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5/20/21 Kalmen Barkin on Israel’s Fraught Past and Uncertain Political Future

by Scott Horton | May 21, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Kalmen Barkin is back for an update on Israeli politics. In the last two weeks, Knesset opposition leader Yair Lapid got the opportunity to form a coalition government, and possibly oust Prime Minister Netanyahu for the first time since 2009. But just afterward, as...

Gaza Ceasefire to Take Effect Friday Morning

by Dave DeCamp | May 21, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

On Thursday night, Israel’s security cabinet voted unanimously in favor of a ceasefire to end the Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza that has been raging since last Monday. The ceasefire was brokered by Egypt and is set to take effect early Friday morning. A Hamas...

5/20/21 Daniel Larison on Israel’s De Facto Annexation of Palestine

by Scott Horton | May 20, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Daniel Larison talks Israel-Palestine. He takes on the common straw man argument that Israel "has a right to defend itself" from the belligerence of its neighbors. In the abstract, of course, every sovereign nation should have the right to self-defense; the problem is...

Amid Gaza Killings, Biden Approves $735 Million More Weapon Sales to Israel

by Dave DeCamp | May 18, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

A report from The Washington Post revealed that the Biden administration approved a $735 million arms sale to Israel. Congress was officially notified of the sale on May 5th, less than one week before Israel began its latest bombing campaign in Gaza, which, so...

Episode 579: The Continuing Israel/Palestine Conflict w/ Scott Horton

by Peter R. Quiñones | May 17, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall

48 Minutes Safe for Work Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of...

5/13/21 Ben Freeman on Saudi Arabia’s Covert Influence in American Politics

by Scott Horton | May 16, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Ben Freeman about his research into the Saudi lobby's activity in American politics. Freeman explains that while it's illegal for foreign governments to donate directly to politicians in this country, it's easy to get around these restrictions by...

COI#108 – Biden Feeds the War Machine guest Dave DeCamp

by Kyle Anzalone | May 12, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest

Dave DeCamp, News Editor at Antiwar.com, returns to Conflicts of Interest to discuss Biden’s foreign policy through his first 100 days in office. As a candidate, Biden pledged to end the forever wars and scale back tensions with Iran. While he has reduced some US...

Israel Vows Further Escalation in Bombing of Gaza

by Dave DeCamp | May 12, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Israel continued its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip through Tuesday and into Wednesday morning as the death toll continues to mount. Gaza’s health ministry said early Wednesday that so far, at least 35 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes,...

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"[I]t is evident ... that the man, who first made himself clothes and built himself a cabin, supplied himself with things which he did not much want, since he had lived without them till then; and why should he not have been able to support in his riper years, the...

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"The alternative is not plan or no plan. The question is whose planning? Should each member of society plan for himself, or should a benevolent government alone plan for them all? The issue is not automatism versus conscious action; it is autonomous action of each...

What Full Liberalism Is Not About

"Liberalism is a doctrine directed entirely towards the conduct of men in this world. In the last analysis, it has nothing else in view than the advancement of their outward, material welfare and does not concern itself directly with their inner, spiritual and...

Greeks Refuse to Purchase Fifty Million Dollar Floating Dumpsters From the US Navy

These floating dumpsters cost the American taxpayer 500-600 million per ship. The US Navy is trying to garage sell these malfunctioning ships to Greece and they are onto the scam. The Greek Defense Minister is smarter than the average bear. Glad to see that even...

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Mano is back to discuss the image of God in the world.

The Welfare-State Paradox

"Whether ... a system of social security is a good or a bad policy is essentially a political problem. One may try to justify it by declaring that the wage earners lack the insight and the moral strength to provide spontaneously for their own future. But then it is...