Former President Donald Trump is supposedly one of the biggest scoundrels in American history for allegedly retaining documents from his presidency at his Mar-a-Lago home. Trump denies wrongdoing but the Justice Department is targeting him for violating the Espionage...
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This Week At The Libertarian Institute
by Will Porter | Jul 30, 2022 | News Roundup, Weekly Update
The Empire never sleeps – but neither do we. Missed a story? We’ve got you covered. Check out this week in review at the Libertarian Institute.
Decentralization Means Different Strokes for Different Folks
by Ryan McMaken | Jul 5, 2022 | Featured Articles
Most commentary on the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization—which overturns Roe v. Wade—has focused on the decision's effect on the legality of abortion in various states. That's an important issue. It may be, however, that...
The People Crafting U.S. Policy Aren’t in America
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jun 30, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
In a piece of news that shocked the mainstream media, but which shocked no one familiar with the academic industry writ large, retired U.S. Army general John Allen was forced to resign as president of the Brookings Institution after it was revealed the FBI was...
The Justice Department Pressured USA Today to Stop Publishing Me
by Jim Bovard | Jun 28, 2022 | Featured Articles
In 2015, Justice Department press chief Brian Fallon bitterly complained to USA Today editors about my articles walloping Attorney General Eric Holder, including"Eric Holder's Lawless Legacy," [Feb. 3, 2015] and "Eric Holder's Police Shooting Record? Dismal," [Aug....
4/22/22 Mitchell Plitnick on Israel, Iran and a Cold War in the Middle East
by Scott Horton | Apr 29, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews Mitchel Plitnick about Israeli politics and the Iran Nuclear Deal. Plitnick begins by filling us in on the political situation in Israel, where a new coalition government is working to agree upon a budget by the Fall of 2023. If...
Tim Pool, Cold War Hawk Ep. 201
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 30, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/ZWQEtSGFLNM During the recent tensions involving Ukraine, Russia, and NATO, Tim Pool's commentary was indistinguishable from Antony Blinken's. What is behind the spate of "independent journalists" that are good on many issues, but sell the new cold...
Episode 670: Pete and Bird From Timeline Earth Read Ted Kaczynski’s – The System’s Neatest Trick
by Peter R. Quiñones | Dec 12, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
96 Minutes PG-13 Bird is one of the hosts of the Timeline Earth Podcast Bird joins Pete for a reading, and commentary, on Ted Kaczynski's 2005 essay, The System's Neatest Trick." Today's Sponsor HC Hemp Spot - Promo Code "pete" for 15% Off...
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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.
I Met a Man
Located nearly three hours drive from Adelaide, the property rested in the South-East. The nearest township a good thirty minutes if you pushed your vehicle over dirty unselaed road. It was a job that a mate threw my way, help out some old timers that he knew through...
UN Review: No Evidence UNRWA Staff Are Terrorists
The UN’s review on UNRWA’s neutrality notes that Israel provided no evidence for its claim that staff members belong to terrorist organizations.
Joe Biden is Such a Liar
He lies about everything. This time it's his uncle Ambrose who was lost at sea during WWII. Genocide Joe lies that he was eaten by cannibals, smearing the people of Papua New Guinea, who fought as America's allies in that war.
John Boyd: Persona Non Grata at the Pentagon
COL John Boyd was quite the maverick in the military ranks and rocked the boat all the time. You will not though incredibly capable, he was never promoted to flag rank. One of the best insights he ever gave was that when one distills strategy simply, it is:...
Class versus Identity Politics?
Parts of the "left" and "right" often lament that class politics has given way to identity politics. I don't get that. Class was the original modern political identity, and state privilege was part of the cause. Libertarians and classical liberals long warned that...