Happy Dependence Day, Helots. The Declaration of Independence continues to be a masterwork of brevity and directness in its promise to sever ties and formalize a divorce. There is no sizable sector of America today that would even have the temerity to sign it much...
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A Social Critique of the Judgment of Imperial Taste
by John Weeks | Jul 3, 2024 | Featured Articles
Taste is existential. For example, if your tastes include Christianity, homesteading, homeschooling, firearms and dining at Cracker Barrel, the “decent and loyal people of America” will fully support the federal government burning your house down with you and your...

Staffer Resigns, Says Working for Biden ‘Makes You Complicit in Genocide’
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 2, 2024 | News
Another US official has resigned from their post over President Joe Biden’s support for the Israeli onslaught in Gaza. A dozen members of the administration have publicly resigned in protest of the White House’s assistance to Tel Aviv and signed a letter blasting the...
The Cato Institute’s Disgraceful Embrace of NATO
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Jul 2, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
On July 9, 2024, the Cato Institute is holding a conference entitled “NATO at 75, Rebalancing the Transatlantic Alliance.” That title should come as a surprise to committed libertarians. When the modern libertarian movement emerged after World War II, one prominent...
Washington is Sprinting (Not Sleepwalking) Into War With China
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jul 2, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The narrative that America is "sleepwalking" toward war with China is a dangerously misleading myth. Far from a somnambulant stumble, the United States is being deliberately led by national security and military elites into a conflict with China, with Congress eagerly...
Boeing, Boeing, Gone
by Bill Buppert | Jul 2, 2024 | Blog
There is nothing new here but the corruption is deep at Boeing: "It comes after an unnamed parts supplier uncovered small holes in the material from corrosion, The New York Slimes reported. The FAA is looking into both the long and short-term implications for the...
Zelensky Calls on World to ‘Force Putin to Make Peace’
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 1, 2024 | News
In a series of posts on social media, President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded more weapons from his Western backers so Russia can be “forced” into a peace agreement. Advanced warplanes, long-range missiles, and air defenses were named on the Ukrainian leader’s...
Ep 046 “Review and Discussion: My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness by Howard Jones”
by Bill Buppert | Jul 1, 2024 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
I discuss the slaughter of over 500 unarmed men, women and children in My Lai in March 1968 by American soldiers. In concert with the Tet Offensive in 1968, this was the end of American arms in Vietnam. The collision of barbarism, toxic leadership and moral injury...
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Thank You George Foreman
“Don’t do it son,” big George Foreman said as he shielded his commentary partners, Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley from violent rioters. The conclusion of the first Andrew Golota vs Riddick Bowe fight had ended in controversy which led to brawls and a ringside riot. It...
The Next Aircraft Debacle: The F47!
The Pentagon did not get the memo on the death of manned combat aircraft in the 21st century. Is the 47 designation the year the first aircraft may be aloft? Don't believe any promises on price or schedule much less efficacy. They will not deliver. China’s two...
Chasing Ghosts w/Bill Buppert
Bill Buppert of Chasing Ghosts joined me to discuss the modern warfare of politics. ALP
Propaganda and the State
Nicknamed “the father of public relations,” Edward Bernays (1891–1995) was a pioneer in the fields of propaganda and PR; this book is a great insight into the man behind the curtain. “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of...
Anti-War Blog – Journalist Leaked the Plans to Kill Fifty-Three People
It turns out that journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was ‘texted’ two-hours before the recent US attack on Yemen. Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of Defense texted him the war plan which included specific information about weapons to be used, targets and time of the strikes....
New WarNotes Podcast episode is Live Monday 24 March 2025
Ep 016 "Fixing Fight Club: Just Say No to NATO: Part Two" A continued discussion of the NATO debacle. It is time for America to completely reassess alliances and partnership around the world starting with NATO and then working its way down the list of useless and...
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