One Dog, Too DOGE, Red Tape, Green Tape

Thomas Knapp: With the end of January consigning Christmas decorations to cheerful memory, even if northern blizzards and hot-button issues stoked by the incoming Trump administration are less conducive to jollity, is it “time to cut the green tape”?  Lauren Smith thinks that such eco-bureaucracy is “Why Britain can’t build anything” (spiked, January 29). Solar power is … Continue reading One Dog, Too DOGE, Red Tape, Green Tape → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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France Won’t Fight The US Over Greenland

Voice of East: France Won’t Fight The US Over Greenland By Andrew Korybko It’s not going to risk breaking up NATO, let alone over a war that it’ll certainly lose, no matter how tough its Foreign Minister is trying to sound as part of... Read More › - Voice of East


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National School Choice: Weak

Thomas Knapp: “With education funding following the student rather than being assigned to government-run institutions in a growing number of states, ” JD Tuccille writes in his annual “National School Choice Week” piece at Reason, “more families are choosing what works best for their kids — and the majority are satisfied with their decisions.” On the main … Continue reading National School Choice: Weak → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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What Explains Russia’s Swift Policy Recalibration Towards The Latest Congolese Crisis?

Voice of East: What Explains Russia’s Swift Policy Recalibration Towards The Latest Congolese Crisis? By Andrew Korybko The latest Congolese Crisis has the potential to decisively shift the balance of power in the New Cold War depending on how it develops and what the... Read More › - Voice of East


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Trump’s “Return to Office” Order: The Opposite of DOGE?

Thomas Knapp: In a Wall Street Journal op-ed last November (“The DOGE Plan to Reform Government”), Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy asserted that “[r]equiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome: If federal employees don’t want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn’t pay … Continue reading Trump’s “Return to Office” Order: The Opposite of DOGE? → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Trump’s Gaza Proposal Takes A Page From Ralph Peters’ “Blood Borders”

Voice of East: Trump’s Gaza Proposal Takes A Page From Ralph Peters’ “Blood Borders” By Andrew Korybko He might have convinced himself that ethnically cleansing the Palestinians is the only way to decisively end the conflict, ensure Israel’s long-term security, and restore regional business... Read More › - Voice of East


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No Tax On Tips: One of Trump’s (And Harris’s) Better Ideas

Thomas Knapp: During last year’s presidential campaign, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris seemed to disagree on quite a few things. One thing they agreed on — Trump reiterated his position in a speech in Las Vegas on January 26 — is that the federal government should stop demanding income tax payments on tips. Allow me to be … Continue reading No Tax On Tips: One of Trump’s (And Harris’s) Better Ideas → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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India Ordered Government Employees In Disputed Kashmir To Attend India’s Republic Day Celebration

Voice of East: India Ordered Government Employees In Disputed Kashmir To Attend India’s Republic Day Celebration By Our Special Correspondent For the sake of peace and international security, it is necessary to find a solution of the Kashmir dispute. As we know that... Read More › - Voice of East


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Let There Be Light — And Let People Choose How They Get It

Thomas Knapp: One of newly inaugurated (for a second time) president Donald Trump’s executive orders — “Unleashing American Energy” — promises to “safeguard the American people’s freedom to choose from a variety of goods and appliances, including but not limited to lightbulbs.” Let us rejoice! Or at least ask — for my son — whether we can … Continue reading Let There Be Light — And Let People Choose How They Get It → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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An Islamic Eschatological Explanation Of Israel’s Master Plan – Sheikh Imran N. Hosein

Voice of East: An Islamic Eschatological Explanation Of Israel’s Master Plan – Sheikh Imran N. Hosein In a very important lecture, Sheikh Imran N. Hosein and Ken O’Keefe discussed the political and religious implications of the current situation in Gaza and Israel, referencing... Read More › - Voice of East


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The Constitution Won’t Save You From Trump

Thomas Knapp: On January 17, outgoing US president Joe Biden belatedly announced the ratification — in 2018 — of the 28th Amendment (the “Equal Rights Amendment”) to the US Constitution. On January 20, incoming US president Donald Trump issued an executive order claiming that the 14th Amendment (and 8 U.S.C. 1401) no longer mean what they’ve always … Continue reading The Constitution Won’t Save You From Trump → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Free Ross, Hopefully

Thomas Knapp: “If you vote for me,” Donald Trump told Libertarians at their national convention last May, “on day one, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht.” Some of us believed him. Some didn’t. Some of us were willing to vote for him over that one issue. Some weren’t. While it’s POSSIBLE that a few stray … Continue reading Free Ross, Hopefully → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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FDA To Public: Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em

Thomas Knapp: Here we go again: On January 14, the US Food and Drug Administration announced its latest rule proposal in the War on Nicotine. Under the rule (which faces a 240-day public comment period before implementation, if the incoming Trump administration doesn’t withdraw it), cigarette makers would have to reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes. … Continue reading FDA To Public: Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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BOHICA: Or, What to Expect When You’re Expecting a New President

Thomas Knapp: Well, here we are: After a long presidential campaign full of warnings from each “major” party campaign about the horrible things the other “major” party’s candidate would do to us if elected, Inauguration Day approaches. On January 20, Donald Trump begins his second (non-consecutive) term as president of the United States. Within days — possibly … Continue reading BOHICA: Or, What to Expect When You’re Expecting a New President → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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The EU’s Need For Cheap Ukrainian Labour Imperils Ukraine’s Post-War Reconstruction

Voice of East: The EU’s Need For Cheap Ukrainian Labour Imperils Ukraine’s Post-War Reconstruction By Andrew Korybko Forthcoming developments might lead to Germany and/or Poland, where over two million of them collectively reside, either encouraging their return or incentivizing them to stay. Zelensky has... Read More › - Voice of East


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The End Game And The New Cold War: Reviewing Lavrov’s Year-End Interview With TASS

Voice of East: The End Game And The New Cold War: Reviewing Lavrov’s Year-End Interview With TASS By Andrew Korybko The possible end of the Ukrainian Conflict sometime later this year and the political agreement that’ll accompany it will play the greatest roles in... Read More › - Voice of East


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Avoiding Neo-Colonialism: Russia’s Strategy Against A Weaponized “Green Agenda”

Voice of East: Avoiding Neo-Colonialism: Russia’s Strategy Against A Weaponized “Green Agenda” By Andrew Korybko It envisages helping developing countries rebalance their relations with the West while avoiding the neo-colonial pitfalls for the ‘green agenda’ that’s being weaponized as a ploy to entrap them.... Read More › - Voice of East


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Veterans and Violence: Chicken or Egg?

Thomas Knapp: “I need to cleanse my mind of the brothers I’ve lost,”  Master Sergeant Matthew Alan Livelsberger (US Army) allegedly wrote in an explanatory note on his phone before shooting himself inside a Tesla Cybertruck packed with fireworks and gas tanks set to detonate outside a Las Vegas casino, “and relieve myself of the burden of … Continue reading Veterans and Violence: Chicken or Egg? → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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What Oren Cass Sunstein Could Learn From Henry George Costanza

Thomas Knapp: Oren Cass’s “What Economists Could Learn From George Costanza” (The New York Times, December 23) has forgotten what economics Henry George taught. That’s the pundit named Cass who invariably calls for constrictions on consumers, as opposed to Cass Sunstein‘s advocacy of “choice-preserving but psychologically wise interventions” that would make “automatic enrollment in government programs” the … Continue reading What Oren Cass Sunstein Could Learn From Henry George Costanza → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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