Where were all the Constitution’s defenders when the feds raised the smoking age?
On December 20, President Trump signed legislation purporting to impose a single national age of 21 for selling tobacco products. Obviously, the measure reduces the freedom of millions of Americans who are legally adults in almost every other respectโincluding...
More Excuses While Feds Run Biggest Deficit in Seven Years
The Trump administration has outdone itself. After running up the biggest deficit in six years in fiscal 2018, the U.S. government managed to increase that massive budget shortfall by 26 percent in 2019. The Treasury Department released theย fiscal year 2019 budget...
Donald Trump and Syria: A Tough Lesson About Power
President Donald Trump taught a lot of people a tough lesson about power. Within days of Trump announcing he was pulling troops out of northern Syria, Turkish forces launched an offensive against Kurdish fighters in the region. Trump immediately came under sharp...