“I do not think we should have pushed for an election in the Palestinian territories. I think that was a big mistake,...[A]nd if we were going to push for an election, then we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win.”- Hillary...
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Trade Restrictions Are Depriving Our Infants of Formula
by Ryan McMaken | May 16, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
For parents who rely on baby formula—whether by choice or due to medical necessity—the nationwide baby formula shortage has become increasingly difficult to ignore. According to the Wall Street Journal, Walgreens, Target, CVS, and Kroger have all begun rationing...
TGIF: Alito’s Challenge to Libertarians
by Sheldon Richman | May 13, 2022 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
In his recently leaked first draft of an opinion that would reverse the abortion-rights cases Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gives Americans a choice between judges who read their personal preferences into the...
‘America First’ Means Anti-Bush, Not Antiwar
by David Brady | May 12, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Donald Trump, despite not being perfect (far from it), was useful in making the idea of chronic interventionism and foreign entanglements unpopular, but as much credit as the New Right is given, they are hardly antiwar. The New Right is largely a rejection of the...
As Military Aid and Intel Sharing Increases, the U.S. Sleepwalks into the Russia-Ukraine War
by Dave DeCamp | May 12, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the U.S. has significantly escalated its support for Kyiv, both militarily and rhetorically, reflecting a growing mission creep that comes with the risk of provoking Moscow. Early on in the invasion, the U.S. was wary of...
Now You Care About the Spilling of Blood?
by Kym Robinson | May 11, 2022 | Featured Articles
Actress Megan Fox recently claimed on social media that she and other Hollywood elites enjoy drinking each others blood, exciting those critical of Hollywood culture. In their minds it proves the evil, secret Pagan nature of the liberal American establishment. It's as...
Joe Biden Blames Everyone for Inflation (Except Himself)
by Ryan McMaken | May 11, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
Speaking at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, President Joe Biden on Tuesday morning declared inflation to be his top “domestic priority” and insisted that inflation would not be a problem were it not for covid and the war in Ukraine. There was little room,...
The War in Ukraine and the ‘Star Wars Effect’
by John Weeks | May 10, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The American media’s Ukraine narrative is a vast deception that functions as a reassuring fantasy. The facts on the ground in Ukraine have overwhelmed the narrative being deployed in the West, but the American media simply ignores those facts. The effect is to placate...