Why don’t you talk about something that matters?” President Biden replied to a journalist asking about why he fist-bumped Saudi dictator Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) during his “begging for barrels” trip to the Middle East in July. Biden hoped the Saudis would rescue his...
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Walking Wide Awake into World War III
by John Weeks | Nov 5, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with rising tensions between NATO and Russia, have drawn comparisons to the outbreak of World War I. In 2014, back when the open hostilities in Ukraine really began, the journalist Eric Margolis said "We can stumble into a war...
TGIF: Election Day 2022
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 4, 2022 | Featured Articles, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Another election day is upon us. We're told that we have a duty to vote because so many Americans gave their lives for that right. But perhaps it ought to be spelled R-I-T-E, as in a religious ritual. Is it a duty or a right? Let's make up our minds. In 21 countries...
Liberty Beyond Borders
by Kym Robinson | Nov 3, 2022 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Awareness and conversation about liberty is flourishing, some of it a little more focused on particular messaging than others. Most are fixated on the United States, whether as a criticism of the empire and its wars or a romantic aspiration of converting the nation...
WATCH: Crazy Cop Spontaneously Starts Smashing Side Windows of Random Cars
by Matt Agorist | Nov 3, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Over the years, the Free Thought Project has reported on some utterly tyrannical and power-tripping cops. We've seen cops slash tires, break windows, and do just about every other despicable act you can imagine to entirely innocent people. Though we have seen police...
Powell Promises More Rate Hikes
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 3, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the target federal funds rate 75 basis points on Wednesday, marking the fourth 75-basis-point hike in a row since June. The federal funds rate is now the highest it's been since December of 2007 when...
Biden, Our Boneheaded Chip Czar
by Jim Bovard | Nov 2, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
Jubilation erupted in Washington this summer as politicians lurched towards commandeering a key swath of the American economy. Congress passed Biden-backed legislation known as the Chip Act to spend $52 billion subsidizing semiconductor production. A Washington Post...
Ex-Nazi with OKC Bombing Connection To Receive Taxpayer Funded Sex-Change in Prison
by Ken Silva | Nov 2, 2022 | Featured Articles, OKC
Your tax dollars are funding the sex change of an ex neo-Nazi tied to the OKC bombing. Last month, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) disclosed in court records that it’s searching for someone to conduct a sex change on a biological male inmate residing in a women’s...