Since the Middle Ages, belligerent leaders have taken refuge behind the seductive façade of just war theory according to which what matter above all during wartime are the intentions of the warriors, not the consequences of their actions. When leaders order their...
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Beware of War Hawks in ‘America First’ Clothing
by Connor O'Keeffe | Oct 29, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
For the past eight years, the two major political parties have been gripped by a messy and ongoing realignment. It began with the election of Donald Trump in 2016, which was a major repudiation of the neoconservative-establishment coalition that had dominated the...
Yezidis in Lebanon Flee the Terror of Israeli Bombs
by William Van Wagenen | Oct 28, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Members of the Yezidi religious minority who fled ISIS and other Turkish-backed extremist groups in Syria are now seeking to flee Israel’s relentless bombing campaign in Lebanon. “They bombed just next to our house. Just five meters from our building. I can’t handle...
Lina Khan Gets It Wrong (Again)
by Norman Singleton | Oct 28, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles
60 Minutes recently aired an interview with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan conducted by veteran reporter Lesley Stahl. This may have been the first time in their 58-year history that 60 Minutes has profiled an FTC chair, but Lina Khan is not the...
TGIF: Happy Halloween, Traders!
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 25, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
It's the Halloween season, the perfect occasion to introduce your young children and grandchildren to the wonders of the market economy. After all, the market is a process in which individuals strive to improve their situations through trade—that is, lucrative...
Don’t Kid Yourself About the Ignorance of American Voters
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Oct 24, 2024 | Featured Articles, Politics
A couple weeks back, the managing editor here at the Libertarian Institute, Keith Knight, posted on Twitter/X about voter ignorance. The post, which featured the headline “Monetary Policy by the Taylor Rule,” along with the associated equation, concluded with the...
The Specter of ‘Defense Secretary Cheney’
by Dan McKnight | Oct 24, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
I believe one of the biggest political stories of the year is the attempted resurrection of the Cheney legacy. This is a family whose political prospects were dead and buried in 2022—in no small part from the contributing efforts of Bring Our Troops Home. But Liz...
The “Freedom From Fear” Ticket for Tyranny
by Jim Bovard | Oct 23, 2024 | Featured Articles
The Democratic Party is championing presidential candidate Kamala Harris as a born-again champion of freedom. Earlier this year, Democrats shifted their focus from democracy to freedom, convinced that the latter word would enthrall voters on Election Day. Providing...
Israel’s Killing of Sinwar: How to Turn Your Enemy Into a Legend
by James Wile | Oct 23, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on October 16. It does not appear that this was a planned assassination, but that the IDF just happened to run into him. While an Israeli patrol was searching through the city of Rafah, they saw a...
The War Cry
by Kym Robinson | Oct 22, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
Boots on the ground. Usually boys to men, that’s who is required to wage the wars. Boys and men are who they need mostly to fight, kill, maim, kidnap, torture and destroy. In turn they can be killed, maimed, kidnapped, tortured and destroyed as well. They may be...
The Nukes or NATO: The Hidden Threat Behind Zelensky’s Victory Plan
by Ted Snider | Oct 22, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been on a tour of the capitals of Europe promoting his Ukrainian Victory Plan. It is apt that he has billed it a victory plan and not a peace plan because there is nothing of peace in it. The plan aims to strengthen Ukraine...
Kamala’s Growing Flock of GOP Hawks
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Oct 21, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
An especially notable feature of the 2024 presidential campaign has been the number of prominent Republicans who have endorsed Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris. The latest convert is former congressman Mickey Edwards, a 6-term representative from Oklahoma, who...
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The US Is Funding 70% of Israel’s Wars
A new report by the Israeli outlet Calcalist reviewed Israeli military spending on wars since October 7, finding that Washington is funding 70% of Tel Aviv’s military costs. In a little over a year, the US has provided Israel with more than $20 billion in military...
Washington Approves Weapons Sale to Riyadh Following Iran-Saudi Drills
Last week, Saudi Arabia conducted drills with its rival Iran in the Sea of Oman in a sign of warming relations between the regional powers. Following the announcement, Washington approved a massive arms sale to the Gulf Kingdom. On Thursday, the US announced it had...
DOD Audit on Military Aid for Israel Will Not Investigate Human Rights Violations
The Pentagon’s inspector general has launched its audit covering the military’s oversight of US military aid provided to Israel for its war against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, Bloomberg reported. However, the audit will not investigate whether the...
DoD Review Finds Half of Weapons Sent to Ukraine Lacked Documentation
The Department of Defense Inspector General reviewed hundreds of weapon shipments to Ukraine, finding that half lacked proper documentation. The report released by the Pentagon IG on October 18th examined hundreds of arms transfers to Ukraine that occurred in the...
Report: Shin Bet Warned of Possible Hamas Assault Hours Before October 7 Attack
Approximately three hours prior to the Hamas’ attack in southern Israel on October 7, Shin Bet warned other elements of the police and security establishment that a potential assault emanating from the besieged Gaza Strip could be imminent. The Kan public broadcaster...
US Slow Walking Zelensky’s Request to Join NATO
US and NATO officials said that the US and Germany are blocking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's request to join the North Atlantic alliance. Kiev has been pushing for NATO to accept Ukraine as its 33rd member as a part of Zelensky’s victory plan. Four NATO...
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The Girl in the Mall
She could be anywhere from sixteen to her early twenties, a strewn mess of hair rests tangled above and over her face. A regular at the Seaford Shopping Centre, she watches families walk by, smiling at children and when no one is nearby she talks to herself. In the...
Halloween Election
Halloween is upon us again and it happens to be before the next Most important election in history. The sacred ritual of the democracy ghouls, when the imperial citizens of the United States vote for their executive, though other candidates exist it is relegated to...
Interview: The Fed, the Medical Cartel, and US Complicity in Genocide
Keith Knight and I discuss how the US government robs us, serves Big Pharma, and enables Israel’s crimes against humanity.
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Holocaust – On Behalf of Those Who Died Alone
The tubes connected to my arm are melting. I am surrounded by flames moving closer and closer like an angry mob waving torches above their heads. Except there are no people around. I have been yelling for help at the top of my lungs, but no one can hear me. Or if they...
Hey Moe! Hey Larry! Look, It’s the Army Watercraft Circus!
Not only can they not float a portable pier [Gaza] (at a cool burn rate of 335 million debt-bucks) but they can't maintain an aging fleet of maritime connectors. The Army continues to trip over itself in most missions. Maybe they could reach zero by 2028 in the...