Michelle Mack thought she had it made. The suburban mom was living the high life with her husband and kids in their $3 million mansion in northern San Diego County. But that was before December 6, 2023. This was the day police raided her home, put her in handcuffs,...
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Why is the West Suddenly Revealing Its Troop Presence in Ukraine?
by Ted Snider | Mar 18, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
It has long been an open secret that the West has been providing Ukraine with funding, weapons, training, maintenance, targeting intelligence, and intelligence on the position of Russian forces and vulnerabilities, and even war-gaming. They have provided Ukraine with...
TGIF: Reverse Scapegoating in the Immigration Debate
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 15, 2024 | Featured Articles, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
In the controversy over immigration we can spot a phenomenon I call "reverse scapegoating." According to Merriam-Webster, the scapegoat is "one that bears the blame for others." With reverse scapegoating, others bear the blame for one. Both are unjust. Reverse...
Culture Warriors Spread Disinfo on ‘Haitian Cannibals’
by Patrick Macfarlane | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In the first few years of the 2020s, the world witnessed a revolution in the dissemination of atrocity propaganda. Thanks to the proliferation of social media, smartphone ownership, and artificial intelligence, atrocity claims can now be manufactured, disseminated,...
Shifting Alliances and Building Tribes
by Christine E. Black | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Church leaders didn’t want me there. The minister had even called me into her office to ask me to stop passing out anti-war flyers and articles on the Iraq War. Why? Because I led a church peace group that was calling for the church to take a public stand against the...
The CIA Admits Its Long-Time Presence in Ukraine
by Brad Pearce | Mar 13, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On February 25, The New York Times published an article titled “The Spy War: How the CIA Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin.” This report was not the result of any leak, but was clearly authorized from the highest level: the CIA brought reporters in to tell the story....
How Washington Killed the Nuclear Arms Control System
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
During the Cold War, world populations faced the ongoing nightmare of a nuclear attack coming out of the blue. All it would have taken was one miscalculation by either side. Such a trigger could even have taken the form of a false alert. We know that at least one such...
Biden’s Myth of ‘Price Gouging’
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Mar 12, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles
In recent times, accusations of "price gouging" have become prevalent, often targeting producers utilizing strategies like dynamic pricing and “shrinkflation.” Such accusations, echoed by political figures including President Joe Biden, overlook the intricate dynamics...
Will the Ghost of Duncan Lemp Haunt Gun-Grabbing Politicians?
by Jim Bovard | Mar 11, 2024 | Featured Articles
If you post a photo of a rifle on Instagram, tag it to your hometown, and add a caption like “green tip armor piercing gets the girls wet," Maryland police can cite that to get a no-knock search warrant and kill you in a pre-dawn assault on your bedroom. In his novel...
Imperial Assisted Suicide
by John Weeks | Mar 11, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The United States Imperial Government (USIG) claims to be keeping the peace, underwriting the liberal, rules-based international order and safeguarding the global security architecture. This is not true. What the USIG is actually doing is killing people, helping get...
TGIF: Is Israel Mad?
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 8, 2024 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Has Israel gone mad? Or has it always been mad? What is the country thinking? The collective nouns seem reasonable in light of the widespread support in that country for the Israeli government's appalling military assault on the people of the Gaza Strip for the last...
Biden’s Unpopular Wars Reap Mass Death and Nuclear Brinkmanship
by Connor Freeman | Mar 7, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
President Joe Biden, better known as Genocide Joe, in cooperation with a perfunctory legislative branch has mired the American people in savage, reckless, costly, and unpopular wars. The White House’s catastrophic foreign policy may force American society to a...
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This Week At The Libertarian Institute
The Empire never sleeps – but neither do we. Missed a story? We’ve got you covered. Check out this week in review at the Libertarian Institute.
Iran Launches Major Drone & Missile Attack on Israel
The Iranian military fired a massive barrage of drones and missiles targeting sites in Israel.
IRGC Seizes Israel-Linked Ship in Persian Gulf
Iranian commandos have seized a cargo vessel with reported ties to an Israeli billionaire, taking control of the ship as it sailed near the Strait of Hormuz.
House Votes To Extend Warrantless Spying Powers
US lawmakers have passed a bill reauthorizing a law which allows the government to surveil American citizens without a warrant.
NATO’s F-16 Plan for Ukraine Faces Shortage of Pilots, Combat-Ready Aircraft
The head of US European Command told Congress that training Ukrainian pilots on advanced American-made fighter jets was progressing slowly.
US General Says NATO Could Surge Troops into Eastern Europe
A top US commander told Congress that NATO was prepared for a massive troop surge into Eastern Europe. The alliance has already positioned thousands of troops in its most eastward states. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, head of US European Command, told Congress on...
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Class versus Identity Politics?
Parts of the "left" and "right" often lament that class politics has given way to identity politics. I don't get that. Class was the original modern political identity, and state privilege was part of the cause. Libertarians and classical liberals long warned that...
Trita Parsi Interview on Israel and Iran
A good one, by Michael Holmes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSuUSf2P5RU
An American Bombing
The most mainstream documentary about the truth behind the Oklahoma Bombing is now running on HBO. An American Bombing is a great, if partial, vindication of the great work of Glenn and Kathy Wilburn, J.D. Cash, Roger Charles, Jesse Trentadue, Richard Booth, Wendy...
The Waco Tragedy
Last year, I sat down with author David Hardy and filmmaker Dan Gifford for a 13-hour in-depth review of the ATF, FBI and US Army's slaughter of the Branch Davidians of Waco, Texas on this day in 1993. Also feat. James Tabor, Paul Fatta, David Thibodeau, Jim Bovard,...
TSA Gets a Raise
Are you bummed because inflation's got you again wit' yer broke ass? Well take heart. Federal Government employees are doing better than ever at your expense. So at least they've got that going for them.
Lexington and Concord: The Fire Begins
The divorce proceedings between London and America began on this day in 1775, 249 years ago. In Episode 011 of my podcast, I did a historical memorium to the events at Lexington and Concord. In honor of this day, give it a listen.