Posts by Matthew McLain

Until both progressives and neoconservatives are willing to confront that reality, the cycle will continue with more programs, wars and promises that the next intervention will finally succeed where all the others failed.

Non-interventionism is not isolationism. It is recognition that a republic cannot survive while attempting to subsidize and police the world indefinitely.

The filibuster is not a partisan trick suddenly weaponized by liberals. It is a structural safeguard designed to prevent narrow national majorities from imposing their will on the states.

The PRIME Act offers Alabama a choice: continue outsourcing food policy to federal standards designed for corporate consolidation, or reclaim authority and rebuild local food systems from the ground up.

I don’t know about you, but whenever I hear that my money is “backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government,” I can’t help but roll my eyes and laugh.