Tools to Enlighten
ANALYSIS and OPINION: Admittedly we would have never uploaded a video espousing the strong views that we unequivocally state in this video. Unfortunately we live in unique and highly dangerous times. This has forced us to take what admittedly is an unusually hardline position on who to vote for in the 2026 midterm elections. But Read More …
ANALYSIS and OPINION: U.S. defense spending is outrageous. At about $950 billion the United States was spending, before the Iran War, as much on defense as the next 9 nations combined. And those nations, include Russia and China. Initial estimates were that the war would cost between $1 billion and $2 billion per DAY. Read More …
[ANALYSIS and OPINION] Sometimes the force that rules internet universe, the Youtube algorithm, just does not see fit to helpus get a lot of views on videos that we think are important. Seriously, there are times when we here at reasonandbalance believe that if we think one of our particular videos is particularly important, Read More …
ANAYLYSIS and OPINION Trump’s September 2026 speech at the United Nations was a humdinger. Memorable for sure. Nothing but belligerence and contempt is what he showed the World. He talked and acted as if he alone would decide whether Iran deserved to exist or would be annihilated. One has to wonder if he understood that Read More …
OPINION and ANALYSIS: On September 18, 2026 the New York Post published an article on a Laura Ingraham (of Fox News) statement that indicates that she thinks that some Republicans actually hope the Democrats take control of Congress in the upcoming elections. In fact the title of the article is: Many GOP pols ‘secretly’ hope Read More …
OPINION and ANALYSIS J. Michael Luttig, a highly respected retired judge who sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently published an article on the New Republic where he essentially stated that the GOP has abandoned its commitment to upholding the Constitution and has chosen to follow Trump. For Read More …
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 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 …