government-created monopolies are everywhere

Federalists, led by first President George Washington's Alexander Hamilton, advocated for strong government that promoted economic growth through monopolies manufacturing in the northeast, especially for sale to the in the south. ... During Progressive from the 1890s to the 1920s,..

living in a nation of political narcissists

In 1953, they overthrew Mohammad Mossadegh, the elected prime minister of Iran, and installed the young Shah as an autocratic ruler, the very first — but hardly the last — time the CIA successfully ousted a foreign government.) We didn’t learn that key advisers to Russian President..

trump has pardoned 10 men. who are they?

'That pardon, you could argue, is correcting a miscarriage of justice,' said Andrew Rudalevige, professor of government at Bowdoin College in Maine. . . . . ... It also points to support from former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, English singer Elton John and conservative radio talk..

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