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Elite anxiety is bleeding into public commentary, suggesting we have more than an election to worry about in the coming weeks.
The FDA excluded homeopathic drugs from the new drug approval process for decades because they were viewed as a separate category of medicine. The FDA’s change of heart is due to the growth of the homeopathic industry, which no doubt threatens the bottom line of the drug manufacturers.
Israel’s decisions are transforming world politics, with alliances hardening in response to their aggression: Russia and Iran on one side, the U.S. and Israel on the other.
Congress has not declared war on Iran; nor has it authorized the use of U.S. military forces against it, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. Yet the White House says it is sending around 100 troops to Israel.
When one political tendency actively seeks to abolish the electoral college and makes maneuvers to subsume the state military forces directly under national control, doesn’t that have the look of ‘tyranny’ about it?
While it would be controversial, the government could declare martial law if they can get Russia, China, North Korea, or Iran to declare war or attack before the election or certainly before January 20th.