The Hot Air Machine

THE Cold War was truly a very fascinating period in time, as there has never been a geopolitical schism of that intensity that anyone could remember, that is still relevant to anyone. Especially in our contemporary lenses that is true. The Cold War produced many intriguing tales that people still pick apart to this day, and it practically gave birth to the spy genre! Some of my favorite stories include the scandal that unfolded in the 1950s when it was discovered that Soviet-affiliated donors had tried to influence the 1956 presidential election! No…wait, that was in 1996, and it involved Chinese financing of the Clinton administration , my bad. Well, there is also the story of how in 1972 it was discovered that a powerful Senator had a Russian spy working in their office for many years, which really is something out of a spy book! Oh…dang, I got it wrong again, that wasn’t in 1972 but in 2013, and it involved Dianne Feinstein employing a Chinese spy for twenty years , until the FB...

WHEN  composing the Constitution, the Founding Fathers – leading statesmen and thinkers of their time – were very adamant on the idea of limited government. The encroachments and horrors the royal government could enforce on the colonies were the result of an unchecked, imbalanced, and singular organ of government that was not subject to limits, and even if there were any they could be superseded by the diktat of the Crown. In speaking on the subject, James Madison wrote in the Federalist No. 51 that, “In framing a government…you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself” (Bernstein 2015, p. 89). However, written constitutions are not infallible instruments, and this is one of many reasons why statism is inherently dangerous and unwise . For many years now we have found ourselves in increasing violation of federal self-control and have entered a perverted age of overreach. We are surrounded by numerous departments and...

SINCE their days of slaveholding back in the 19 th century and recent stints as plagiarists , the Biden family has come a very long way. As multi-millionaire Middle Joe likes to frequently tout in his “grassroots” campaign rallies, he is the son of average American folk with average American backgrounds (except, you know, the slavery bit). However, evidently, he is far from that. Biden is a crooked politician, crooked as they come, out for the buck but not for Chuck. This country was founded on the principles of popular representation and sovereignty, on abolishing the divide that existed between government and governed under colonial rule, principles that Biden was sworn in on nine times throughout his career. Yet, despite this, Biden has been cozier with lobbyists and Washington operatives than with his wife, his net worth ballooning $3.1 million while Vice President and an additional $15 million since then. However, perhaps the foulest of all Biden’s blemishes is the most inco...

ONE  of the preeminent policy positions and goals of the Democratic Party and since the beginning of President Biden’s campaign has been raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15.00 , a 107% increase.  The claims from all across the left-wing is that a “living wage” will help with “erasing wage inequality” for all workers and millions “would be lifted out of poverty.” It is part of the century-plus program of workers’ rights and labor activism the Left has partook in, trying to maximize the livelihood of laborers throughout the World, and adopting increasingly radical, revolutionary, utopian, and unrealistic means and promises in the process. From the days of closet socialist Keynes , who promoted the inflation-loving policy of deficit spending, to the modern era of multi-trillion-dollar UBI, Medicare-for-all, and $15 wage plans, leftism has veered ever closer to these concepts. The “election” of the Biden administration has given the American Left an all-time high of ...