Tyrants need buffers: China is not a monolith....

July is a terrifying month for the Chinese Communist Party. Anniversaries in Hong Kong and Tibet highlight the weakness of authoritarian Chinese communism. Recent statements coming from Beijing on the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday are defensive to the point of sounding ridiculous: According to the Chinese government, “The Dalai Lama must reincarnate in China, according […]

Rand Paul introduces bill to audit the Federal...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced legislation on Thursday calling for auditing the Federal Reserve. The senator’s proposal comes after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has faced scrutiny for the $2.5 billion in renovations he authorized for two federal buildings in Washington, D.C. Paul’s bill, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, would require a complete audit of […]

Northern state comeback candidates downplay their time living...

MIAMI — Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage and ex-Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan hardly stood out among Florida residents. The Republican pair had joined many former constituents who bolted those cold-winter states for the Sunshine State’s balmier environs. But political ambition beckoned. So, LePage and Rogers returned to their home states to run for office […]

When the Right sues the Right: Why conservative...

Some of the most prominent minds behind the conservative legal movement are fighting a Republican president and his administration in court and it’s putting these elite attorneys, many champions of the Right for their past efforts to combat the administrative state, on President Donald Trump‘s bad side. In a series of lawsuits spanning trade, higher education, […]

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