This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. In a show of force following North Korea’s latest test fire of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, two U.S. supersonic B-1 bombers — accompanied by fighter jets from both South Korea and Japan...
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North Korea Promises To Respond With ‘Firm Action’ Against The United States
by James Holbrooks | Jul 31, 2017 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. In a show of force following North Korea’s latest test fire of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, two U.S. supersonic B-1 bombers — accompanied by fighter jets from both South Korea and Japan...
U.S. Admiral Says He's Ready to Launch Nuclear Strike Against China if Trump Orders It
by James Holbrooks | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. A day after the director of the CIA called China the greatest threat to the United States — and right as China began live-fire naval drills off the Korean Peninsula — an admiral of the U.S. military said Thursday...
U.S. Admiral Says He’s Ready to Launch Nuclear Strike Against China if Trump Orders It
by James Holbrooks | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. A day after the director of the CIA called China the greatest threat to the United States — and right as China began live-fire naval drills off the Korean Peninsula — an admiral of the U.S. military said Thursday...
TGIF: The American Way of War
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 30, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The most striking fact about the United States of America is not its supposed founding principles -- more often lauded than observed -- but how often "the greatest country on earth" has waged war. If we count wars against internal "enemies" (i.e., the Indians), covert...

TGIF: Let’s All Calm Down about Russia
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 9, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
I can understand why the ruling elite, broadly conceived to include the intel bureaucracy and military-industrial complex, has an interest in positing Russia as our enemy. The reasons are obvious enough. What I can't understand is why common Americans would fall for...

TGIF: An Idiot Abroad
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 2, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
I've got a few leftover thoughts about Donald Trump's trip to Europe. (Here's what I said about the Middle East portion.) As usual, I oppose both Trump and his mainstream critics. It's possible for both sides to be wrong in a dispute. First, trade. Trump famously said...

TGIF: The Real Danger from Trump Is Ignored
by Sheldon Richman | May 19, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
While the chattering classes spend all their time rehashing Donald Trump's alleged -- there's a word you don't much see in the media anymore -- coordination with Russians over their alleged -- there it is again -- hacking of the Democrats' email, a story with far more...
Who Wrote the Book on Election Meddling?
by Sheldon Richman | May 17, 2017 | Blog, Foreign Policy
The United States, of course -- including Russian elections. Writes Markar Melkonian: Does the USA meddle in the presidential elections of other countries? Our friends in South America might have insights here—hundreds of cases of economic and military blackmail,...
What If Everything We’re Being Told About U.S.-North Korea Tensions Is Wrong?
by James Holbrooks | May 9, 2017 | Blog
Ask and you shall receive. For weeks upon weeks on end, the American populace has watched Donald Trump and his administration, along with pundits in the corporate media, drone on about how China should step up its game in the effort to thwart North Korea’s nuclear...
Backwards American Empire (Political Comedy)
by HypocriteTwins | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog
To understand how backwards our current situation is, we need to look to history to give us context. What is the Iran-Contra Scandal? Why did America arm Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war? The Iran-Iraq War took a million lives over eight years. But why did it...
Genocide in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Oct 27, 2016 | Blog
Barack Obama's starvation war against the children of Yemen continues. Is there a more cruel and murderous force on the planet than the American empire? I guess cancer. But other than that?
10/16/04 – Ron Paul – The Scott Horton Show
by Scott Horton | Oct 16, 2004 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Rep. Ron Paul about the disastrous Iraq War, and the future of American Empire and liberty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqfICID1SGE
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Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
War and Delusion: A Critical Examination
In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...
Crime and Poverty
“The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties,...
Don’t Be Silent
We should reject the fashionable idea that one should never write or post anything that possibly could be used by bad people for bad purposes. That admonition brings two things to mind. First, it fails its own test. If good people avoid a topic because even...
Can There Be Only One Race?
I'm old enough to remember this 1960s Lay's Potato Chips commercial. (Hell, I'm almost old enough to remember when plays were in black and white!) In the commercial a man (Bert Lahr, the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz) faces a challenge from the devil, who has a...
How Not to Defend “Capitalism” Against” Socialism”
I challenge you to show me a lamer "debate" over "capitalism" and "socialism." (Don't worry; it's not about Bill Maher.)