There are some names that are sacred heroes in American military history, such as Alvin York and Audie Murphy, men with charming virtue who fought in "good wars." But since the American defeat in Vietnam, war has become distinctly complicated, and so too has the...
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Natural Economic Law Can’t Be Repealed
by Sheldon Richman | Dec 12, 2024 | Blog, Economics
If the government restricts supply and subsidizes demand, out-of-control prices, resource shortages, and unpleasant ad hoc coping restrictions will follow. That is the natural (economic) law. The government cannot repeal it. But it can stop its attempt to plan.
COI #726: Ukraine’s Support for Syrian Terrorists
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 12, 2024 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #726, Kyle Anzalone discusses the wars in Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza. The Kyle Anzalone Show Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash...
Dumpsters Afloat: The Zumwalt Chronicles Continues
by Bill Buppert | Dec 12, 2024 | Blog
The weapons system removed from the Zumwalt They were going to build 30 and ended up building three of these dysfunctional monstrosities. Commissioned in 2016, it has only taken them eight years to retrofit the weapons system. The Navy's priorities have changed since...
News Roundup 12/12/2024
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 12, 2024 | News Roundup
Russia US Disburses $20 Billion Loan for Ukraine That Will Be Repaid Using Russian Assets AWC Ukraine Fires More US ATACMS Into Russia, Moscow Vows Response AWC Taiwan Taiwan Says It’s Tracking Chinese Warships After Taiwanese President Visited US AWC Israel Israeli...
Haaretz Uncovers Four Palestinian Deaths During Shin Bet Interrogations Since Oct 7
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 11, 2024 | News
The Israeli outlet Haaretz has found that at least four Palestinians have died while under interrogation by the Israeli Shin Bet in over a year. Since October 7, Israeli officials have touted worsening the conditions for imprisoned Palestinians, while human rights...
Lawrence Premieres in London
by Bill Buppert | Dec 11, 2024 | Blog
On this day, 62 years ago, David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) premiered in London, UK. My favorite movie of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsFcSpaVO0
To Help Syria, America Must Walk Away
by Lora Karch | Dec 11, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The short-lived Assad dynasty has a complex history that ironically came to power by participating in a series of coups that ultimately established the family’s leadership in 1971. Bashar’s father, Hafez, was a key player in the 1963 Syrian Coup d’Etat that brought...
The Health-Care Nirvana Fallacy
by Sheldon Richman | Dec 11, 2024 | Blog, Economics
Someone explain how coercive centralized bureaucratic control of medical decision-making and the purse can beat the decentralized free market with its undistorted price system. The government has many things besides medical care it wants to spend tax money on, and...
Leave Syria Alone!
by Daniel Larison | Dec 11, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s rule is an opportunity for the United States to overhaul its bankrupt Syria policy. The U.S. should have abandoned this policy years earlier, but now there are no longer any pretexts for continuing the collective punishment of the...