3,000 Google employees sign an open letter addressed to the company arguing Google should not contract with the Pentagon. [Link] A video of Ahed Tamimi's interrogations has been released. The video show's the Israeli interrogators threatening Ahed's friend and family...
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Foreign Policy Focus #102 – The Destruction of Yemen
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 6, 2017 | Conflicts of Interest
On Foreign Policy Focus #102, I discuss the Yemeni Civil War. I review the history of the war and the destruction of Yemen. Americans remain apathetic about Yemen as it is destroyed with American weapons. Saudi Arabia was blacklisted for a second year for killing...
Infrastructure, Paid Family Leave, and the Minimum Wage
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog
My articles "Mandated Paid Family Leave Harms Its Intended Beneficiaries," "Privatization Is the Best Infrastructure Program," and "The Minimum Wage: Bad for Low-Skilled Workers" were published by the American Institute for Economic Research.
US Soldiers Wounded in ‘Insider Attack’ in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Base
by AP | Mar 20, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan soldier opened fire Sunday inside a base in the southern Helmand province, wounding three U.S. soldiers before being shot dead. Navy Cpt. Bill Salvin, a U.S. military spokesman, said coalition forces had killed the soldier "to...
1/27/17 Joseph Stromberg on the politics, protectionism and foreign policy of The New Deal
by Scott Horton | Jan 27, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Joseph Stromberg, an independent historian and writer, discusses how the Smoot-Hawley Tariff and worldwide protectionism ground the US economy to a halt in the 1930s; the enduring "accordion effect" of increasing government power and decline of civil liberties during...
FBI hires Dataminr to Surveil Twitter
by Russell Brandom | Nov 15, 2016 | Featured Articles, Justice
The FBI has a new view into what’s happening on Twitter. Last week, the bureau hired Dataminr, a Twitter-linked analytics firm, to provide an “advanced alerting tool” to over 200 users. Twitter owns a 5 percent stake in Dataminr and provides it with exclusive access...
Prison Food Contractor Funding Efforts to Keep Pot Illegal
by Rare | Oct 19, 2016 | Featured Articles, Justice
Is the Government’s Budget Equal to GDP?
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 8, 2016 | Economics, Featured Articles, Sheldon Richman
Memo to news people: tax cuts don't have to be paid for. The money is ours; the government takes it from us by threat of force, i.e., taxation. It's government programs that have to be paid for. Tax cuts are not government programs. So if you want to ask how...
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RIP, British Army 1415 – 2024
John Cleese and the Monty Python troop were seers in the 1970s. I am fond of saying the British win all their military victories in spite of their best efforts. The IED virus is destroying the institution. The British Army is reducing security checks in pursuit of...
Republicans: Israel Not Just First, But Before the First Amendment
No matter how bad either side gets the other side can only try to outdo them. The Post: On Wednesday, they passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which its advocates said would empower the federal government to crack down on anti-Israel protests on campuses by...
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.
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