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...
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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...
Working Harder for More of the Same in the Fed’s Economy
by Ryan McMaken | Oct 13, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
According to the establishment survey of employment, released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, total employment increased, month-over-month by 263,000 jobs. The "job market stays strong" reads one CNBC headline, and the new jobs print was hailed as a great...
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US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine
Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...
The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age
The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...
Here’s an Idea
If you can't tell the difference between 2024 America and 1930s Germany, let's not have a conversation, okay?
Meanwhile, Over in Sadist Land
Palestinian baby rescued from dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza hospital
Kyle Anzalone on Judge Nap: US Troops to Ukraine?
Watch Kyle's latest appearance on Judge Napolitano's show 'Judging Freedom.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG37NaExv_0
If Israel’s Apologists Insist ‘From the River to the Sea’ Is Genocidal…
Apologists for Israel’s genocide in Gaza reject freedom for Palestinians and insist on Israel’s continued existence as a Jewish supremacist state.