Elections are only weeks away in the US’s “51st state,” Israel. This comes as a result of Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest “serving” prime minister in Israel’s history, being unable to form a coalition after the last election despite the right-wing getting a clear...
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Forget the Russians: It’s the Federal Reserve Seeking to Meddle in Our Elections
by Ron Paul | Sep 6, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics
The US Constitution never granted the federal government authority to create a central bank. The Founders, having lived through hyperinflation themselves, understood that government should never have a printing press at its disposal. But from the very beginning...
The 1619 Project’s Ignorance of Individual Rights, and Illogical Trust in the State
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 3, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
The New York Times has embarked on an endeavor that has people either shaking their heads in disbelief, or heralding it as “stunning, and brave.” What they’re calling the “1619 Project” (referring to the year the first African slave, possibly an indentured servant,...
Time To Liberate Afghanistan
by Eric Margolis | Aug 31, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
After 18 years of war in Afghanistan– America’s longest – US and Taliban negotiators are said to be close to an agreement that may see the withdrawal of many of the 14,000 US soldiers in that remote nation. That’s the official version. President Donald Trump keeps...
Keynes and the Reds
by Ralph Raico | Aug 31, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
The Free Market 15, no. 4 (April 1997) It is the widespread view in academia that John Maynard Keynes was a model classical liberal in the tradition of Locke, Jefferson, and Tocqueville. Like these men, it is commonly held, Keynes was a sincere, indeed, exemplary,...
Kurdish NGO Report Details Turkish Support For ISIS
by Robert Inlakesh | Aug 31, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
There has long been talk of the role that Turkey had to play in the facilitation and even covert support for elements of Daesh (IS, ISIS, Islamic State). Many state actors have leveled accusations against Turkey, for which no-one seems to have - at least to public...
Were the Branch Davidians ‘Cooking Meth?’
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 30, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Peter Quinones, Politics
The subject of whether methamphetamine, or any other “drug,” was being manufactured or distributed at Mount Carmel under the direction of David Koresh will come up again as this series progresses. For now, let’s look at the claim made by the ATF. Where did they make...
Trump Afghan ‘Withdrawal’ To Leave 8,600 Troops
by Jason Ditz | Aug 29, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Says US will 'always' have a presence in Afghanistan Attempts by US negotiators to finalize a peace deal to get US troops out of Afghanistan continue to struggle in the face of President Trump’s comments, which continue to focus on all the troops he’s not going to get...