Sheldon Richman

TGIF: Congress Again Rewards Israel’s Misdeeds

by Sheldon Richman | Mar 18, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF

To judge by what Congress is up to these days, one would think that it wants to reward Israel for its relentless confiscation of Palestinian land and continued ethnic cleansing. Congress -- which is not only interested in "the Benjamins," that is, Israel Lobby contributions -- is surely operating in what Yakov Hirsch calls "hasbara culture," according to which anyone who objects to any action of the state of Israel, especially where the Palestinians are concerned, is without question an anti-Semite. In this view, the presence of anti-Semitism is a certainty; the only question is how it...

The Rotten Case for Sanctions

by Sheldon Richman | Mar 17, 2022 | Economics, Justice, Libertarianism

Now's a good time to read (or reread) Gary Chartier's 2019 article "The Case for Sanctions Fails at Every Turn."

Only People Threatened by Russia May Bear Arms

by Sheldon Richman | Mar 11, 2022 | Blog, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics

Pundits and politicians who routinely deny that Americans have the natural right to keep and bear arms nevertheless are thrilled by the scenes of Ukrainian civilians bearing arms in order to resist the Russian invaders. I guess only people threatened by Russians have the right to keep and bear arms. But don't those same pundits and politicians tell us that we Americans are threatened by Russia? Ergo...

Rep. Massie Opposes House Res on Ukraine

by Sheldon Richman | Mar 11, 2022 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism

TGIF: Russia in Ukraine: Cui Bono?

by Sheldon Richman | Mar 11, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF

I don't know if the U.S. foreign-policy elite wanted Russia to invade Ukraine -- an argument could be made for the affirmative -- but I'd hate to think it did. Yet given its long record of global mischief (a polite word for its machinations), we certainly cannot rule out the point a priori. Perhaps the best evidence in favor of the proposition is that President Biden refused to take the few simple steps that might have averted the whole thing. (The attempt would have cost nothing.) But if an invasion might have been averted and was unwanted, why was so much weaponry and other military aid...

American Infallibility

by Sheldon Richman | Mar 9, 2022 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Politics

Beneath the widespread stubborn American refusal to understand the Russian government's motives for its condemnable invasion of Ukraine is the equally widespread stubborn refusal to learn from the U.S. government's wrong moves with respect to Russia over the last 30 years. But even deeper is the widespread stubborn refusal to even entertain the possibility that the U.S. government might have made any wrong moves at all.

Bill Clinton the Horrible

by Sheldon Richman | Mar 5, 2022 | Blog

If someone has done a full and honest assessment of Bill Clinton's presidency, I would really like to see it. It is stunning how many ills Clinton's two terms in office inflicted, directly or indirectly, on the American people and the world. Some of the worst stuff happened after he left office, but make no mistake: he prepared the way. Thus it is no exaggeration to say that Clinton helped make the 21st century, in its most horrible respects, what it is. By my casual accounting, Clinton strengthened the intrusive national-"security" state, specifically regarding "domestic terrorism" (signing...

TGIF: When History Begins – Russia, Ukraine & the US

by Sheldon Richman | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Sheldon Richman, TGIF

Contrary to what hypocritical U.S. rulers and their loyal mass media suggest, two propositions can both be -- and indeed are -- true: that Russia has grossly, brutally, and criminally mishandled the situation it has faced with respect to Ukraine, and that the U.S. government since the late 1990s has been entirely responsible for imposing that situation on Russia. If you want the fine details, you can do no better than to watch my Libertarian Institute colleague Scott Horton's excellent cataloging of the irresponsible misdeeds of Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald...

TGIF: Congress Again Rewards Israel’s Misdeeds

The Rotten Case for Sanctions

Only People Threatened by Russia May Bear Arms

Rep. Massie Opposes House Res on Ukraine

TGIF: Russia in Ukraine: Cui Bono?

American Infallibility

Bill Clinton the Horrible

TGIF: When History Begins – Russia, Ukraine & the US

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