Just as I predicted back in October, Congress pushed its discretionary spending deadline back by one week, from December 16 to December 23. This comes as no surprise as congressional leadership is once again trying to ram through a massive omnibus bill before the year...
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Once Again, the Pentagon Failed an Audit (Shocker!)
by Ryan McMaken | Dec 8, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In November, the Pentagon announced it had failed yet another audit. In spite of the fact that the Department of Defense has had years to get its act together, the Pentagon still doesn’t know how it spends or maintains its trillions of dollars’ worth of...
Joe Biden, Executor-In-Chief
by Jim Bovard | Dec 7, 2022 | Featured Articles
On July 4, President Biden declared, “Liberty is under assault…rights we assumed were protected are no longer.” Biden, however, was referring solely to a few Supreme Court decisions he deplored, not to the federal supremacy he championed for almost 50 years in the...
Missouri Becomes Third State to Introduce Defend the Guard for 2023
by Michael Maharrey | Dec 7, 2022 | Featured Articles
A bill prefiled in the Missouri House for the 2023 legislative session would require the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would take a big step toward restoring the founders’ framework...
No, the Labor Market Ain’t ‘Strong’
by David Stockman | Nov 28, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
Last Friday the Wall Street gamblers made another run at “bad news is good news”, taking the averages up modestly after a frenetic chase around the barn and back. But at the end of the day, it’s high time to forget about the games played by Wall Street day-traders and...
Western Politicians Tried (and Failed) to Legislate Tides of Russian Oil
by Marcel Gautreau | Nov 9, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Western sanctions program can best be compared to an interrogator who first amputates a victim’s arm and then, brandishing the severed appendage, threatens to begin slitting its wrist and tearing out...
Joe Biden Is Not JFK
by Dan McKnight | Oct 18, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
This past weekend, without fanfare, passed two anniversaries which remind us why Bring Our Troops Home is such a pivotal organization, and why we deserve your continued support. First, it was the 20 year anniversary of George W. Bush signing the 2002 Authorization for...
Public Policy Created Europe’s Energy Crisis
by Daniel Lacalle | Oct 18, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
An energy policy that bans investment in some technologies based on ideological views and ignores security of supply is doomed to a strepitous failure. The energy crisis in the European Union was not created by market failures or lack of alternatives. It was created...
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Tom Woods on the Social Justice Warrior Narrative
[I]f this were truly a “white supremacist” society, being called a white supremacist would be a badge of honor, not a professional death sentence. – Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Military Aviation Joins the Emerging Competency Crisis in the West
Trend-lines on military aviation accidents are edging upwards to rival in the commercial aviation industry in mishaps. Not only is this a barometer for readiness and training but an indicator for the emerging competency crisis plaguing the West. Peacetime military...
Horror Show: More Proof Troops Massacred Afghans After ISIS Attack at Kabul Airport
As we reported at the time, marines slaughtered innocent people after the bombing. The perfect clusterfu*k of an ending to a perfect clusterfu*k of a war. Watch US Marine’s GoPro footage that challenges Pentagon’s account of attack at Kabul airport...
My Latest Interviews
Michael Liebowitz, the host of The Rational Egoist, interviewed me about my life in the libertarian movement. Enjoy! Also have a look at my interview covering my libertarian experience and the Israel-Palestine conflict on the Bob Murphy Show.
Professors, W. Post Call Out NYT for Oct 7 Mass-Rape Hoax
Another disgrace for the Charlie Savage Times.
Israel’s Amazing Feat
Israel has accomplished quite a feat: its crimes against the people of Gaza are of such a large scale that they make Hamas's Oct. 7 crimes look small.