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The American Revolution and the Danger of Standing Armies
Among the key men involved in the American Revolution and the following periods, we find an oft-repeated concern that may seem foreign to us today—the threat of standing armies. This was a heritage of British legal thought and history, and it became an underappreciated part of American political thought and experience. Why were peacetime standing armies […]
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Apr 13, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday Letter Report
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday Letter Report
A federal judge in Miami dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal (and related defendants including its parent company Dow Jones and Rupert Murdoch) on April 13, 2026, ruling that the complaint failed to adequately plead the “actual malice” standard required for public figures.
President Donald Trump departs the White House on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles issued a 17-page order dismissing the case...
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Apr 13, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Case Against Public-Sector Unions
The Case Against Public-Sector Unions
Authored by Aaron White via RealClearPolicy,
America’s public-sector unions have a problem they can’t explain away: Workers are leaving.
Ask a public employee when they joined their union and most couldn’t tell you. Because they didn’t join. The dues just started coming out of their check.
That’s not a membership, and for decades nobody told workers they could opt out.
That changed in 2018, when the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed in Janus v. AFSCME that no government employee can be forced to join or pay dues to a labor union.
Hundreds of...
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May 28, 2026 / Jason Ditz
New Israeli Bombings Kill at Least 17 Across Southern Lebanon
Israel extended its evacuation order in the city of Tyre to include effectively the whole south of Lebanon, declaring the entire region an active combat zone, despite a ceasefire nominally having been in place in Lebanon for well over a month now. That ceasefire has consistently failed to cease Israeli attacks on Lebanon, and even […]
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