Tools to Enlighten
ANALYSIS and OPINION Trump’s Removal of Officials and Inspectors General from Independent Federal Agencies [Editor’s Note: 41 Agencies and 17 Inspectors General were removed and replaced with Trump loyalists.] A summary of the agencies affected and the officials removed since January 20, 2025 Updated September 11, 2026 | Reason & Balance Since returning Read More …
OPINION and ANALYSIS: This post and its associated video are being published with the critically important 2026 midterm elections in mind. The video itself is only 3 minutes and cannot come close to addressing all the major problems that the Trump presidency has created. We basically pick two major issues to discuss and will Read More …
ANALYSIS and OPINION: Trump called the GOP together to have a midterm convention. This was/is highly unusual. There’s no doubt a huge reason was that Trump and the GOP are not, according to recent polls, doing well and are thus at risk of losing control of he House of Representatives, the Senate or both. In Read More …
ANALYSIS and OPINION Most students of internationnal business learned long ago that tariffs are an idea generally frowned upon by the father of free market capitalism and free trade, Adam Smith and his chief disciple David Ricardo. This is because they not only cause people to pay higher prices than if there were no Read More …
OPINION and ANALYSIS: Trump’s Triumphal Arch. Does it remind you of anything? Have you been to Paris at anytime during the last 200 years? Napolean. You remember him don’t you. From history class. Yeah, the self-proclaimed emperor of the French who brought decades of European land battles that regularly engaged hundreds of thousands of Read More …
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Opinion and Analysis: [Editors Note: Either prior or subsequent to this blog post and video, we did or have done several related articles on this subject. One deals with how various socialist-linked politicians’ and candidates’ beliefs line up with the Democratic Socialist of America platform. See: https://reasonandbalance.com/aoc-el-sayed-angie-nixon-socialist/ In another we provide you with the Read More …
OPINION and ANALYSIS: Yet again, the Trump Administration has demonstrated that it intends to control our minds. And, given the fact that the GOP never does anything to stop him, it must be assumed that they do too. This is highly dangerous stuff. Cameras are everywhere. With AI and robots about to be just as Read More …
ANALYSIS and OPINION: [Editors Note: Either prior or subsequent to this blog post and video, we did or have done several related articles on this subject. One deals with how various socialist-linked politicians’ and candidates’ beliefs line up with the Democratic Socialist of America platform. See: https://reasonandbalance.com/aoc-el-sayed-angie-nixon-socialist/ In another we provide you with the Read More …
ANALYSIS and OPINION We didn’t intend to link this next video because it’s not technically what this post is about. However, we found it is highly relevant and, more importantly so alarmng that we felt that we had to bring it to everyone’s attention. So now AI and the robots are looking out for Read More …