On COI #148, Kyle breaks down some of the latest developments in Afghanistan. The Taliban continue their offensive, seizing major Afghan cities like Kandahar, Ghazni, and Harat. In response, the US is planning to reduce the staff at its embassy and possibly abandon it...
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New Roundup 8/12/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 12, 2021 | News Roundup
US News California is requiring all school employees to get vaccinated or get weekly covid tests. [Link] The NY Stock Exchange will require all floor traders to get vaccinated. Medical and religious exemptions are available. Anyone who receives an exemption will have...
How the Warfare-Welfare State (Unfortunately) Unites Americans
by Ryan McMaken | Aug 12, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
In case you haven’t noticed, America is “deeply divided.” At least, that’s what a seemingly nonstop stream of headlines from major media sources would have us believe. “Trump Leaves America at Its Most Divided since the Civil War,” reads one CNN headline from earlier...
News Roundup 8/11/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 11, 2021 | News Roundup
US News DC Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered all city employees to get vaccinated or weekly covid tests. [Link] Senator Rand Paul had a second video taken down by YouTube for ‘covid misinformation’ and cannot post for a week. [Link] The NSA awarded a contract worth up to...
COI #147: American Leaders Weaponize the ‘Chinese Boogeyman’ for Political Gain
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 11, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #147, Dave DeCamp – News Editor at Antiwar.com – returns to the show to discuss how American pols increasingly use China as a political weapon. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently warned that the US must pass a massive infrastructure spending bill or...
The Phony Threat of Chinese Dominance
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Aug 11, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
While the US has its problems, future global Chinese supremacy won’t be one. Far from being in a position of overwhelming strength, China and its Communist leadership face imminent multifront domestic crises that will threaten the existence not only of the Chinese...
News Roundup 8/10/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 10, 2021 | News Roundup
US News An Ohio judge is forcing Brandon Rutherford to get a covid vaccine as a part of his bail conditions. Rutherford pled guilty to a drug charge. [Link] Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says he will request Biden make the covid vaccine mandatory for all troops by...
RIP: Mark Perry, An Extraordinary Journalist In Extraordinary Times
by Kelley Vlahos | Aug 9, 2021 | Featured Articles
Our colleague and friend Mark Perry passed away today after a battle with lung cancer, his son Cal Perry announced on Twitter earlier this morning. It is devastating news to so many because Perry had been a staple in Washington foreign policy/military journalism and...
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The Antiwar Comic: The Previous Deals
We're back with a new strip! As timely as today's headlines! Well, sorta, not really, because nothing ever changes, does it? For more comics, visit The Webcomic Factory.
The “Greedy Private Property” Deception
A "property right" entitles one party to exclude another from interacting with a scarce part of the universe - i.e. to have a property right in my car entitles me to exclude others from driving it to Dallas when I wish to drive it to Phoenix. There is no...
Freedom = Social Cooperation = Prosperity
https://youtu.be/qg02oeR17ug …Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, became one of the wealthiest men in the world by figuring out how to cut the price of just about everything to the benefit of everyone, but especially of lower-income consumers. That’s one of the other...
Scott Adams Tweeted Something So Imbecilic It Ruined My Thanksgiving
I wasn't expecting to see a compelling argument for letting the state raise kids instead of parents, but here it is. - Scott Adams The situation is as follows: Person X committed murder Person X was raised by a Parent Y who is an explicit bigot and advocate of...
An Economics Lesson for Idiot Robert Reich
...Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, became one of the wealthiest men in the world by figuring out how to cut the price of just about everything to the benefit of everyone, but especially of lower-income consumers. That’s one of the other virtues of the free market:...
Why the Cops Murdered Duncan Lemp
https://youtu.be/ViUchNDPa4E As widespread as the standard view regarding the necessity of the institution of a state as the provider of law and order is, it stands in clear contradiction to elementary economic and moral laws and principles. First of all, among...
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