By It was quite the spectacle. Pres. Joe Biden threw a White House lawn party September 13 to celebrate the “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA). The timing deliberately coincided with the release of the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers, the first since the ridiculously named Act passed four weeks prior. Those numbers showed that food prices …
It’s Time to Undo the Harm the CDC Has Done to Pain Patients
After the U.S. Centers for Disease Control suggested dosage thresholds for patients receiving pain medication in 2016, 38 states rushed to pass legal limits on opioid prescribing and dispensing. Even though the CDC insisted the guidance was “voluntary, rather than prescriptive standards,” states wanted to signal they were being tough on opioids. So they enacted …
Energy Crisis Explained: EU Mandates to “Flatten the Curve”
Europe and other Western nations are facing a very real energy crisis right now. In this video, Kate Wand explains the energy crisis in Europe and the collectivist nature of the West’s war on climate change. If energy security were the priority, our leaders would change from an ideological green-at-all-costs stance to one that eases …
Is The Fed Trying To Inflate Away US Debt?
Inflation has risen for nearly two years now. The Consumer Price Index drifted from 2 to over 4 percent in April 2021. In May 2021 it hit 5 percent, in October 2021 it surpassed 6 percent, and in December 2021 it crossed the 7 percent level. From Feb 2022 through May 2022, the monthly CPI …
The Great Authoritarian Arms Race
There is a quote floating around, variously attributed to Lenin and to Marx, which enjoins authoritarians to: Accuse your enemies of doing what you’re doing. Whether this was the work of Lenin or a fortune-cookie writer in Akron, it doesn’t matter. Powerful authorities are actively deploying such tactics. When President Biden gave his now-famous “Dark …