Immigration. Despite other headline-grabbing news, this issue persists. How could it not? Trump's masked goon squad, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), abducts peaceful people off the streets, from their workplaces, and from Home Depot parking lots, then...
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John Stuart Mill, An Enemy Disguised As a Friend
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jul 17, 2025 | Featured Articles
In The Struggle for Liberty, Ralph Raico—one of the twentieth century’s foremost libertarian historians—offers a sweeping and penetrating critique of John Stuart Mill. With clarity, historical depth, and a touch of well-placed fire, Raico demolishes the myth that Mill...
Does Superman Make Israel the Villain?
by Jack Hunter | Jul 17, 2025 | Featured Articles
Many say the new Superman movie is a commentary on Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza in which Israel is the villain and the movie’s hero fights for the Palestinians. Director James Gunn has insisted that his movie is not political. If so, why are so many people seeing the...
If We Taxed Billionaires, Could We Balance the Budget?
by Thomas Eddlem | Jul 16, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles
Everyone who has heard a Democratic politician speak in the last decade has heard the mantra, “We can balance the budget (or fund a pet new social program) if we just make the billionaires pay their fair share of taxes.” So let’s see what it would look like. Let’s...
New Jersey Bill Looks to Require Homeschoolers Follow Public School Curriculum
by Patrick Carroll | Jul 16, 2025 | Featured Articles
The state of New Jersey is considering two bills that would place new restrictions on homeschoolers if passed. The first is Assembly Bill 5825, introduced by Assemblyman Sterley S. Stanley (D–East Brunswick). As Reason reports, the bill “would require all...
Trump Makes War the ‘Health of the State’
by Matt Wolfson | Jul 15, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
“War,” Randolph Bourne wrote, is “the health of the state.” But war is also, it has recently and quietly become clear, the cheapest and quickest antidote when the state gets sick. This antidote, in fact, represents the most significant part of President Donald Trump’s...
How Firm is Washington’s Commitment to Taiwan’s Security?
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Jul 15, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
At first glance, Washington’s informal but very real commitment to defend Taiwan and preserve its de facto independence seems quite secure. Over the past decade, Taipei’s security relationship with the United States grew steadily closer—with strong bipartisan approval...
We Don’t Have to Do Any of This
by Brad Pearce | Jul 14, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Discussion of American foreign policy is an endless string of talking heads and think tank hacks claiming that we “must” do this or that, for reasons such as global security, values, or credibility. With a little bit of knowledge, it is apparent that the foreign...
Digital ID Cards Are Coming to Britain
by Owen Ashworth | Jul 14, 2025 | Featured Articles
The left is continuing its incessantly long march through British institutions by seizing on the changing political vibe in the United Kingdom. For some time now, more and more voters are starting to become persuaded that the state is fundamentally broken, a...
TGIF: Israel and Jabotinsky’s Iron Wall
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 11, 2025 | Featured Articles, History, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky (1880-1940) was a key figure in the development of the Zionist movement, which led to the founding of Israel in 1948. After breaking from mainline Zionism, Jabotinsky, born in Odessa (Ukraine), established Revisionist Zionism, a more openly...
The Fake Charge of ‘Anti-Semitism’ Is Losing Its Sting
by James Rushmore | Jul 11, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In a viral interview in May, Piers Morgan spoke with Tzipi Hotovely, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom. In a highly revealing exchange, Morgan asked Hotovely if she knew how many children Israel had killed over the course of its genocidal war in the Gaza...
The Smallness of Mark Levin
by Jack Hunter | Jul 10, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In 2009, I was working part time in talk radio in Charleston, South Carolina as an on-air personality. I was also the token conservative columnist for the local, liberal free weekly paper. I wasn’t making a lot of money, but I was working in the field I was most...
‘New Deal Economics’ Gets Knocked Out Cold
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jul 10, 2025 | Book Reviews, Economics, Featured Articles
George Selgin’s False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, newly published by the University of Chicago Press, is a welcome contribution to the revisionist and post-revisionist literature on the legacy of the New Deal. While traditional historiographies of...
U.S. Support For Israel Comes With a Staggering, Multifaceted Price
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Jul 9, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
When asked about the cost of their government’s support of the State of Israel, some Americans will say it’s $3.8 billion a year—the amount of annual military aid the United States is committed to under its current, 10-year “memorandum of understanding” with Israel....
The Unpopular Truth About Foreign Aid
by Keith Knight | Jul 8, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Editor's note: This article is taken from Libertarian Institute Managing Editor Keith Knight's opening statement from a June 28 debate on Zerohedge with Mike Benz and Cenk Uygur. When I say American foreign aid, I am generally referring to resources given or lent by...
The Ruse of a Trump-Netanyahu Falling Out
by José Niño | Jul 8, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Despite dramatic headlines about President Donald Trump’s clashes with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the reality is that U.S.-Israel relations remain as robust as ever. To understand why these headlines don’t reflect a true break, one need only consider...
President, Party, or Principle: What Should MAGA Stand For?
by Dan Sanchez | Jul 7, 2025 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
The MAGA movement has fractured recently over the contentious issues of foreign military intervention and government spending, with each faction accusing their opponents of betraying MAGA. This raises a question: What does it mean to be MAGA? Considering “MAGA” as a...
