In 2016 and 2017 Al Jazeera produced a program that unmistakenly documents the Israel government and U.S. Israel lobby’s all-out effort to spy on, smear, and disrupt American students and other activists who are working to build an understanding of the Palestinians’...
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Liberty in America During the Great War
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 11, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Sheldon Richman
There’s always plenty for libertarians to complain about in our troubled world, but in many respects, things could be much worse. I’m thinking particularly of how the U.S. government punished dissent before, during, and even after America’s participation in World War...
TGIF: My Most Excellent Election Day Experience
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 9, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Last Tuesday, special day that it was, I awoke early and prepared to go out. By 7 a.m., I was where I always go on this special day, eager to do my duty and exercise my sacred right to choose. Entering the warm, brightly lit building, I was greeted by friendly folks...
TGIF: Birthright Citizenship – Just and Justified
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 2, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." So says section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. With the impeccable timing we’re...
TGIF: Let’s Stop the Merchants of Death
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 26, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Imagine that back in the day, the U.S. government had contracted postal services out to a private company rather than setting up its own “public” agency. Today the U.S. Postal Corp. would have officers, directors, and employees who were not on the government payroll....
TGIF: The Insidious Wiles of Foreign Influence: Trump, Bin Salman, and Netanyahu
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 19, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Even if the Saudi monarchy or Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in particular did not murder journalist Jamal Khashoggi, that regime is an especially evil one in both its domestic and international conduct. To see that, one need only consider the horrendous Saudi war...
TGIF: Trump’s Middle East Delusions Persist
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 12, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Jason Greenblatt, Donald Trump’s No. 2 special envoy to the Middle East behind son-in-law Jared Kushner, assures us that his boss’s plan to settle the Palestine-Israel “conflict” once and for all is still in the works and is going to be great. (It’s a conflict in the...
TGIF: Anarchism and Kavanaugh
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 5, 2018 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Regarding Brett Kavanaugh, I’ve been wondering how I can blame the state for what we've endured these past weeks. I can safely say that without the state, we would have been spared the Kavanaugh episode. Natural-law, pro-market anarchists are not utopians. To...