Its intent may be to sabotage whatever peace deal trump might have pursued. But US taxpayers will pay either way. 

Murray Rothbard’s Man, Economy, and State (MES) is one of the two greatest books on free market economics of the twentieth century. The other, of course, is Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action.

Critics decried the “retirement” of the previous 17-member ACIP, fearing the committee would make new vaccine recommendations not favored by Big Pharma. 

It could be that deporting private sector workers isn’t quite as popular as deporting violent criminals on the dole. 

I was in Big Pink once. For some idiotic training session when I worked for the anchor tenant. My new boss had socialist leanings and my libertarian view was something he just couldn’t comprehend. I would soon be hired away and our discussions ended. 

Last week’s dramatic blowout between President Trump and his one-time top collaborator Elon Musk was shocking yet predictable. According to media reports, a cold war had been brewing between Musk’s people and Trump’s appointees and it was bound to break out into the open. It was only a matter of time.

On the campaign trail, Musk provided much energy and helped ramp up enthusiasm for Donald Trump. His support for Trump made him a lightning rod for Trump-haters and he saw his personal wealth take a hit for his troubles.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest price inflation data, CPI inflation in May rose for the second month in a row.

The year-over-year change in the CPI rose by 2.4 percent in May, slightly accelerating over April’s year-over-year increase of 2.3 percent. The month-over-month change (seasonally-adjusted) was positive again in May, rising 0.1 percent, although May’s increase, with the exception of March this year, was the smallest month-over-month increase since mid-2024.

Elon Musk recently took to X to denounce Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” as a “disgusting abomination.” This sharp rebuke came mere days after Musk’s seemingly amicable departure from his informal position within the Trump administration as a “special government employee” heading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The Trump administration has stepped up apprehensions of suspected illegal immigrants considerably in recent weeks, and the federal government has expanded its deportation efforts well beyond targeting the criminal aliens who were the primary focal point during the campaign. The administration has instead turned to raiding job sites and other areas where immigrants are known to be found, in hopes of further increasing total apprehension numbers.