Supporters of expanding the federal police state have found a new boogeyman to scare the people into surrendering their liberty: TikTok. TikTok is a social media platform that allows users to upload their own videos. It is used by tens of millions of Americans and is...
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China is the Rock Upon Which the U.S. World Order Breaks
by Ted Snider | Apr 4, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In March, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, where they not only "reaffirm[ed] the special nature of the Russia-China partnership," but “signed a statement on deepening the strategic partnership and bilateral ties which...
Our Postmodern Empire
by John Weeks | Mar 29, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The American Empire is engaged in one of the greatest rhetorical cons of the past century, one that involves an endless differentiation and deferral of meaning. Its “post-colonial” warfare is therefore downright postmodern. Many conservatives believe there is a plot...
Vladimir Putin vs. The International Criminal Court
by Ted Snider | Mar 29, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On March 17, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant of arrest for Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal for allegedly deporting and transferring children from Ukraine to Russia. The 1946 Nuremburg Tribunal declared that, “To initiate a war of...
Foreign Aid Cannot Uplift Africa, Only Entrepreneurs Can Do That
by Derek Wheeler | Mar 28, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As the great Ron Paul once said, "Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country." There is plenty of evidence to support this, yet the State Department has recently announced an additional $150...
Here’s How We Protect U.S. Troops in Syria…
by Ron Paul | Mar 28, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last week saw a sharp increase in attacks on U.S. troops occupying northeastern Syria, with a drone strike against a U.S. base blamed on “pro-Iran” forces and a U.S. counter-strike said to have killed at least 19 people. After the U.S. retaliation, another strike by...
Ukraine’s Pro-Peace Minority Feels Intimidated: An On the Ground Report
by Michael Holmes | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Kiev. Sirens wail. I jump up in bed and try to shake my friend Alex awake. “Wake up! Air alert. Let’s get to the shelter! Hurry up!" He turns away. "Let me be! This shit alarm is constant." I dress hastily. He sighs, wearily grabs his cell phone and checks a warning...
Foreign Aid Doesn’t Need Oversight, It Needs To Be Abolished
by Laurence Vance | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In an interview with ABC News last month, after it was noted that U.S. aid to Ukraine now totals at least $113 billion, President Joe Biden was told that “many” Americans were asking, “How long can we spend like this?” His response was to first question the number of...