https://youtu.be/UiiFaw8nLLI This book argues that there’s nothing wrong with ignoring politics. To the contrary: you should disengage from politics to pursue more effective forms of altruism. Instead of watching presidential debates, attending city council meetings,...
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Saudi-Led Coalition Announces Halting Of Military Operations In Yemen
by Steven Woskow | Mar 30, 2022 | Blog
RIYADH: The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen announced on Tuesday that it will stop all military activities in Yemen starting Wednesday March 30 at 6 a.m. This comes in response to the request of the Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General and in support of...
Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
Louisville City Council Bans No-Knock Warrants
by Scott Horton | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog
They're calling it "Breonna's Law." Too late for her.
Rod ’25th Amendment’ Rosenstein Started Crying Like a Little Girl Under Questioning
by Scott Horton | Dec 4, 2019 | Blog
He felt so sad about the firing of Jim Comey, you see. Rosenstein was "overcome by emotion" when discussing Comey's firing during his interview with FBI agents "but quickly recovered and apologized," according to a summary of his interview. Then, after admitting that...
Judge Declares Federal Terror Watchlist Unconstitutional
by Steven Woskow | Sep 5, 2019 | Blog
Judge Anthony Trenga of the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that the government has unconstitutionally failed to provide watchlisted persons with notice and an opportunity for individuals to challenge their status. The judge granted CAIR’s motion for summary...
The Good The Bad And The Ugly – Democrat Candidates Answer Foreign Policy Questions
by Steven Woskow | Sep 3, 2019 | Blog
The Council On Foreign Relations has asked each Democratic candidate for President 12 questions on foreign policy. Not all of the candidates have responded yet, but since it is CFR, I am confident they will. A mixed bag of answers. The one question they are all...
Media Ignore Government Influence on Facebook’s Plan to Fight Government Influence
by Bonnie Kristian | May 22, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Facebook announced Thursday it was partnering with DC think tank the Atlantic Council to “monitor for misinformation and foreign interference.” The details of the plan are vague, but Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab wrote in a non-bylined Medium post...
4/6/17 Philip Giraldi says IC-Military Doubt Assad Gas Narrative
by Scott Horton | Apr 6, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Philip Giraldi, former CIA officer and Director of the Council for the National Interest, says that "military and intelligence personnel," "intimately familiar" with the intelligence, say that the narrative that Assad or Russia did it is a "sham," instead endorsing...
1/13/17 Trita Parsi on the incoming Trump administration’s acceptance (or rejection) of the Iran nuclear deal
by Scott Horton | Jan 13, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Trita Parsi, the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), discusses why the Iran nuclear deal has so far been more favorable to the US than Iran; Trump's (probably misinformed) opinion that the deal is terrible and must be scrapped; and...
2006 Audio Emerges of Hillary Clinton Proposing Rigging Palestine Election
by Scott Horton | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog
Well, really saying Bush should have. Reports the Observer: "Speaking to the Jewish Press [on September 5, 2006] about the January 25, 2006, election for the second Palestinian Legislative Council (the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority), Clinton...
05/18/03 – G. Edward Griffin – The Scott Horton Show
by Scott Horton | May 18, 2003 | The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews G. Edward Griffin, the Founder of Freedom Force International and the author of The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve, The Fearful Master: A Second Look at the United Nations, World Without Cancer and more about...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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