Are you ready to go to war to “protect” a place, thousands of miles away from our nation, which we have no treaty alliance with and no overriding national interest? I’m not talking about Ukraine, even though we continue to pump that country full of billions of dollars...
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Polls: Americans Oppose Increasing Ukraine Aid, Defending Global Democracy
by Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman | Sep 20, 2022 | News
Two new polls from Morning Consult and Concerned Veterans for America show at least a plurality of Americans are tired of interventionism. The results show twice as many Americans want to send less aid to Ukraine than those who would support sending more. Meanwhile,...
Is Energy Independence from Russia Worth the Cost?
by Bas Spliet | Sep 19, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As the trade war over Ukraine heats up, we should ask ourselves what costs and benefits come along with energy independence from Russia. Even if we accept current Western policy, the divestment campaign will not yield the desired political outcomes. As episodic...
The National Football League’s Manipulative Militarism
by John Weeks | Sep 15, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The National Football League (NFL) is a massive, capitalist endeavor. It provides wildly profitable entertainment, is adept at steering taxpayer money its way, and is a premier collaborator in our participatory fascist social order. Capitalist culture is relentlessly...
How Free Markets Make Poor Countries Wealthy (feat. Benjamin Powell, Ph.D.)
by Keith Knight | Sep 10, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/fmh1JeGAVP0 Here’s why: almost a hundred years ago, the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises explained that socialism, even if run by benevolent despots and populated with workers willing to work for the common good, could still not match capitalism’s...
Either You Support Secession or Colonialism
by David Gordon | Sep 10, 2022 | Featured Articles
Grant defeated Lee, the Confederacy crumbled, and the idea of secession disappeared forever, or at least that's what the conventional wisdom says. Secession is no historical irrelevance. Quite the contrary, the topic is integral to classical liberalism. Indeed, the...
What If…?
by Jim Cardoza | Sep 8, 2022 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
What if we were free? What if government sought to serve the people, not control them? What if we own ourselves? What if property rights spring from that premise? What if each of us determine what makes life worthwhile? What if we need liberty to pursue happiness?...
Biden’s New War on Extremism (and Liberty)
by Jim Bovard | Sep 7, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
President Joe Biden believes that hysterical denunciations of extremism will save the Democratic Party in the upcoming congressional midterms. Despite media portrayals of Biden as a good-natured moderate, the president has relied on sweeping castigations of opposition...
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Police State in Mexico? Thank you Donald Trump!
Timeline / First Term… I will build the wall and Mexico will pay for it! How? I will slap huge tariffs on Mexico if they don’t stop the flow of people and drugs passing through their country and those big beautiful tariffs will cause Mexico to pay for the wall....
Like Farm to Table, Shipyard to Mothballs
USNS Cody USNS Cody (T-EPF-14), Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, was christened on 25 February 2023 by ship's sponsor Averil D. Spencer, launched at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama on 20 March 2023, and its delivery was accepted by the U.S. Navy on 11...
Trump’s Vision for Gaza: ‘We’ll Own It’ – New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
In this episode, we dive into Donald Trump’s latest remarks on the future of Gaza, his stance on Palestinian displacement, and his renewed "maximum pressure" strategy on Iran. Trump claims the U.S. will "cleanse Gaza" and might even "own it," while Hamas outright...
The DDG(X) Begins the Change Follies
The DDG(X) program will be over-budget, very late and a shadow of its naval architectural ambition. Of course. The US Navy has seemingly abandoned naval gunnery at the 5" level and above and the latest navy build program for a new destroyer is removing the capability....
USAID w/Daniel McAdams
Daniel McAdams is back to discuss the news on Trump’s attempt to neuter USAID, their role around the world, and accepting wins where you can get them.
Back on the Bob Murphy Show!
Bob and I discuss why the word corporate is not a dirty word. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtYcrb4YbGM
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