President Donald Trump heaped praise on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Sharra is a former al-Qaeda commander who fought against the US during the Iraq War. "He's done a really fantastic job as president. He's unified the country in a very short period of time. I'd...
I am far from your typical, mainstream economist. Rather than focus on the broad aggregates that the state publishes in an effort to convince us that things are “just fine,” I choose to observe economic conditions at the most micro of levels. While my colleagues pour...
One of America’s most talented antiwar artists and political satirists passed away last week. Tom Blanton did one of the best daily roundups of government oppression and outrages stories on the Internet. His Project for a New American Revolution was an inspiration for...
The Fourth of July is supposed to feel like a reset, but it hits differently when people look around and see a country that can fund anything abroad while families cut back at home. We start with a viral political message about America’s contradictions, then challenge...
Putin says Russia is in a “challenging period,” but the more revealing question is what comes next when a war stops feeling like a crisis and starts running on autopilot. We unpack why Russia can look simultaneously steady and stuck: not prone to emotional swings, yet...
Three ships attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz were hit by drones, causing some damage to the vessels. Iranian state media reported that one tanker traveling near the Omani coast was hit after it ignored a warning from the IRGC. The British military said that...
President Donald Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that he would lift sanctions. In 2020, Trump imposed sanctions on Turkey because Ankara agreed to buy an advanced Russian missile defense system. "We're going to be taking the sanctions off," Trump...
President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed his argument for Ukraine to join the North Atlantic alliance. “I have a question for you. Do you really believe it? Do you really believe it would be right to leave outside Nato, a country and a people with this level of defensive...
Download Audio. Scott interviews Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center about his new book about how the efforts and accomplishments of the American revolutionaries have been betrayed, bringing about a system of government that is effectively identical to the...
Download Audio. Scott brings Kyle Anzalone on the show to run through where things stand with the fighting in Lebanon, the talks between the US and Iran, the flare-up between the Houthis and the Saudis, the unending suffering of the people of Gaza and more....
