The Constitution unambiguously gives Congress, not the President, authority over domestic and foreign commerce and taxes. Tariffs are taxes on commerce that crosses borders. In fact, until 1934 Congress completely dominated tariff policy, just as the Founders wanted. Almost every year from the end of the Civil War to 1934, Congress voted on new tariffs and the President played little to no role in this process. These higher tariffs were both placed on individual products and

Since the 1962 the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba and other sanctions have been designed explicitly to bring about the overthrow of the Cuban government.  These policies have failed to bring about regime change and inflicted severe humanitarian costs on average Cubans.  The Trump administration under the guidance of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose parents fled the island in 1956, has tightened the embargo of Cuba and escalated the crisis on the island.  After the January 3

After taking my wife to the airport Saturday morning, I returned to the house to find that the United States had staged a military attack on the petro-state of Venezuela and had captured Nicolas Maduro and his wife.  My initial thoughts were of the first academic award I ever received.  It was my senior thesis at Marshall University when I wrote about the decision of the Venezuelan people to nationalize all foreign oil companies as of 1976.  I also noticed that many of my for