Ryan McMaken
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Politics
The Deep State: The Headless Fourth Branch of Government
School children learn that there are three branches of government: the legislative, executive, and judicial. In actual practice, however, there…
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Politics
AOC is Wrong: We’re Not Working 80-Hour Weeks Now
It has become nearly commonplace for pundits and politicians to claim that Americans are working more than ever before; that…
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Culture
New Census Data Shows CALIFORNIA Has the Nation’s Worst Poverty Rate
The US Census Bureau released new poverty data this month, and California once again has the nation’s highest poverty rate, according…
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2nd Amendment
Homicides in the US Fall for Second Year as Murder Rate Drops in 38 States
As 2018 came to an end, politicians and media pundits insisted that “gun violence” was growing and hitting crisis levels . While…
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Politics
Greta Thunberg to Poor Countries: Drop Dead
On Monday, celebrity climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a speech to the UN Climate Action summit in New York. Thunberg demanded drastic…
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Politics
The Brexit Battle Shows Democracy Is Only Allowed When the Regime Likes the Outcome
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled “illegal” a parliamentary tactic used by PM Boris Johnson to ensure Brexit would be…
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Culture
Americans Continue to Flee to These Low-Tax States
According to the most recent Census Bureau data on state-to-state migration flows, 523,000 people moved to California from other states. But at…
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News
If Global Warming Is Killing Us, Why Is Global Life Expectancy Increasing?
According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control (“Mortality in the United States, 2017“), “Life expectancy for…
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Politics
Furloughed Federal Employees are Still Paid More Than YOU
Whether its CNBC, or The New York Times, or NPR, the mainstream media is clearly committed to using the current partial…
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Politics
The Government Shutdown Exposes Another Reason to Abolish the TSA
The Transportation Security Administration, a federal agency, is facing a no-show problem with employees, as paychecks are put on hold…
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Politics
Government Shutdown Shows Why We Need to Decentralize National Parks
The federal government is in the midst of a partial “shutdown.” Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of money flowing to…
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2nd Amendment
In a Blow to Media Gun Narrative, FBI Reveals Homicides Down in 2017
The FBI released new homicide data last week, and at the nationwide level, the 2017 homicide rate fell slightly, dropping to…
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2nd Amendment
Cop Amber Guyger Is One Reason We Need Private Gun Ownership
When advocates of gun confiscation complain about “guns” and say “no one needs a gun for x” all they are really saying…
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