Exponential Increase in Domestic Terrorism Reaches ‘Minnesota Nice’
by Coleen Rowley | Jul 7, 2025 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Horribly terroristic (and the apotheosis of weird) shootings in Minnesota—elaborately planned (and attempted) murders of top Democrat Minnesota legislators Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman (and their families) by a 57-year old who effectively disguised himself and his...
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IDF Bombs Only Catholic Church in Gaza, Killing Three
The IDF bombed the Holy Family Church in Gaza City on Thursday, killing three Palestinians and injuring nine others. Among the victims was 60-year-old Saad Issa Kostandi Salameh, who worked in the church as a janitor. The airstrike also killed 84-year-old Foumia Issa...
Russia Will Target Multinational Forces in Ukraine
The Russian Foreign Ministry said any troops from third countries deployed to Ukraine will become targets. European nations have discussed plans to send their soldiers to Ukraine if a ceasefire with Russia is reached. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria...
US-Ukraine Discuss Weapons for Drones Deal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he discussed a deal with Donald Trump that would see the US send weapons to Ukraine in exchange for drones. Zelensky described the “mega-deal” in an interview with the New York Post. “The people of America need this...
US Assessment: Iran Could Resume Nuclear Enrichment Within Months
An assessment of the damage to Iranian nuclear facilities following US strikes last month concluded that only one site sustained major damage, and the Islamic Republic could resume enrichment operations within a few months. Washington and Tel Aviv are considering...
US, Allies Will Bring UN Sanctions on Iran If No Nuclear Deal By End of August
Washington and its European allies agreed that the end of August will be the deadline for Iran to sign a new nuclear deal.
UN Warns of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ as West Bank Sees Highest Displacement Figures Since 1967
United Nations officials are warning that displacement figures in the West Bank are at their highest levels since 1967 when Israel’s illegal occupation began. This is due to the skyrocketing killings, violence, and property theft against Palestinians perpetrated by the Israeli military alongside illegal settlers concomitant with the genocidal campaign in Gaza.
Huckabee Calls on Israel to Investigate Killing of US Citizen by West Bank Settlers
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is calling for an investigation into the killing of an American citizen in the occupied West Bank. On Friday, 20-year-old Saif al-Din Kamel Abdul Karim Musallat, who was born in Florida, was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in...
Iran Calls on China-Led SCO to Develop ‘Collective Security’ Mechanism
The Iranian foreign minister asked the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to adopt a collective security forum to coordinate a response to aggression. The request comes after the US and Israel launched an unprovoked bombing campaign on the Islamic Republic last month.
1 in 10 Palestinian Children Screened By UNRWA Are Malnourished
A large number of Palestinian children are malnourished, according to screening by the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
Trump Asked Zelensky If Ukraine Could Strike Moscow With US-Provided Weapons
In a July 4 call, President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky if Kiev could strike Moscow and St. Petersburg. When President Joe Biden allowed Ukraine to attack towns inside Russia last year, Trump slammed the move.
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New Episode of The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] Dave DeCamp: The Escalating Ukraine Proxy War
The intertwining of military aid, global alliances, and political positioning takes center stage as Dave DeCamp, news editor at AntiWar.com, joins Kyle Anzalone to unpack the most pressing foreign policy developments happening beneath mainstream headlines. Trump's...
Bryan Caplan and Me
I sat down recently for a chat with my old friend Bryan Caplan.
Tucker Carlson Smeared with Unfounded Accusations of Taking Money from Qatar
Call it a Qatari Occupied Government? Tucker Carlson faces accusations of acting as a Qatari propagandist as he pushes against U.S. support for Israel’s war in Iran. Carlson vehemently denies the allegations, and his supporters have noted that there’s no proof to...
Trump Says to Shut-up
Trump doesn’t want you talking about Epstein anymore. ALP
New Episode of The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] James W. Carden on Hawks in the White House
Donald Trump campaigned on ending America's "forever wars," but six months into his presidency, he finds himself deepening U.S. involvement in conflicts he promised to resolve. This riveting conversation with foreign policy expert James Carden pulls back the curtain...
Politics Turns the Vile Into Content- Savile to Epstein
In 1988 authorities began their investigations into the allegations that important people from business and government were involved in child sex trafficking. It turned into a scandal. The investigations ended in 1990 when it was concluded that the allegations were...
Boeing, Boeing: The Saga Continues
Boeing is now a verb synonym for worthless. The K46 also leaks fuel. It's a refueler bird. It leaks fuel. If you Boeing something, things are really fucked up. https://www.twz.com/air/kc-46-tankers-boom-just-broke-off-during-f-22-refueling-mission Did I...
Epstein Definitely DID NOT Kill Himself
Texas Flood, Epstein, Assassinating ICE officers, and UFC at the Whitehouse. ALP
Call Him Daddy
Trump is Nato’s daddy, bombing Iran, and happy 4th. ALP
Tucker Carlson asks Scott Horton: How did we get into war with Iran?
How did we wind up at war with Iran? Scott Horton explains on The Tucker Carlson Show. https://youtu.be/_HVGLCRp3I8?si=gtgBPCToHUEUnyuP Chapters: 0:00 The History of Why Iran Is Such a Global Focal Point 11:16 The Jimmy Carter Doctrine 22:29 The Brutality of the...