Wars are fought by leaders who intend to win, one way or another, using any and all means available to them. The Cold War was a decades-long series of proxy battles between the two nuclear-armed superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States, during which the...
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Decentralization Means Different Strokes for Different Folks
by Ryan McMaken | Jul 5, 2022 | Featured Articles
Most commentary on the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization—which overturns Roe v. Wade—has focused on the decision's effect on the legality of abortion in various states. That's an important issue. It may be, however, that...
106 Years Later, the Somme Still Echoes
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jul 1, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
A couple weeks ago, I watched a documentary series called Apocalypse: WWI. In the same way that Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old did, this recent viewing reiterated the war's true human cost to me. For instance, today is the 106 anniversary of the beginning of...
TGIF: Abortion Rights v. Abortion Permissions
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 1, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Even if you cringe at last week's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, it would be wrong to say that the five Supreme Court justices took away women's right to have abortions. I say this because the Supreme Court, unfortunately, never actually recognized a...
The People Crafting U.S. Policy Aren’t in America
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jun 30, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
In a piece of news that shocked the mainstream media, but which shocked no one familiar with the academic industry writ large, retired U.S. Army general John Allen was forced to resign as president of the Brookings Institution after it was revealed the FBI was...
The War Films of Sam Peckinpah
by Kym Robinson | Jun 29, 2022 | Featured Articles
War movies have been popular since the early days of motion picture, often as means of propaganda to stir contemporary emotions and depict brave warriors of nation or faith locked in battle. War is a popular setting for story tellers, a stage for heroes and villains....
During Response Training for Civilian Unrests, Cops Beat Fellow Officer to Death
by Matt Agorist | Jun 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The mother of a Los Angeles police officer is coming forward this week alleging that her son 32-year-old officer Houston Tipping, was beaten to death by fellow cops during department training last month. Tipping was playing the role of a civilian and was beaten by...
The Justice Department Pressured USA Today to Stop Publishing Me
by Jim Bovard | Jun 28, 2022 | Featured Articles
In 2015, Justice Department press chief Brian Fallon bitterly complained to USA Today editors about my articles walloping Attorney General Eric Holder, including"Eric Holder's Lawless Legacy," [Feb. 3, 2015] and "Eric Holder's Police Shooting Record? Dismal," [Aug....