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...
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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...
Americans Must End Israel’s Serial Slaughter of Gaza’s Children
by Connor Freeman | Oct 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
It's time for the American people to stand up to Washington and demand an immediate end to the endless support the United States has provided to apartheid Israel for its killing spree during the past year. For fifty-seven years, Israel has subjected millions of...
Do They Want American Troops to Die?
by Dan McAdams | Oct 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Biden administration mismanagement—or worse—from day one of the latest Israeli multi-front war in the Middle East has led us to where we are today, at the brink of an all-out regional war with some 40,000 U.S. troops and multiple U.S. military bases in the region with...
TGIF: Full versus Shrunken Liberalism
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 11, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Language, like the old common law and other customs, is a decentralized, undesigned, spontaneous institution. It serves humanity well. Nothing is perfect, of course, but no alternative—if one were conceivable—could hold a candle to it. One of the downsides is that...
Kamala Harris Isn’t Listening to U.S. Intelligence on Iran
by Ted Snider | Oct 10, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Who is “America’s greatest adversary?” That is the question 60 Minutes asked Vice President Kamala Harris. “I think there’s an obvious one in mind, which is Iran,” was her answer. She gave two reasons for her verdict: "Iran has American blood on their hands" and "what...
We Must Reject the Failed Hawkish Consensus on Iran
by Daniel Larison | Oct 10, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
No matter who wins the presidential election next month, American policy towards Iran seems likely to remain extremely hostile and confrontational. Both campaigns seem determined to out-hawk each other. The Iran policy debate in Washington, such as it is, is focused...