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The Important Story You're Not Hearing Much About


The Important Story You're Not Hearing Much About
What would you think of someone who got sued, lost in court, and celebrated the loss? You'd think there is something seriously amiss. In fact this has been the longstanding practice of a number of federal agencies, who actively cooperate with activist groups (invariably on the left) to set up lawsuits against agencies that result in the agencies having more power and instituting more regulations. To give a good example,

Silverglate: How Robert Mueller Tried To Entrap Me


Silverglate: How Robert Mueller Tried To Entrap Me
Special Counsel Mueller: Fair prosecutor, or modern-day Grand Inquisitor?

Comey drafted his statement ending the Clinton email investigation months in advance, the FBI confirms


Comey drafted his statement ending the Clinton email investigation months in advance, the FBI confirms
Transcripts the Senate Judiciary Committee obtained had previously indicated that Comey drafted the statement.

FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow


FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow
Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium, the FBI had gathered substantial evidence that Russian nuclear industry officials were engaged in bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering designed to grow Vladimir Putin’s atomic energy business inside the United States, according to government documents and interviews.

Can we trust government to correct our cognitive biases?


Can we trust government to correct our cognitive biases?
The Volokh Conspiracy | Opinion Can we trust government to correct our cognitive biases? By Ilya Somin October 13, 2017 at 11:55 AM Can these guys be trusted to correct our cognitive errors? President Barack Obama and Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office, Nov. 10, 2016. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/) Economist Richard Thaler recently won the 2017 Nobel Prize in economics for his important work documenting widespread cognitive errors in human decision-making . All too often, people fail t...

PBS' The Vietnam War Miseducates America | RealClearDefense


PBS' The Vietnam War Miseducates America | RealClearDefense
The recent PBS ten-episode The Vietnam War, produced and directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, and written by Geoffrey Ward, is billed as a critical reexamination of the war in Indochina that...

American Pravda - NY Times I


American Pravda - NY Times I
American Pravda, NYT: Slanting the News and a Bizarre Comey Connection Nick Dudich, Audience Strategy Editor for NYT Video, Says the Times Slants Anti-Trump News to the Front Page, "Oh, we always do." Claims to Be "Gatekeeper" for New York Times Videos: "My imprint is on every video we do." Worked for Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Campaigns Admits He Won't Be Objective, "That's why I'm here [at the NYT]." NYT Ethical Handbook: "Journalists... must do nothing that might raise questions a...

American Pravda - NY Times I


American Pravda - NY Times I
American Pravda, NYT: Slanting the News and a Bizarre Comey Connection Nick Dudich, Audience Strategy Editor for NYT Video, Says the Times Slants Anti-Trump News to the Front Page, "Oh, we always do." Claims to Be "Gatekeeper" for New York Times Videos: "My imprint is on every video we do." Worked for Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Campaigns Admits He Won't Be Objective, "That's why I'm here [at the NYT]." NYT Ethical Handbook: "Journalists... must do nothing that might raise questions a...