The Inflation Hot Potato

The 2020s have been a crazy decade in American politics.

They began, of course, with one of the most chaotic and intense years in recent American history. After a global pandemic brought almost all aspects of life to a halt, cities erupted in nationwide riots for much of the summer, and a seemingly endless stream of scandals and stunts like the Hunter Biden laptop drove the politically-active public to exhaustion; after all that, Joe Biden won the presidency.

Zane Sampson writes about food labels, supplements, and the business of wellness.

Jefferson, Secession, and “All Men Are Created Equal”

Perhaps one of the most abused and misunderstood phrases in American history is found in the Declaration of Independence where Thomas Jefferson wrote “all men are created equal.” Since at least as early as the mid nineteenth century, the phrase has been used by many American politicians as justification for government intervention. Those who use this tactic claim the goal of “equality” requires that the central state impose by force whatever interpretation of “equality” happens to be popular at the time.