A report from The Washington Post revealed that the Biden administration approved a $735 million arms sale to Israel. Congress was officially notified of the sale on May 5th, less than one week before Israel began its latest bombing campaign in Gaza, which, so...
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Calling Out Paul Krugman’s Booms & Busts
by William Anderson | May 18, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
That Austrians and Keynesians do not share many views on economics (or probably anything else) is obvious, so a difference of opinion between the two hardly should surprise anyone. However, it still is important to point out the differences between the two camps,...
How the Federal Reserve Inflated Away a Fourth of Your Wealth in 15 Years
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | May 17, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
As Americans warily eye new data showing both consumer and producer price inflation heating up beyond expectations, few of them realize the Federal Reserve has an explicit goal to relentlessly degrade the purchasing power of their savings. The Fed weakens the...
TGIF: FDA Targets Black and Other Minority Smokers
by Sheldon Richman | May 14, 2021 | Economics, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Just when we are reminded that unnecessary conflict between the police and the people, especially in poorer black communities, is a poison to be eliminated forthwith, the Biden administration has moved in the wrong direction. Late last month the administration...
Scott Horton Busts Neocon Conspiracies in New Book
by Philip Weiss | May 14, 2021 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last month Foreign Affairs ran an article saying that Iran and Israel were engaged in mutual hostilities that could drag the United States into a war not of our choosing, and there was no mention in the article of the people who really do want the U.S. to go to war...
Moral Rhetoric vs. Reality
by Laurie Calhoun | May 13, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Philosophers tend to divide normative theories of morality into two broad categories: deontological and teleological. Deontological theories prioritize right action over good outcomes. If an action is wrong, then it is intrinsically wrong, regardless of the...
Correcting the Lapdog Media
by Jim Bovard | May 13, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Former CNN White House correspondent Michelle Kosinski declared on Twitter last week that American journalists would “never expect…Your own govt to lie to you, repeatedly” and “Your own govt to hide information the public has a right to know.” Kosinski denounced...
Israel Vows Further Escalation in Bombing of Gaza
by Dave DeCamp | May 12, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Israel continued its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip through Tuesday and into Wednesday morning as the death toll continues to mount. Gaza’s health ministry said early Wednesday that so far, at least 35 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes,...