When you take on the role of the world’s policeman, don’t be surprised when countries who cannot fight their own wars call “911.” That is exactly what is happening to the United States on two fronts and it is bankrupting our country, depleting the military that should...
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TGIF: Socialism Is War by Other Means
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 18, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Readers may have wondered about a quote I used from Ludwig von Mises recently. In his book Liberalism Mises distinguished the (classical) liberal case against war from what he called the "humanitarian" case against war. To understand Mises, let's examine a...
Case Study, Taiwan: A Nation is the Story We Tell Ourselves
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Oct 17, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In his famous 1882 lecture "What is a Nation?" the French historian and philosopher Ernest Renan emphasized the role of collective memory and even fictitious or selective historical narratives in the creation and maintenance of national identity, writing "Forgetting,...
Three Paths to a Wider War in the Middle East
by Ted Snider | Oct 17, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
“We’re going to do everything we can to keep a wider war from breaking out,” U.S. President Joe Biden promised when war erupted in Gaza. But that foreign policy legacy is in tatters. War has spread from Gaza to Lebanon and has arrived at the doorstep of Iran. There is...
Madisonian Liberalism Has Utterly Failed (But It Can Be Fixed)
by Thomas Eddlem | Oct 16, 2024 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
“I had no hesitation to declare that I had but one Gentleman in my Mind for that important command, and that was a Gentleman from Virginia who was among Us and very well known to all of Us, a Gentleman whose Skill and Experience as an Officer, whose independent...
FEMA Still Paying $9,000 For COVID Funerals, Billions On Pandemic Payouts
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Oct 16, 2024 | Featured Articles
As the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) carries out widely-criticized responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, officials say the agency’s Disaster Recovery Fund is incapable of handling a third major storm. While some are circulating false accusations that...
Hollywood Hasbara
by Kym Robinson | Oct 15, 2024 | Featured Articles
With its Ernest Gold score enhancing its cinematic majesty, the 1960 film Exodus tells you point blank that it’s an epic motion picture, a religious story of great myth and significance and a cast who depict historical figures in a dramatic way that transcends flesh...
Hurricanes Are Not Going Away; How Can We Adapt?
by Connor O'Keeffe | Oct 15, 2024 | Featured Articles
Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Deep South and parts of Appalachia, bringing devastating floods to a region often spared from strong hurricanes. A variety of factors combined to make Helene an especially dangerous storm. First, it formed over the Gulf...