Liberty & Prosperity Blog

Better late than never. Still, it's too late in terms of letting Iran's theocrats and IRGC know who the boss in this relationship is. CBS is reporting "President Trump said the U.S. would likely launch more strikes against Iran Wednesday night, telling reporters at a NATO summit in Turkey 'we hit them very hard last night,' and 'we're going to hit them hard again tonight.'" CBS is also reporting "Mr. Trump said, 'as far as I'm concerned, it's over,' when asked about the ceasefire with Iran. After an exchange of strikes by both countries, Mr. Trump called Iran's leaders "sick" and declared it 'a waste of time dealing with them.'" I'm not interested in working on snother negotiated settlement. Trump is right. It's a waste of time dealing with these theocrats. They simply aren't trustworthy. My most favored outcomes would be locating the theocrats, the IRGC and the Basij, then take them out ...

Graham Platner is missing lots of thing but chutzpah isn't one of those things. He's got that in overabundance. The Maine Morning Star is reporting that "The Maine Democratic Party accused U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner’s campaign Tuesday of trying to influence the process for selecting a replacement nominee, as pressure mounts for him to leave the race." It's difficult to picture such an obnoxious man trying to play a hand that's best thrown away. Platner's political career is finished. What position is he in to demand such a change? Executive Director Devon Murphy-Anderson wrote "Unfortunately, Graham Platner’s team has repeatedly reached out to us in an attempt to put their thumb on the scale of what this process looks like. We’ve repeatedly reiterated to Graham Platner’s team that they have no role in determining our next Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, nor in determining what this process looks like. We have also reiterated that Gr...

When you study economic models, it doesn't take long to figure out that socialism quickly leads to an affordability crisis. Though John Phelan's op-ed doesn't directly tie to socialism, it definitely highlights the difference between treating symptoms and fixing problems . In his op-ed, Phelan wrote "What can state and local governments do to alleviate this squeeze? One set of proposals is taxpayer-financed subsidies or tax credits for low-income households, but this is a misdiagnosis that doesn’t understand or tackle the problem. It regards the prices as the problem to be treated not as what they are: signals alerting us to underlying issues with supply of and demand for a good or service. These underlying issues must be treated to ease the squeeze on affordability." Socialism isn't a growth-oriented economic model. It's a redistributionist-oriented economic model. That means socialist models are based on scarcity of goods and services. Demand stays high...

Over the years, KSTP has done a fair job of covering the news. Over the past year+, I've questioned KSTP's impartiality to the point that I'm wondering if they're competing with the Star Tribune, formerly nicknamed the Star & Sickle. After reading this KSTP article , I'm questioning KSTP's impartiality more. The article opens by saying "Brian Nicholson, the running mate for GOP-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls, confirms to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he was present on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. 'I was one of thousands of patriots who went to Washington DC to support President Trump after the 2020 election — I don’t apologize for being there,' Nicholson said in a statement. 'There were a lot of questions about the results of the 2020 election and I wanted to hear from, and show my support for, the greatest president of my lifetime.'" Next is the story's lede. That's where it says "Nicholson, who was n...

The weekend before America 250 Weekend, Mark Levin interviewed Jonathan Turley about our founding documents and Prof. Turley's book titled "Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution." Levin opens the interview by saying "Your point is, I believe, they're now up for grabs. They're under attack. And if we lose these guardrails, we effectively have the French Revolution. Is that your point?" Prof. Turley replied "Yes. The fact is, we have to answer that question. What then is this America? Not just who we were then. Who are we now at this moment? And you have many that want to change who we are. That's one of the reasons Thomas Paine was so interesting for me in the book. Thomas Paine came to this country just two years before the Revolution. Two years before he wrote Common Sense. He wrote it anonymously. The man who sent him here came upon him when he had failed at everything. He had been fired from every job he held...

In reading Bret Baier's op-ed , it's obvious that there are tools this nation has that we haven't used to the fullest extent. In his op-ed, Baier wrote "Back in Washington last week, I visited another iconic memorial setting, George Washington’s home at Mount Vernon. Since I last visited the site in 2023 for my presidential biography of Washington, it has undergone a remarkable renovation. Touring the new site with Director Doug Bradburn was eye-opening. In every sense, it is a living memorial, a place Americans can bring their children for a fun and educational interactive experience. This is the way we build the values of citizenship into our young people ." Then Baier wrote "Bradburn told me there had been a significant uptick in visitors to the new facility. 'People are coming,' he said. 'I think Americans are looking for answers to questions about who we are and where we come from. Places like Mount Vernon are critical, because kids have got ...