisely what happened last week when David Menzies of conservative news outlet Rebel News was accosted and handcuffed by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for approaching Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland with a microphone in
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7 Ridiculous Examples of Government Waste in 2023 3
- Economics, Politics
- January 15, 2024
Almost nobody doubts that the federal government wastes a lot of money. Every day we hear stories of fraud, mismanagement, and misplaced priorities that cost taxpayers millions, and sometimes billions, of dollars. But just how much money is wasted? In his annual Festivus report—named after the fictional Seinfeld holiday—Senator Rand Paul tallies up some of the most
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A Missing Link: Our Border Catastrophe and the Failures of Corporate Media 2
- Culture, Featured, Politics
- January 12, 2024
Who, what, and where, by what helpe, and by whose, Why, how and when, doe many things disclose. — The Arte of Rhetorique, 1560 In “The Five Ws (and H) of Journalism,” Richard Nordquist notes that, in the above lines, English rhetorician Thomas Wilson devised the formula that later became standard in journalism. “Who,” “What,”
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January 6: An Insurrection by a Government Against Its People 14
- Culture, Featured, Politics
- January 5, 2024
On January 6, 2021, I attended the Save America March in Washington, D.C. On January 7, Intellectual Takeout published my account of that rally. A friend had obtained VIP tickets for our little band of adults and children, giving us seats about 20 yards from the speaker’s platform. As I mention in the article, the
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