By Ryan McMaken A sizable majority of American adults say—when polled—that social media organizations “censor” political viewpoints: A Pew Research Center survey conducted in June finds…
By Ryan McMaken During Tuesday’s presidential debate, former vice-president Biden attempted to paint Donald Trump as the bad-on-crime candidate when he claimed that crime had…
By Ryan McMaken Earlier this month, West Virginia state senator Charles Trump introduced a senate resolution requesting that the citizens of Frederick County consider joining…
By Ryan McMaken The Iranian regime and the Saudi Arabian regime are longtime enemies, with both vying for control of the Persian Gulf region. Part…
By Ryan McMaken On December 29, an armed gunman entered the West Freeway Church of Christ in Texas and shot two members of the congregation….
By Ryan McMaken Increasingly in recent years, criminal-justice-reform activists in states and cities have been campaigning for what is known as “ban the box.” This…
By Ryan McMaken School children learn that there are three branches of government: the legislative, executive, and judicial. In actual practice, however, there are four…
By Ryan McMaken Federal spending and federal taxation in the United States set new records in 2019. And the federal budget deficit swelled to more…
By Ryan McMaken As 2018 came to an end, politicians and media pundits insisted that “gun violence” was growing and hitting crisis levels . While…
By Ryan McMaken Since the end of the Cold War in 1990, US defense spending has increased 182 percent in nominal terms, and 44 percent…
By Ryan McMaken With the rise of the Yellow Vest Movement in France — which began last October and continues today — French activists and…
By Ryan McMaken Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants more government regulation of social media. In a March 30 op-ed for the Washington Post, Zuckerberg trots…
By Ryan McMaken On Friday, Federal Judge Gary Miller declared the federal government’s policy of male-only conscription to be unconstitutional. Miller ruled that past prohibitions…
By Ryan McMaken 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…