Thousands of angry protesters stormed the US Embassy in Iraq this week after US airstrikes killed dozens of Iraqi militia men who were actually fighting terrorists. As they shouted “Down USA!” many of the protesters broke through the gate after hurling water bottles,...
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News Roundup 12/31/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 31, 2019 | News Roundup
US News A family will get $12 million from the city of Detroit after a police officer killed their son. The office tased the kid while he was riding an ATV. [Link] The CIA designed technology that would allow for the US to limit shoulder-fired missiles use to a...
The Roots of Mass Incarceration
by Mike Swanson | Dec 27, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America by Elizabeth Hinton (Harvard University Press, 2016), 449 pages. Before the war on the drugs there was the war on crime. In 1975 the police department of Washington, D.C.,...
The 10 Worst State Laws Proposed and Passed in 2019
by Jon Miltimore | Dec 20, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles
If you think silly and arbitrary bans are a thing of the past, think again. In April, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, proposed banning the popular video game “Fortnite,” saying it was irresponsible to allow kids to play it. “The game shouldn’t be allowed,” said the...
House to Vote on Impeachment Today
by Scott Horton | Dec 18, 2019 | Blog
I wonder if Donald Trump will do like Bill Clinton and start carpet-bombing Iraq today in a mission he'll name after the Nazi Erwin Rommel to distract us all and pose as a great World Leader. (Thanks a lot stupid Democrats for making me have to agree with Andrew...
12/13/19 Nasser Arrabyee on the War in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Dec 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Nasser Arrabyee about Yemen, where the U.S. continues to back Suadi Arabia in waging a war of starvation against the people of Yemen. Scott calls this the very worst thing our government is doing, and yet by and large the American people don't much...
The 2020 NDAA: A Rubber Stamp for War
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 13, 2019 | Featured Articles
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act is a monster that could only have been birthed by a conference committee deep in the DC swamp. The 2020 version of the annual Department of Defense funding bill provides $738 billion to the Pentagon, a $30 billion increase...
Let’s Invade Mexico!
by Fred Reed | Dec 6, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
I suppose that by now everyone has heard of Trump’s offer to send the American military to “wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth,” which he asserts can be done “quickly and effectively. “ Trump phrased this as an offer to help, not a...
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Kissinger, RIP?
I published my take on Henry Kissinger, who died this week at age 100, in 2014, when presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was courting his support. Read it here.
E-book Giveaway: Act Now!
Enter the contest currently underway at Goodreads for a free copy of my new ebook, Questioning the COVID Company Line: Critical Thinking in Hysterical Times–it’s a page turner! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188057590-questioning-the-covid-company-line
Israeli President’s Direct Call to Genocide – Annotated
Revisiting The Bourne Legacy (Yet Again…): Lessons for Our World
I have now watched The Bourne Legacy at least six times. You should watch it, too. Here's my essay on the relevance of the fictional world depicted to the one in which we live:...
Who What Why Interview: Rethinking COVID-19 Narratives
In this 45-minute interview, Jeff Schechtman of Who What Why? and Laurie Calhoun discuss many aspects and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, including prospects for the future, drawing on observations and arguments made in Questioning the COVID Company Line:...
Who is More “Selfish”?
War is ultimately about collectivism. During crisis, individuality fades in favor of team effort. During violent conflict, particularly between governments, the world becomes, especially it seems for Americans, a giant, bloody football game: our team versus theirs, us...
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