Th[e] central question is not clarified, it is obscured, by our common political categories of left, right, and center. --Carl Oglesby, Containment and Change You got fins to the left, fins to the right And you're the only bait in town. --Jimmy Buffett, "Fins"...
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The Forgotten Terrorist Pretext of the Vietnam War
by Jim Bovard | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since 9/11, terrorism has become the ultimate entitlement program for America’s political elite. Whether it is illegally spying on Americans or blowing Somali dissidents to pieces, invoking terrorism provides all the cover needed for Washington policymakers. But the...
Who Really Started the Ukraine Wars?
by Ted Snider | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Though they are being fought in the confusion of a single catastrophic conflict, there are four closely related, but distinct, wars being fought in Ukraine. The first is the war within Ukraine. The second is the war between Russia and Ukraine. The third is the proxy...
Arizona Senate Committee Passes ‘Defend the Guard’
by Michael Maharrey | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Today, an Arizona Senate committee passed the Defend the Guard Act to require the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would take a big step toward restoring the founders’ framework for a...
Arizona Must Pass ‘Defend the Guard’
by Paul Gosar | Feb 14, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
President Joe Biden’s foreign policy is fundamentally broken. What should have been a clean, quick withdrawal from Afghanistan was given an artificial extension by the White House and bungled by complacent Pentagon brass. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been...
Join Me This Sunday in DC to Stop Our Coming War with Russia
by Ron Paul | Feb 14, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Twenty years ago this spring the U.S. government was finally successful in lying us into war with Iraq. Administration after administration had sanctioned and bombed and even invaded the country, but finally 20 years ago next month the Bush Administration unleashed...
I Support HB0220: the Maryland Defend the Guard Act
by Laurie Calhoun | Feb 13, 2023 | Blog, Foreign Policy
Here's my letter in support of HB0220: the Maryland Defend the Guard Act (I'll also be testifying at the hearing on February 15, 2023): HB0220 Favorable Dear House Health and Government Operations Committee: I write in support of House Bill 220, the Maryland Defend...
So Much Hot Air: The (Fake) China Threat Strikes Again!
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Feb 13, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Now that a few days have passed and the hysteria has come down slightly, perhaps a few sane thoughts might be added to what has otherwise been a microcosm of everything that is wrong with America’s warmongering media and political class. As everyone is by now well...