The federal government was never intended to exercise “police powers” in the first place. The Constitution only defines four federal crimes – treason, piracies and felonies committed on the high Seas, counterfeiting, and crimes against the law of nations.
April 24, 2020 Price-Gouging Idiocy
It’s an emergency and, therefore, it’s once again time for price-gouging idiocy and the further destruction of liberty in America. The New York Times reports that two brothers, Matt Colvin and Noah Colvin, who stockpiled 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer have entered into a settlement with state officials in Tennessee that enable them to avoid criminal prosecution. Since the ...
Conspiracies, Corona, and the Hounds of Adam Smith
by John McGinnis
Thomas Jefferson famously wrote, "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground." I think Rahm Emanuel’s corollary ...
Are Americans Undertaxed?
by Laurence M. Vance
According to the Tax Foundation, Tax Freedom Day “is the day when the nation as a whole has earned enough money to pay its ...
The Jackboots Of The Virus Patrol
by David Stockman
Say what? It seems that the mainstream politicians and commentariat have gone so far off the deep-end on the Covid-19 that it takes a pair ...
