US News Trump names Robert O'Brien as National Security Adviser. O’Brien is serving as the State Department’s chief hostage negotiator. [Link] Daniel Larison explains why Trump made another bad choice for NSA. [Link] Senator Marco Rubio suggests the US cut ties with...
66 Minutes Some Strong Language Comedian and podcaster, Dave Smith, joins Pete to talk about his recent Soho Forum debate with Libertarian Party Chairman, Nicholas Sarwark. They go over what was argued at the debate in relation to the resolution, The Libertarian Party...
From Rabbi Elmer Berger's A Partisan History of Judaism: The Jewish Case against Zionism (1951): Judaism evolved from a primitive tribalism to as noble a spiritual and universal vision as man has ever attained. This fact attests, even without detailed proof, to the...
For Americans, the crux of gun control laws has been how to disarm dangerous individuals without disarming the public at large. Ever-present in this quest is the question of how the perception of danger should impact guaranteed freedoms protected within the Bill of...
Meet Gary Rhines. He's done 18 years of a life sentence for possession of a small amount of cocaine. While in prison, he's rehabilitated himself and stuff, from the kind of person who would be a drug businessman to another kind. When a federal judge decided to invoke...
I was asked on Facebook, "What is your response to many Jews and Christians who believe the Bible makes it clear that the land belongs to the Jews?" Here's is my (slightly edited) response: The Bible isn't a history book, and archaeology has not been kind to it. See...
The recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities by Yemeni Houthi forces demonstrate once again that an aggressive foreign policy often brings unintended consequences and can result in blowback. In 2015 Saudi Arabia attacked its neighbor, Yemen, because a coup in that...
For months now the public has been held in thrall to measles hysteria. Mainstream media outlets have provided breathless, selective coverage of this “crisis” by stoking fear in a fact-free and reckless manner, implying that the entire country is on the verge of a...
What it will look like on the Pentagon's computer monitors when they finally decide to go ahead and kill everyone.
