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Torture Comes Home to Roost
Hidden within some folks are the souls of saints. Hidden within others are the souls of beasts. Torture unleashes the beasts. Nothing is more destructive of human decency, nothing is less fruitful in seeking truth, nothing is more totalitarian and nothing so...
2023 Budget Deficit Already Bigger Than Last Year’s
The U.S. government ran a $227.77 billion deficit in June, pushing the total fiscal 2023 shortfall to $1.393 trillion, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement for June. There are still three months left in this fiscal year. The budget deficit for the entirety of...
With Little Fanfare the National Debt Blasts Past $32 Trillion
The great anti-federalist Brutus wrote, “I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country, than to be loaded with a debt exceeding their ability ever to discharge.” And here we are. With little fanfare, the national debt blew past $32...
Republicans Miss the Point on Mortgage Fee Hike
Back in January, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that mortgage fees for some borrowers would increase beginning May 1, while other borrowers would see their fees decrease. The FHFA is an independent federal agency that “was established by the...