https://youtu.be/0MY12U37IVA In order for the state to function, the mass of the people has to believe in its legitimacy. To that end, the state employs a class of professional apologists and controls the means of propaganda, often through dominance of the education...
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IG Report: Army Risks Wasting Nearly $22 Billion on Visual Augmentation System
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 22, 2022 | News Roundup
A Department of Defense Inspector General report on the Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program reveals potentially billions in waste. The Pentagon audit found, “IVAS program officials did not define minimum user acceptance levels to determine...
Congress Fights to Keep Troops at War guest Dave DeCamp
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 7, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
Dave DeCamp, the assistant news editor at Antiwar.com, returns to COI to talk about several of his recent articles NATO Report: China is the Top Threat Congress to Use NDAA to Block Troop Withdrawals Senate May Block $23 Billion Arms Sale to UAE Trump Threatens to...
Biden’s Foreign Policy Could Start a Major War guest Dave DeCamp
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 16, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On Conflicts of Interest #34, Dave DeCamp joins Kyle Anzalone to discuss Trump and Biden's destructive foreign policy. Dave explains how Trump has carried out an aggressive policy against China. Reports say Biden is likely to just as, if not more, aggressive towards...
Matt Taibbi and the New Russiagate Whistleblower
by Scott Horton | Aug 9, 2020 | Blog
Taibbi's new piece is called: "Our Man in Cambridge." It's about Stephen Halper's assistant, Steven P. Schrage, who has now written this new piece, "The Spies Who Hijacked America." Update: Steven Schrage's interview with Maria Bartiromo:...
Influential China Hawks Push Trump Towards War guest Dave DeCamp
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 19, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
Dave DeCamp joins Foreign Policy Focus to discuss his recent coverage of Steve Bannon and Frank Gaffney's latest efforts to increase tensions with China. Bannon and Gaffney have stated the group Committee for Present Danger: China to further this goal. The Trump...
The Antiwar Comic: Tripwire
by Tony DiGerolamo | Jun 3, 2017 | Blog
I love it when a comic comes together. This is my new favorite Antiwar Comic. Not to pat myself on the back too hard, but this one really came together, I think. I'd be remiss if I didn't say that Justin Raimondo inspired the title. It's a term he often uses in...
Another DC Hawk Pundit Exposed as a Fraud
by Scott Horton | Nov 4, 2016 | Blog
This time it's Robert Caruso. Expose by Brendan James in The Concorse. "Let’s begin with his résumé. Several sources close to Caruso say they never heard of him holding a job that went beyond an administrative assistant. 'His opinions should not be taken seriously,'...
09/06/03 – Dan Wallach – The Scott Horton Show
by Scott Horton | Sep 6, 2003 | The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews Dan Wallach, who is Assistant Professor in the Systems Group at Rice University's Department of Computer Science with nine years experience in computer security, about the fallibility of electronic voting machines. He is co-author of An Analysis...
07/17/03 – Glen Whitman – The Scott Horton Show
by Scott Horton | Jul 17, 2003 | The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews Dr. Douglas Glen Whitman, a Research Fellow at The Independent Institute in Oakland, California, and Assistant Professor of Economics at California State University at Northridge, about his book Strange Brew: Alcohol and Government Monopoly....
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The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
Free Book: An Anarchist Critique of the COVID Mandates
I’ve had the opportunity to write a short book offering what is essentially an anarchist critique of COVID mandates. This includes the accusation that states did most of the killing rather than the virus. The 123-page book, Measuring the Mandates: Questioning the...
Democratic Socialist Turns Libertarian! #PorcFest2023
https://youtu.be/G2eSuiXNaaQ Once you accept the principle of government, namely that there must be a judicial monopoly and the power to tax, once you accept this principle incorrectly as a just principle, then any idea or any notion of restraining or limiting...
What War Hawks Would Sound Like If They Weren’t Psychopaths
Modern warfare almost always leads to killing lots of innocents; if governments were held to the same standards as individuals, these killings would be manslaughter, if not murder. This doesn’t mean that war is never justified. But the reasonable hawkish mood is...
The Free Market Serves the Masses, Governments Commit Genocide
Amazon is simply the best store that ever existed, by far, with incredible selection and unearthly convenience. The price: cheap. Facebook, Twitter, and other social media let us socialize with our friends, comfortably meet new people, and explore even the most...
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