USA Politics
Media’s Contempt for the Office and Title of the President
Kerry Grant banana-boat-boy.com I hail from the Naki and when I first left school, after a brief stint as the bog boy in a car sales yard’s chop shop, I came into the employ of one of the local cow cockies. He was a third-generation
As I Was Saying …
Robert Hutchinson mercatornet.com Robert J. Hutchinson is the author, most recently, of What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler. In 1933, the newly-elected Nazi Party used a firebomb attack on the German parliament building, the Reichstag, as an excuse to push through what was called the Reichstag Fire
The ‘War on Terror’ Comes Home
Ron Paul ronpaulinstitute.org Last week’s massive social media purges – starting with President Trump’s permanent ban from Twitter and other outlets – was shocking and chilling, particularly to those of us who value free expression and the free exchange of ideas. The justifications given for the silencing of wide
This Is an Obvious Double Standard
Simon Black sovereignman.com I imagine that every single one of us has had a huge argument with a loved one at some point in our lives. Sometimes it’s because of some issue that’s deeply personal to us. But the other person just doesn’t get it. We’
Ron Paul Joins the Ranks of the Digitally Purged
The Great Digital Terror in the US continues unabated. Like so many Soviet commissars, more and more “politically suspect” US citizens are being purged and un-personed by the billionaire oligarchs of Silicon Valley. Former Republican congressman Ron Paul says he’s been blocked by Facebook from managing his account
Will the Real Racists in America Raise Their Hands?
Star Parker papundits.wordpress.com Star Parker is a columnist for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation and she is the president of CURE, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education. While sitting in the Delta lounge in the Atlanta airport waiting for my flight back to Washington, a white
Mexican President Defends Trump After Twitter Ban
When even Mexico’s president is going in to bat for Donald Trump, you know that Facebook has royally screwed up. Facebook joined the big tech pile-on to crush free speech and un-person Trump from the internet. While New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern showed her true authoritarian colours
The Capitol Riot Wasn’t a Coup. It Wasn’t Even Close.
Ryan McMaken mises.org Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Ryan has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado and was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State
Really? Whoopi Compares Big Tech Censorship to Baking Gay Wedding Cake
Kristine Marsh newsbusters.org Last Friday evening, Twitter permanently banned President Trump from their platform. Google, Apple and Amazon immediately followed suit by booting the “free speech” platform Parler, which conservatives flocked to as an alternative to Twitter, from its respective app stores and web services. But the liberal hosts
Australian Government Defends Free Speech
Whereas New Zealand’s prime minister and foreign minister rushed to join the clucking claque of pearl-clutching cretins cheering on the un-personing of US President Donald Trump, at least a few in Australia’s government have scrabbled hard and found the withered remains of what once passed as
Making Sense of the Assault on Capitol Hill
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate Wednesday, January 6, was a dark day. The world looked
Conservative Leaders: Tech Companies Pose Existential Threat, Must Be Broken Up
NB Staff newsbusters.org Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell and more than 30 conservative leaders issued the following statement Monday calling for the breakup of Big Tech companies including Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple after their sweeping acts of censorship against conservatives and President Donald Trump this past