Politics

By Dr. Richard M. Ebeling, The Stream - The Tyrannies of Minorities and MajoritiesIn his famous essay “On Liberty” (1859), the British social philosopher John Stuart Mill warned that tyranny could take three forms: the tyranny of the minority, the tyranny of the majority, and the tyranny of custom and tradition. The tyranny of the minority was represented by absolute monarchy or an oligarchy… The tyranny of custom and tradition could take the form of social and psychological pressures on individuals or small groups…

By David Harsanyi, Daily Signal - former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, indulged in the histrionic rhetoric we’ve come to expect in the Trump era, claiming that Kavanaugh would “threaten the lives of millions of Americans for decades to come.” But almost none of the objections coming from leading Democrats have been even ostensibly about Kavanaugh’s qualifications as a jurist or, for that matter, his interpretation of the Constitution... I wish the Supreme Court were less important. But right now, it’s one of the only institutions preserving constitutional order. And that’s why the left is about to go nuts again.

By Luke Rosiak, The Stream - A member of the House Committee on the Judiciary said during a hearing Thursday that a government watchdog found that nearly all of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails were sent to a foreign entity and that the FBI didn’t follow-up on that finding.

By Lisa Bourne, LifeSiteNews - “Impeach 45” t-shirts for sale via Wal-Mart’s website landed the mega-retailer in hot water earlier this month, prompting controversy and boycott threats before Wal-Mart pulled the shirts and apologized with the explanation that they came from a third-party vendor and were unauthorized... Amid the controversy, Graham posted a Facebook message saying he was glad that Wal-Mart had removed the shirts, and announced an alternative that could actually have an uplifting effect – the “PRAY for 45” t-shirt.