Libertarian journalist Kristin Tate provides a look into the wild world of frivolous taxation, aimed at educating members of her own generation in the evils of big government. In How Do I Tax Thee? , libertarian commentator and rising media star Kristin Tate takes us on a tour of the ways the government bleeds us dry in innumerable daily transactions and at various stages of life. We all know the government taxes our pay: federal, state, and local...

The Democratic Party is now a party of leftist extremism -- radical to the point of insanity: socialist, anti-Christian, in favor of de facto infanticide, and opposed to the rule of law (when it does not suit their purposes, including on the border). Best-sellling author David Limbaugh warns that the 2020 elections could be the deciding moment when America turns permanently socialist. Limbaugh offers a stirring call for all Americans who still love...

"Reveals a political trend that threatens both our form of government and our species." - Timothy Snyder, author of ON TYRANNY "Riveting.... Want to understand how so many Americans turned against truth? Read this book." Nancy Maclean, author of DEMOCRACY IN CHAINS In 1981, emboldened by Ronald Reagan's election, a group of some fifty Republican operatives, evangelicals, oil barons, and gun lobbyists met in a Washington suburb to coordinate their...

The conventions are over; now it's time for some thinking outside the box. In this edition of Moyers & Company, Bill talks with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who's been an independent in Congress for 21 years-longer than anyone in American history. Sanders talks about jobs, the state of the economy, health care, and the unprecedented impact of big money on the major political parties. Bill also talks to Green Party presidential and vice presidential...

"Chaffetz explains how nonprofit leaders, union bosses, global CEOs, and many unelected leaders have worked in parallel with the aims of "permanent Washington.""--

Sheldon Wolin has spent a long career as a scholar searching for the meaning of democracy, the nature of power, and the role of the state. As a teacher at Berkeley in the 1960s, he drew his political insights not from scholarship alone but from the noisy streets where theory confronts the realities of American life. Wolin is the founder of the journal Democracy and author of Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought,...

Is Western democracy in trouble? Some argue that authoritarian movements in Poland, Hungary, and other European countries, as well as recent elections in the United States and United Kingdom, signal a threat to democratic values and liberal institutions. Others argue that these populist- and nationalist-fueled developments are simply a healthy and regenerative reaction to economic policies that have ignored and marginalized vast numbers of voters....

The Talmud says: “If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israel's DNA. From the very beginning of its statehood in 1948, protecting the nation from harm has been the responsibility of its intelligence community and armed services, and there is one weapon in their vast arsenal that they have relied upon to thwart the...

Follow George H.W. Bush from his childhood into war as a combat pilot in the U.S. Navy. Later, the Bushes moved to the oil fields of Texas where he became a Republican leader, the party that he would lead - and struggle with - as President.

Learn what makes the Bill of Rights so important to America! "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America..." That preface begins the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States. When the Constitution was written, certain framers, powerful political leaders of their day such as Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and Patrick Henry, insisted on adding basic legal protections...