Over the past several days, we saw tremendous courage from both the right and the left—and the cost of that courage.

This is the second time a caravan of migrants have gotten together and seem intent on pushing towards and across the US/Mexico border.  As a result of the news, President Donald Trump has threatened to send the military to the border to block them.

Those of us who support real free trade must not let supporters of the USMCA get away with claiming the USMCA has anything to do with free trade. We must also fight the forces of protectionism that are threatening to start a destructive trade war. Also, we must work to stop the government from trying to control our economic activities through regulations, taxes, and (most importantly) control of the currency through central banking and legal tender laws.

In all reality it shouldn’t matter, nor should we care who is on the Supreme Court. Their job is not to make law but to uphold the Constitution, period. The fact that the nomination of a Supreme Court justice is able to gain the national attention it does is indicative of the fact that too many people give government too much legitimacy.