There are a number of questions that could be asked about U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken singing “Rockin’ in the Free World” in a bar in Kiev. The first is regarding the appropriateness of singing a song while hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers are being wounded...
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The Vietnamization of Ukraine
by Ron Paul | May 21, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As Ukraine’s defeat in the war moves closer, the neocons are desperate to draw the US further into the fight. Over the weekend, former U.S. State Department official Victoria Nuland told ABC News that the U.S. must help facilitate Ukrainian missile attacks deep inside...
Goodbye to Pete McCloskey, an Antiwar Hero
by Connor Freeman | May 20, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History, Politics
From Richard Nixon to the Israel lobby, the late Republican Congressman Paul Norton “Pete” McCloskey Jr. challenged the most powerful elements of the ruling class on the American people’s behalf. On September 29, 1927, McCloskey was born in San Bernardino, California....
The Continuing Farce of the U.S. Tariff War
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | May 16, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In recent years, American politics has been mired in a narrative of fear and suspicion surrounding China—a narrative perpetuated by successive administrations, defined by nothing so much as speculation and hysteria, and which has fueled the production of a plethora of...
Palestinian and Israeli Civilians Have a Mutual Interest in Peace
by Lora Karch | May 15, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Palestinian and Israeli civilians are uniquely brought together in their disdain and disagreement with the strategies executed in this unwanted war. The destruction caused by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the terrorist organization Hamas have each...
Conflicts of Interest, Fearmongering, and Data Control Under the Guise of National Security
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | May 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
In a recent article in The Washington Post, their spotlight falls on a group of tech billionaires, former government officials, and industry advisers who have orchestrated a campaign against TikTok, culminating in calls for its ban or forced sale. This concerted...
George Washington Warned Against A ‘Passionate Attachment’ To Israel
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | May 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As war rages in Gaza, the intensifying debate over the U.S.-Israel relationship spotlights a glaring political paradox: Those Americans who view George Washington with deepest reverence—that is, would-be “conservatives”—are often the ones who most zealously violate...
TGIF: What Is Self-Determination?
by Sheldon Richman | May 10, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
People go on quite a bit about self-determination these days. Some decry the denial of self-determination to "the Palestinians." Others insist that only "the Jewish people" can have the right to self-determination between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea....